It is not the European Commission but the Italian Government that is hindering the development of the mini-hydro. It is the thesis of Assoidroelectric about the treatment of the source in the decree Fer 1. The Italian Government, as reported yesterday, is about to close its response to the clarifications from Brussels on the measure. It remains to untie the knot of the mini-hydro and to do so there will be a new confrontation Mise-Minambiente because, as explained the undersecretary of Via Veneto, Grippa, from the the department of Costa: “it is important to have the procedure of infringement on the protection of the waters”, if the Costa’s ministry says “we have to go in that direction, we move forward in that direction.”

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