Energy efficiency or renewable? What is more convenient?

According to the data of Confartigianato, record increase, + 26, 5% in twelve months. For families the cost of almost € 2,500 a year ..

The recent Plan for Energy Efficiency 2011 of the European Commission, published in March this year, begins extolling the virtues of that "in many respects can be considered the major source of energy in Europe. Given these premises, it is amazing to learn, always in the same document of the European Commission, which, at the current rate, only half of that goal will be achieved. Much worse than expected for the target percentage identical, yes very expensive renewables. Yet, all quantitative studies, regardless of the degree of sophistication, tell us that in terms of cost-effectiveness of energy efficiency and renewable no match.

Saving energy means saving, recent increases in the size of what they give this affect the family budget.

This should force us to seriously question ourselves about the reasons that have so far slowed down the growth of energy efficiency markets (in fact I use the plural because one of the key problems until now has been just what a reality jagged difficult to reduce to a its organic or at least a strong common denominator).

As usual in these cases, the response of the causes is not unique.

In theory, that the financing of energy efficiency projects is not a problem.

Instead of renewable energy sources, the energy efficiency projects would not even need any special public support.

Would agree to do it regardless, as some would say.

Still, if you do not do, aside from the misinformation, which certainly plays a role, the main reason lies in the financial profile of investments: in the face of an initial outlay, the more relevant the greater the efficiency gain that you want to acquire, economic conditions justifying that investment (ownership of a property, rather than the production of a particular good) should take account of increases in the cost of energy for reasons well documented on this site.

Here, then, because the same institutions (eg the European Investment Bank) have allocated significant resources to finance energy efficiency measures and have plans of making available many more over the coming years.

But certainly in a market that will reach all digits of considerable and involve a significant part of European citizens and businesses is not conceivable that the main role of lender is carried out by the public sector (perhaps more usefully should begin to set a good example is with the restructuring of its real estate and lots of green procurement, as predicted by the Plan Commission).

Italian subsidies for renewable quantified in 37 million dollars a year (27 million euros), now, to 2011, with the only 11GWp Energy Account for PV have become 5 billion euros a year for the next 18 - 20 years!

And since the growth of the current (fourth) Energy Bill is still uncontrolled exponential, from next year will be milardi 10-12 euros per year.

We can afford?

Really safe?

And even if we could afford them, you are truly convinced that it is the best way to use this taxation

The cost of kWh of electricity already higher in Italy than in the EU average, it is even more burdened by an A3 component in the bill that will become greedy and the increase in costs for the "Network Services" to cover the costs arising and intermittent generation.

E 'therefore clear that today the main limitation to the development of energy efficiency is given today by the virtual absence of banks are very active in the sector for renewable incentives described above.

Which, besides the many faults of which are now implicated, especially in recent years, can not be criticized too much in particular, except perhaps the small contribution lobbying to remove an action system necessarily obstacles that hinder the bankability energy efficiency.

That are primarily twofold: the extreme variety of projects (one glaring difference compared to the easy reduction to a limited number of technological standards of renewables) and the difficult and uncertain certification of the savings actually achieved.

Another aspect that blocks the development of models of energy saving and efficiency we can find it in the fact that we are a country that has always distinguished itself for a taxation above the average of all energy consumption (so that - for example - if the products increase in energy price the government is in a particular conflict of interest because on one hand there is the risk of economic stagnation but on the other salt tax revenue ...).

From these two considerations you might guess why the lack of interest in Italy to promote the part which concerns the 20% energy savings target referred to as binding by the European Community.

Despite this, at the legislative level in 1976 Italy was the first country to introduce the concept of minimum thermal insulation required and has been at the forefront on an international scale with the enactment of Law no. 10 of 1991 "Rules for the at mentation of the National Energy Plan in the field of rational use of energy, energy conservation co and development of renewable sources of energy."

With two years in advance of the Directive 1993/76/CE Co ¬ Community industry, to limit CO2 emissions and improve the energy efficiency of buildings, we introduce the principle of the certification efficiency of buildings.

Is made compulsory for the Provinces and Municipalities with more than 40,000 inhabitants to carry out periodic, is introduced, in principle, the obligation for public buildings and private ¬ us to be designed and implemented in such a way that contain a maximum consumption of heat and electricity.

You assign a priority to the Public Administration for the dissemination of renewable sources of energy Bili sions.

If on the principles Italy shows so decidedly avant-garde, on the concrete can be raised several dub and poses another problem: Public administrators, municipal engineers, business......

Would take a large build awareness of the energy certificate of the building and utilization of the information contained herein, such as translating the energy indicators synthesis provided by the dashboard annual cost overruns in respect of the property to the highest standards.

The increase in compulsory saving would result in a sharp increase in the market value of the white certificates, necessary to stimulate investment more expensive.

In the medium and long term will benefit all users: households, businesses, public administrators, with implications useful for the entire country.

Summary: The banks do not really like the energy efficiency finance, the state legislates but also needs short-term resources, administrators and construction companies do not capture the economic aspect behind the redevelopment of the buildings.

 

29/11/2011

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