Monday,
December 03, 2007
The
ANNOTICO Report
Just
two years ago
Fulvio
Conti, head of Enel, the country's largest utility
blames a shambolic bureaucracy and confused
decision-making processes that have blocked vital development of energy
infrastructure.
Some
of the reasons for the possible shortfall is (1) Italy's aversion to Nuclear
Energy (which I think is well intended, but misguided) that it buys from
France.(2) the NIMBY attitude of a regasification
plant in Brindisi (3) delayed construction of Qatar's
world's first floating LGN gas terminal in the Adriatic (4)
continued delays in future projects include a gas pipeline from
Algeria via Sardinia, and (5) the South Stream proposal to pipe Russian
gas under the Black Sea through eastern Europe to Italy.
Financial Times
By Guy Dinmore in
December 3 2007 13:52
Italians could
shiver through a cold, dark winter this year thanks to a shambolic
bureaucracy and confused decision-making processes that have blocked vital
development of energy infrastructure, according to Fulvio Conti, head of Enel, the country's largest utility.
"Watch out.
We are in danger," warned Mr Conti in an
interview, producing figures that showed how close
That day
But nearly two
years later
"How can a
G-8 country not resolve this"? he asked. As a
result,
Mr Conti was speaking to the
FT before he signed in Nice last Friday a deal with
Describing how Enel has tried to build a regasification
plant, to process imported liquefied gas, since 1992, Mr
Conti blamed
"A
fragmentation of responsibility calls for no responsibility at all, which calls
for no initiatives, which is the illness of this country," he said. Some 18
months ago Enel abandoned a project to build a regasification plant with BG of the
"Every
single local municipality has the final word. It is a recipe for
disaster," he said. Ministers admit the system needs reforming. The 2008
budget going through parliament contains streamlined provisions for regasifiers.
Qatar has also
come up against Italian bureaucracy which has delayed construction of the
world's first floating gas terminal, Abdullah bin Hamad
al-Attiyah, deputy prime minister, told the FT on a
visit to Rome. After assurances from Romano Prodi,
the Italian prime minister, and Pierluigi Bersani, minister for development, Mr
al-Attiyah said he hoped the Adriatic terminal would
be operational in 2009.
Exxon Mobil and
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