Italy sees sharpest fall in energy demand since WWII due to pandemic: Report
Italy’s energy demand fell last year at the fastest rate since World War Two as a sharp drop in road and air traffic during the pandemic undercut oil consumption, a study showed on Thursday.
Italian energy and technology research centre ENEA said energy demand in the country slumped 10% last year, driven by a 60% fall in oil consumption.
“The fall in energy demand is the highest since 1943-44, when Italy was in the middle of World War Two,” ENEA analyst Francesco Gracceva said.
