(Finance) – The energy transition it is not just a commitment to the future but a concrete process and already underway, with positive effects and new opportunities for the country, people, the environment and the economy. Is in the Yes is placed at the helm of this change: the company, in conjunction with its 60 years, has inaugurated what is about to be the decade of electrification, a new challenge that is added to the goals already achieved and the commitment that invests the entire energy chain, from production to distribution to final uses. A commitment also told by numbers that grow daily thanks tocommitment of the 30,992 people who work for Enel in Italy.
With a renewable installed capacity of 14,600 MW nationwide, in 2022 Enel has already produced 7.506 billion kWh of zero-emission energy. To support the growth of renewables, the Italian electricity grid, which extends for 1.16 million kilometers and counts approx 450,000 medium and low voltage substationsis constantly evolving and offers increasingly smart and digital services: during the year, interventions have already been carried out for the upgrading and construction of 5,393 kilometers of new infrastructures, in addition to 1.62 million “open meters” which brought the total amount of meters to 26.35 million latest generation already installed. The distribution infrastructure is a central element of the energy transition: 1,012,631 private production plants are already connected to the grid and 114,000 new requests since the beginning of 2022.
There network of the future requires new skillsfor this it was launched with Elis the program “Energy to Grow“for the training of 5,500 young people in two years: a pool of professionals who can be hired by Enel’s supplier companies committed to making this change. Launched in February, the project has already collected 4,500 applications and has enabled the training of 953 people. And the attention to the entire ecosystem of the sector and to the involvement of every link in the value chain is also demonstrated by Supplier Development Programan initiative through which Enel promotes a path of growth and sustainable development for its suppliers, and which has already registered 1,805 members.
With 15.5 million customers, Enel is the leader on the free market in Italy. And it is precisely people, with their habits and their attention to the environment, who are at the center of change; from homes, with 7,128 customers who have installed air-to-air heat pumps since the beginning of the year, to the choice of electric mobility, now increasingly widespread thanks to 15,500 public charging points and 23,000 private charging points. Enel also provides solutions to support cities in their path of sustainability and reduction of emissions, thanks for example to the 1.5 million lighting points managed throughout the territory.
Precisely to tell about challenges and successes and a rapidly changing energy world, Enel has created the #ifatticontano communication format: https://corporate.enel.it/it/impresa/i-fatti-contano