Mafia and multinationals milk Italy's green energy boom
Narbolia, Italy
THOUSANDS of solar panels glint in the sun, but the prized farmland beneath lies barren. While the Italian island of Sardinia revels in a renewable energy boom, the long arm of organised crime risks sullying its clean power ambitions.
Famed for its lush plains and emerald waters, but racked by poverty and unemployment, Sardinia has jumped at the chance to boost the economy by converting its long months of sunshine into green energy.
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