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Italy reaches 90% gas storage target 10 days before winter
Italy has filled its gas storage sites to 90% ahead of the winter season.
The country reached that target 10 days early, based on the latest available figures.
The European Union’s average storage level is 74.5%.
Italy has 13 storage sites, with about one-sixth of Europe’s total storage capacity.
Snam chief executive Agostino Scornajenchi said the reserves support energy security and can help cover winter demand.
Storage is necessary but not enough to make the gas system resilient, he said, and the available reserves may help ease price pressures linked to tensions in the Middle East.
Italy has reached 90% of its gas storage target 10 days before the start of the winter season.
The European average was 74.5%, based on data available on October 20.
Snam chief executive Agostino Scornajenchi said the result reflected work by institutions and energy system operators.
Italy has 13 gas storage sites and about one-sixth of Europe’s total storage capacity.
- Who
- Italy has reached the target; Snam chief executive Agostino Scornajenchi commented on the result.
- What
- Gas storage reached 90% of capacity, 10 days before the winter season begins.
- When
- October 20, 2026, according to data available that day.
- Where
- Italy.
- Why
- Storage helps strengthen the gas system’s resilience and support winter supply. The sources do not state a specific reason for reaching the target early.
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- Italy’s storage target
- 90%
- European average
- 74.5%
- Lead time before winter
- 10 days
- Italian storage sites
- 13
- Share of European capacity
- About one-sixth
What people are saying
This result confirms the effectiveness of the activities carried out by institutions and system operators and the strength of the national energy security model, allowing Italy to meet the objectives set by the European regulatory framework ahead of schedule.
Storage is a necessary, though not sufficient, condition for strengthening the resilience of the gas system and the country’s ability to face the winter season with a high level of reserves, guaranteeing supplies and benefiting households and businesses.