L’inizio del 2021 ha visto l’importante dibattito istituzionale e parlamentare sul Piano Nazionale di Ripresa e Resilienza - PNRR - con al centro i temi delle infrastrutture per i trasporti sostenibili e dell’energia. Più di 100 miliardi di euro provenienti dal “Facility” europeo da destinare e spendere attraverso la realizzazione di progetti entro il 2026, che accompagnino la transizione ecologica dei trasporti e della produzione-utilizzo dell’energia.
Since last April, the bioLNG refueling service with a dedicated tank has been active at the Sadobre Autoporto (Brenner border customs motorway station) near Vipiteno, alongside the traditional LNG one. This is the first Italian plant capable of supplying only bioLNG.
On May 1st, the fast catamaran ferry of the Spanish ferry operator Baleària, named Eleanor Roosevelt, first of its type in the world, entered into service. The maiden voyage connected the port of Denia, near Valencia, with Ibiza and Palma de Mallorca, in the Balearics.
Last April, the authorization process for the modernization and reactivation of the aluminum production plant of the former ALCOA (now Sider Alloys) in Portovesme was started at the Sardinia Region. The revamping of the plant and the supply of production processes will use LNG, as there is no adequate natural gas distribution network on the island.
MSC Cruises and Total, already linked by an LNG supply agreement for the next cruise ships of the Swiss shipowner who has Genoa as the reference port for cruises in the Mediterranean, have finalized the agreement for the supply of LNG at the port of Marseille.