GSE to support ENI on sustainable development

Rome - A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) promoting Italian territory and relaunching the economy for environmental sustainability, starting from South of Italy, was signed by Eni's CEO, Claudio Descalzi, and the GSE president, Francesco Sperandini, and attended by the Minister for Territorial Cohesion and Southern Italy, Claudio De Vincenti. The agreement signed by the two companies commits to sustainable development and to reducing CO2 emissions, and refers above all to the production of electric power from renewable sources.

The agreement established that GSE will supply its knowledge in the area of renewables and energy efficiency to perform analyses on the environmental and socio-economic advantages of Progetto Italia, which ENI is implementing in order to regenerate the country's disused industrial areas in a sustainable way, especially in southern Italy. ENI will be supported by GSE, in this process, during which the latter will assess the actions to take in terms of environmental sustainability, social inclusion, economic development and governance. "With "Progetto Italia" we aim to create new opportunities in the energy field by investing in the Italian territory and creating employment. In the first stage of the project, we will use well-established technologies such as solar PV, integrating some of the other advanced technologies already developed at Eni at a later stage." With this MoU, Mr Descalzi highlighted, ENI is consolidating its strategy with the aim of developing renewable energies based on work which has been carried out in Italy and will contribute to the energy mix with a low-emissions future. Progetto Italia can also rely on an extensive system of assets which can be synergistically converted. "For many people sustainability is merely an expression. For GSE, on the other hand, it is at the heart of its corporate mission which is to promote sustainable development through all of its operations. Our dual aim is to pass on to future generations an environment that has qualitatively and quantitatively better resources than we currently have while also improving current living conditions in our country," said Mr Sperandini.