However, Pichetto said Italy was not ready to dismantle coal-fired plants in continental Italy by year-end, as previously planned, singling out Enel plants in Civitavecchia and Brindisi.
“We have a war in Europe, we have very difficult situations in the Mediterranean, which are changing by the hour…so I am not in a position to dismantle coal-fired power stations,” said Pichetto, who had previously expressed doubts about the year-end deadline.