Plan for renewables, consumption drop soon says Meloni

(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 6 - Premier Giorgia Meloni said Monday the government would soon come up with a plan to up the use of renewables and to bring energy consumption down.
    She also said the new RepowerEu plan would give a strong impetus to Italy's new 'Mattei Plan' on energy.
    "The challenge of strengthening energy sovereignty requires a commitment on the part of all. Today sees the start of an institutional process that will enable us to draw up and then implement a plan that will make Italy more sustainable from an energy point of view by increasing energy production from renewable sources, diversifying supply sources, and reducing consumption", said Meloni at the steering committee on the huge EU-funded post-COVID National Resilience and Recovery Plan (NRRP) to start the debate on the Repower EU programme.
    "The new plan" of the RepowerEu "will allow Italy to make a strong contribution to the realisation of the 'Mattei Plan' in order to consolidate the process of diversification of supplies towards a total elimination of Russian gas and to make Italy become the Mediterranean energy hub for the whole of Europe in a fruitful cooperation relationship especially with African countries". (ANSA).