Energy scenarios: what awaits us in the coming years?

BEFORE YOU PRESS PLAY

What is discussed

AskMonty AI editorial noteSource consulted: 2026-09-28

In this 2023 conversation, part of a disclosed collaboration with Enel, Montemagno meets Francesca, who works on the group’s strategy and scenarios. The pandemic and war in Ukraine frame a discussion of energy dependence, prices and decarbonisation. She proposes tackling sustainability, affordability and supply security together through efficiency, renewables and electrification. Transport, buildings and industry need different interventions; green hydrogen is mentioned for uses that are harder to electrify. The closing discussion presents sustainability as part of corporate strategy and relationships with suppliers and partners. This is an industry perspective expressed at the time: scenarios, targets and assessments remain attributed to the guest, whose optimism depends on decisions and collaboration.

Key points

• The collaboration with Enel is disclosed at the start of the episode.
• Efficiency and adaptation sit alongside emissions-reduction goals.
• Sustainability, affordability and security form the trilemma discussed by the guest.
• Electric cars, heat pumps and industry illustrate different electrification pathways.
• Sustainability also shapes relationships with smaller businesses, suppliers and partners.