Enel
  • Project’s name: Porto Empedocle LNG terminal
  • Location: Porto Empedocle, Sicily, Italy
  • Type of project: LNG import terminal
  • Status: Proposed
  • Starting date: 2026

Context around the project:

  • Still in its pre-construction phase, despite obtaining all necessary authorisations and legal approvals.
  • Project classified as a strategic infrastructure investment under a national law, making the LNG terminal of public interest and its hypothetical construction “urgent and necessary”.

What is the problem?

  • Goes against the current trend of decline in fossil gas demand in Europe.
  • Raises questions about the alignment of the project with Enel’s long-term sustainability goals.
  • Project at huge environmental and cost risks, requiring significant land reclamation, waste management, and mitigation of environmental degradation.