Covid19/ The energy crisis, a test for governments
The coronavirus crisis also impacts the energy sector, with strong reductions in the consumption of oil, electricity and gas, explains in this video Matteo Di Castelnuovo, SDA associate professor of practice and expert in energy economics. "Regards the future, the worry of analysts is that the collapse in the price of hydrocarbons will push companies to slow down investments in clean energy," says Di Castelnuovo , "which are already destined to decrease due to problems in the supply chain, especially in China. But even in the long term the risk is that these investments, which reached a peak in 2017 and have not grown further, will suffer strong contractions. This is why", continues the professor, "the role of governments becomes important, called upon to a real test, who could launch sustainable stimulus packages".