17 April 2026 14:00<\/p>\n
The head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) has called on Italy to rethink its long-standing rejection of nuclear power, arguing that the country\u2019s energy security and economic stability could benefit from a broader mix of low-carbon sources.<\/p>\n
Speaking in an interview published on April 17, IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol said Italy should \u201creconsider\u201d its decision to phase out nuclear energy, noting that the country remains heavily dependent on imported power and fossil fuels, Caliber.Az<\/a> reports per<\/a> foreign media.<\/p>\n Italy shut down its nuclear programme following referendums in 1987 and 2011, leaving it without any operational reactors. It now relies significantly on electricity imports, including nuclear-generated power from neighbouring France.<\/p>\n While acknowledging Italy\u2019s progress in expanding renewable energy, Birol warned that renewables alone may not provide sufficient stability for a modern energy system.<\/p>\n \u201cFor economic prosperity, energy security and national sovereignty, Rome should evaluate nuclear power carefully, both in its traditional form and with new modular reactors,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The comments come as the Italian government prepares legislation that could pave the way for a return to nuclear energy, including potential support for next-generation reactor technologies. The proposal is expected to be debated in parliament in the coming months, but remains politically sensitive in a country where public opinion has historically been sceptical of nuclear power.<\/p>\n Environmental opposition groups continue to raise concerns over safety risks, high construction costs and lengthy development timelines.<\/p>\n By Aghakazim Guliyev<\/p>\n Caliber.Az<\/p>\n Read more about the key topics in this news story.<\/p>\n Views: 24<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"17 April 2026 14:00 The head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) has called on Italy to rethink…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7599,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[222,228,227,223,226,221,225,5,224,220],"class_list":{"0":"post-7598","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-italy","8":"tag-analysis-of-azerbaijan","9":"tag-azerbaijan","10":"tag-baku","11":"tag-important-news-of-azerbaijan","12":"tag-international-experts","13":"tag-interviews","14":"tag-interviews-with-azerbaijani-analysts","15":"tag-italy","16":"tag-news-from-baku","17":"tag-news-of-azerbaijan"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}