Italy’s ERG pledges 2.1 billion euros to become pure green By Reuters
By Stephen Jewkes and Rita Plantera MILAN (Reuters) -Italy's ERG pledged on Friday to spend 2.1 billion euros ($2.5 billion) over the next five years to complete its transition to an entirely renewable company and drive earnings. Already Italy's biggest wind operator, which generates some 60% of earnings from wind power, ERG said it aimed to add 1.5 gigawatts (GW) of capacity by 2025, boosting its solar business and selling assets to become a purely green player. The planned sale of hydroelectric and thermoelectric plants will also speed up the process to create a pure wind...
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