Energy Update #4: extreme heat, energy under pressure
On 15 July Italian electricity demand came close to 58 GW, up 4.6% on the 2025 peak. Heat waves act on demand, supply and prices at the same time: this calls …
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What is the carbon footprint of electricity?
Our article in the Journal of Industrial Ecology compares the direct and life-cycle carbon intensity of electricity across multiple heterogeneous data sources …
Read moreEnergy Update #3: is the energy crisis really behind us?
Italian solar generation grows 19.3% and installed capacity passes 46 GW, while Hormuz remains an open question. The end of hostilities and the end of the …
Read moreSustainability, security and competitiveness: why the Middle East matters to us much more than we think
Tensions in the Middle East bring back into focus the connection between energy security, supply-chain vulnerability, ESG readiness and the competitiveness of …
Read moreEnergy Update #2: the new energy security and the tensions in the Middle East
The coordinated release of 400 million barrels from strategic reserves is a reminder of how exposed the system still is to fossil-fuel shocks, and of how …
Read moreEnergy Update #1: the 2025 electricity review
In 2025 solar and wind overtook fossil fuels in EU power generation for the first time. But the real shift is no longer technological: it is systemic, and it …
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