EnelGreen Power（Enel）宣布将在意大利地热能源领域投资30亿欧元，其中包括到2030年建设两个新电厂，总装机容量为200兆瓦。然而，这项投资取决于该公司在托斯卡纳地区现有的地热特许权在已经授予的1年期限之后是否继续存在。

Enel持有的托斯卡纳地区的八个地热特许权原计划在2024年到期。这些即将到期的特许权的命运在2022年已经开始讨论，但最终结果引起了广泛批评——截止日期仅延长了一年，至2025年12月31日。

这一延期被描述为“完成部门立法重组所需的严格时间”。因此，这并不是对特许权是否会延长给予现有所有者，还是会以公开招标方式提供的最终指示。

这一年的延期与Enel在2024年至2030年之间建设两个新地热电厂并升级和现代化现有电厂的投资计划不符。为了实现这一计划，特许权必须至少延长15年。

托斯卡纳地区目前约三分之一的电力需求来自地热发电厂。此外，地热供暖也提供给温室和企业。托斯卡纳的地热特点还被证明是吸引游客的有效景点。

来源：MorningStar和T24

EnelGreen Power(Enel) has announced an investment plant of EUR 3 billion for the geothermal sector in Italy, including the construction of two new plants by 2030 with a total installed capacity of 200 MW. However, this investment is contingent on the existing of the company’s existing geothermal concessions in Tuscany beyond the 1-year period that had already been granted.

Eightgeothermal concessions in Tuscany that are held by Enel were originally due to expire by 2024. The fate of these expiring concessions wasalready being deliberated back in 2022,but theeventual outcome was met with widespread criticism– the deadline was extended by a mere one year to 31 December 2025.

Theextension was described as being “the time strictly necessary to complete the reorganization of the sector legislation.” Thus, it is not a final indication of whether the concessions will be extended for the current owners, or if they will be offered in an open tender.

Theone-year extension is not in line with Enel’s investment plan of putting up two new geothermal plants between 2024 and 2030 and upgrading and modernizing its existing plants. For this plan to materialize, the concessions have to be extended by at least 15 years.

Theregion of Tuscany currently gets about one-third of its electricity needs from the geothermal power plants. In addition, geothermal heating is supplied to greenhouses and companies. The geothermal features of Tuscany have also proven to be effective attraction sites for tourists.

Source:MorningStarand T24