Italy voters want more renewable energy

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(2012), "Italy voters want more renewable energy", Management of Environmental Quality, Vol. 23 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/meq.2012.08323aaa.005

Italy voters want more renewable energy

Article Type: News From: Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal, Volume 23, Issue 1.

The resounding no from Italians to nuclear power may not change much in the short term but it will force the government to adopt a new strategy based increasingly on renewable energy, experts said. The recently led referendum showed a turnout of 54 per cent for the referendum vote with the vote against nuclear power carried by 94 per cent – meaning a majority of Italians cast ballots against the measure.

But the decision also means that in the long term the government will have to look for new sources of energy. In 2010, 64 per cent of the electricity consumed in Italy was produced with fossil fuels, 22 per cent with renewable energy and 13 per cent imported including from French nuclear power stations.