Italy moves to reverse anti-nuclear stance

Re:Italy moves to reverse anti-nuclear stance by patall on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @07:50AM (#43253832)

Apples to oranges. But in italy, solar with batteries may already be cheaper. Or geothermal energy. But, hey, they want to do a study and the study will find that out too.

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Re:Italy moves to reverse anti-nuclear stance by amarcheschi on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @08:00AM (#43253944)

Geothermal energy is already exploited in italy. About 1/3rd of Tuscany energy production happens thanks to geothermal, which is also used for heating purposes [1]

There are also new plants in the making [2]

Being tuscanian, I visited the museum or geothermal energy in larderello once, the area of larderello is quite uncanny, in some parts the ground is literally fuming steam. There's also a smell of rotten eggs lol

https://www.enelgreenpower.com/stories/articles/2024/10/geot...

https://www.lanazione.it/cronaca/geotermia-patto-regione-ene...

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Re:Italy moves to reverse anti-nuclear stance by stavros on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @08:10AM (#43254055)

Are you sure it was Larderello? Are you sure it wasn't... hell?

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Re:Italy moves to reverse anti-nuclear stance by amarcheschi on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @08:18AM (#43254146)

It definitely resonates a lot, especially since that area has been known for centuries for that type of geothermal activity. I don't know whether Dante visited larderello, but next time I meet a local guide I'll ask them

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Re:Italy moves to reverse anti-nuclear stance by est31 on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @08:06AM (#43254018)

Italy is one of the best countries in the EU to do solar in.

https://solargis.com/resources/free-maps-and-gis-data?locali...

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