Wednesday, 14 May 2024, 9:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Audirorium GSE – Viale Maresciallo Pilsudski, 92 – Rome
The development of renewables is accelerating in Italy after last year’s boom, driven by falling costs, the attractiveness of higher electricity market prices, and (partial)
improvements in permitting.
At the same time, markets and instruments are evolving: the growing need for flexibility and storage to ensure system security calls for substantial infrastructure investments.
Market structures are set to change due to the combined effects of support mechanisms, storage development, and regulatory evolution, opening up new opportunities for market players.
In the background, the potential future development of new-generation nuclear in Italy is also emerging.
In this context—made even more complex and uncertain by geopolitical tensions and economic instability—the future of the energy sector is in question.
The IREX Annual Report 2025, “The Italian Energy Transition: Figures, Strategies, and Outlooks”, examines the state and evolution of the sector in Italy and Europe,
exploring the most pressing issues:
- The development and sustainability of Italian investments in renewables, focusing on permitting evolution and key strategic trends
- The economics of renewables in major European countries, analyzing costs and revenues of core technologies—onshore and offshore wind, and solar PV—across different configurations and solutions
- The trends and critical issues in energy and flexibility markets, such as the emergence of negative prices
- System adequacy and Italy’s roadmap for the energy transition
- The role and prospects of storage—both batteries and pumped hydro—with an extensive regulatory, economic, and strategic analysis of opportunities and risks
Leading players and stakeholders will discuss these themes during the traditional presentation of the IREX Annual Report.
The conference is strictly by invitation only, and access will be granted exclusively to invited guests who have confirmed their attendance and received confirmation.
Programme:
9.00 Welcome coffee
9.30-9.40 The Italian challenge for energy transition
Paolo Arrigoni President, GSE
9.40-10.00 Presentation of the Irex Annual Report
The Italian energy transition: figures, strategies and outlooks
Alessandro Marangoni CEO, Althesys Strategic Consultants
10.00-10.30 Key note speaker
Electrification and innovation in the global context
Paolo Frankl Head of the Renewable Energy Division, IEA
10.30 -11.15 The strategies of operators: CfD, PPA or merchant?
Moderator: Fausta Chiesa, Corriere della Sera
Panelists:
Giuseppe Argirò CEO, CVA
Eugenio de Blasio CEO, Green Arrow Capital
Andrea Ghiselli CEO, EF Solare Italia
Roberto Pasqua CEO, EDP Renewables Italy
Michele Pizzolato Head of Regulatory Affairs, ENI Plenitude
11.15-12.00 The decarbonization beyond 2030 and the nuclear option
Moderator: Fausta Chiesa, Corriere della Sera
Panelists:
Gilberto Dialuce* President, Piattaforma Nazionale per un Nucleare Sostenibile
Roberto Ferrante Head of Natural Resources, Energy and Environment, CDP
Lorenzo Mottura Executive Vice President Strategy, Edison
Elisabeth Rizzotti Founder and COO, Italy Newcleo
12.00-13.00 The Italian electricity system between renewables and flexibility
Moderator: Fausta Chiesa, Corriere della Sera
Giorgio Boneschi Director, Elettricità Futura
Fabio Genoese Head of Strategy – System Strategies, Terna
Paolo Merli CEO, ERG
Carlo Pignoloni Head of Italy, EGP &TGX Italia
Simone Togni President, ANEV
13.00 The Italian energy-climate strategy
Gilberto Pichetto Fratin* Minister for the Environment and Energy Security
Light lunch
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- * To be confirmed