Heat wave, blackout risk increases due to boom in electricity consumption:close to the peak of the year

According to forecasts, today consumption will reach 58.72 GW, touching the 2015 record of over 60 gigawatts

Electricity consumption is moving towards new heights, which have come close to the peak of 2023 and are approaching the record compared to recent years, with the increasingly real risk of widespread blackouts due to the suffering of the electricity grid.And the heat is to blame.At 4.30 pm, 58.67 GW of electricity consumption monitored by Terna was reached, a level that represents the annual record.And it is approaching the historic high of July 2015, when consumption reached 60.5 GW.Figures that are not surprising, in the week of record heat, caused by the African anticyclone Charon.The nucleus of which is located right between Italy and Greece, and therefore fully affects Sardinia:in 43 municipalities on the island out of 377 the threshold of 40 degrees was exceeded yesterday, and today the places that will record the wave of record heat could be more numerous.The anticyclone is giving no respite even at night, with minimums between 20 and 26 degrees, in the absence of wind.From Thursday 20 July, however, a slight improvement is expected in Northern Italy:according to the Ministry of Health's bulletin on heat waves, the red dots will drop from 11pm tomorrow to 6pm on Thursday 20 July.However, Southern Italy will not emerge from the grip of the heat anytime soon:stay, at least until July 25-27, maximum alert in Ancona, Bari, Cagliari, Campobasso, Catania, Civitavecchia, Florence, Frosinone, Latina, Messina, Naples, Palermo, Perugia, Pescara, Reggio Calabria, Rieti, Rome and Viterbo.