Utility, nel 2025 investiti 9,9 miliardi in Italia (+16,5%)

In 2025, utility companies in Italy invested 9.9 billion euros, a 16.5% increase compared to the 8.5 billion euros invested in the previous year. This commitment is expected to continue in the next three years, with a total of 29.7 billion euros planned for investment between 2026 and 2028. The two main areas of investment are water service and transition.

The water sector saw investments of 4.4 billion euros, focused on network renewal, loss reduction, supply security, and purification system improvement. 92% of wastewater is now used for reuse or recovery. Over 3.4 billion euros are being invested in three key transition directions: 1.6 billion on decarbonization (up from 1.3 billion in 2024), 1 billion on the circular economy (in line with 2024), and 822 million on digitalization (up from 780 million in the previous year).

The result of this commitment is already evident, with a 18% reduction in direct greenhouse gas emissions and a 17% reduction in indirect emissions since 2019. An analysis of a homogeneous sample of companies shows that 84% of the electricity produced by the utilities in the sample comes from renewable sources. Environmentally, 97% of urban waste collected is recycled.

For the next three years, 39% of the planned 29.7 billion euros in investments will go to water service, 12% to energy production, 11% to energy networks, and 10% to environmental services. Luca Dal Fabbro, president of Utilitalia, explains that implementing these programs requires regulatory stability, adequate authorization procedures, and coordination between companies, institutions, and territories.