Despite a marked growth in applications for connecting to the grid, the scope for renewable energy development projects is limited by an adverse environment in terms of authorisation processes and the mismatch between production (located mostly in the South and Islands) and demand (mainly from the North), an imbalance that requires sizeable investments in energy storage technologies. 10.
IEA, A 10-point plan to reduce the European Union’s reliance on Russian natural gas, Paris, March 2022. 11. In November 1973, the Rumor Government raised fuel prices and imposed strong limitations on the use of private means of transport, a reduction in speed limits, and ordered public businesses to end their working day earlier. 12. Laudato si’, 169 et seq. 13.