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Dear fuels, the methane stations are starting to close

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Dear fuels, the methane stations are starting to close

ROME – The unsustainable increases in prices for methane gas are putting a strain on the survival of a sector that has over 1,500 points of sale in Italy. The alarm was raised by Federmetano who, after repeated appeals to the institutions, began to register the closures of the distribution plants. “Today on the national territory there are 220 methane distribution plants for transport, out of a total of 1,529, which due to the complex and dramatic geopolitical situation that culminated in the war in Ukraine, are forced to supply natural gas at a retail price higher than 2,999 euro / kg (source Osservapprice fuel) – underline Federmetano – Many of these plants have been forced to close, or are close to the end of the activity. The situation is so serious that one third of Tuscany’s distribution network is already closed. Same thing for what concerns the Marche, where there are over 40 outlets that are no longer operational “. The problem is also very serious in the southern regions, where the high costs are compounded by the difficulty of a less structured distribution network.

“In Sicily over 10 plants have had to stop and there are now only one or two points of sale actually functioning, because when the plants sell gas at three and a half euros a kilo it is as if they were closed – continues the association – Worrying too the picture of Campania. There is no shortage of dramatic cases of operators on the verge of bankruptcy. An alarming scenario, in the face of which the Government has so far been absent and deaf to the appeals that we have been making for months, not considering the proposals that we have been indicating since October to safeguard the sector, first of all the reduction from 22 to 5% VAT. A government that today is studying measures because for two weeks the prices of gasoline and diesel have risen by 35%, but which for the past six months has ignored the methane sector for vehicles, which has been fighting for survival due to the increased price of gas. of 6-9 times “.

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In short, the negative evolution of the last few weeks risks compromising an already widely available resource that is able to make a decisive contribution to decarbonisation, without forgetting the thousands of jobs at risk. “We are dealing with a situation destined to worsen, if we do not intervene immediately with measures to support the sector – conclude Federmetano – We are talking about a sector that has over 1,500 points of sale, which distribute not only methane throughout the country. fossil origin but, for 30%, biomethane, which in a few years could totally replace natural gas of fossil origin, also responding to the need to limit our excessive energy dependence from abroad “. (Maurilio Rigo)

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