- Accelerated increase in the cost of energy sources (electricity, gas, fossil fuels). Accelerated increase in the cost of energy sources (electricity, gas, fossil fuels). Growth in energy prices in Europe: 41.9% (June 2022), with significant impacts on transportation, domestic economies, economic activity and inflation.
- With regard to energy, forecasts tend to define increasingly worrying scenarios, with a significant reduction in the availability of fossil fuels (oil, natural gas, coal) and uranium for nuclear energy in the medium term. At the same time, we are witnessing the development of alternative energies such as photovoltaic, wind and hydrogen, with some doubts as to their ability to fully and rapidly replace the current ones.
- In a controversial decision, the European Union recently added gas and nuclear energy to its list of green energies.
