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Italy gets first solar power plant - 0 views

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shared by Colin Bennett on 31 Jul 07 - Cached

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MONTEFALCONE, Italy, July 23 Israel-based Millennium Electric TOU Ltd. has completed construction of Italy's first solar power station. The 50-kilowatt plant is part of an order for a nationwide network of solar power stations, which will generate an aggregate 10 megawatts, Globes Online reported. The company is scheduled to complete the project in five years. The first solar power station will begin operating immediately. The power station was built in Montefalcone in southern Italy for ES Energy, which operates a multi-megawatt wind driven turbine power station on the site. The present contract deviates from Millennium Electric's business policy in that the company usually only signs contracts through which it both builds solar power stations using its technology for the customer, as well as shares in the power station's sales.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">MONTEFALCONE, Italy, July 23 Israel-based Millennium Electric TOU Ltd. has completed construction of Italy's first solar power station. The 50-kilowatt plant is part of an order for a nationwide network of solar power stations, which will generate an aggregate 10 megawatts, Globes Online reported. The company is scheduled to complete the project in five years. The first solar power station will begin operating immediately. The power station was built in Montefalcone in southern Italy for ES Energy, which operates a multi-megawatt wind driven turbine power station on the site. The present contract deviates from Millennium Electric's business policy in that the company usually only signs contracts through which it both builds solar power stations using its technology for the customer, as well as shares in the power station's sales. </div>

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Italian Town Runs On 100% Renewable Power : MetaEfficient - 0 views

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shared by Colin Bennett on 18 Dec 07 - Cached

Varese, a town in Northern Italy, runs on 100% renewable power. The town uses a mix of wind, solar and small-scale hydropower. The town has reaped benefits from the energy network through added jobs, and an additional 350,000 euros [US $514,000] in tax revenues which is handed over to the council each year. Varese has also seen a six-fold increase in tourists in the last ten years, many coming just to see its renewable energy network.
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Italy to send revised CO2 plan to EU by year's end | Environment | Reuters - 0 views

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shared by Colin Bennett on 06 Dec 07 - Cached

MILAN (Reuters) - Italy aims to send a revised plan for its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to Brussels by the end of this year, an environment ministry official said on Wednesday.
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Only 7 EU countries join International Carbon Action Partnership « 3E Intelli... - 0 views

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shared by Sergio Ferreira on 30 Oct 07 - Cached

the new international forum links up the EU Commission and seven member states (France, Germany, the UK, Italy, the Netherlands, Ireland and Portugal) with eleven US and Canadian regional states (the likes of New York, Maine, California and British Columbia) to exchange information and best practices about their efforts to create carbon markets through a cap-and-trade system. The bad news: where are the other 20 EU member states? And what about other federal governments such as the US, Russia, China or India?
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Italian solar energy rush risks overheating - 0 views

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shared by Colin Bennett on 19 May 09 - Cached

Colin Bennett on 19 May 09

Italy, a growing market for renewable energy, is on the road to becoming the first country to achieve "grid parity" - the Holy Grail of solar power, where costs of producing photovoltaic energy finally fall below retail electricity prices.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Italy, a growing market for renewable energy, is on the road to becoming the first country to achieve "grid parity" - the Holy Grail of solar power, where costs of producing photovoltaic energy finally fall below retail electricity prices.</div>

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Nexans Cables Provide the Vital Connections for Italy's Largest Solar Photovoltaic Project - 2 views

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shared by Colin Bennett on 08 Sep 10 - No Cached

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For the CSM project, Nexans has supplied 212 km of cable with a single 6 mm2 copper core and 804 km of cable with a single 10 mm² copper core. The cables comprise both standard ENERGYFLEX® and ENERGYFLEX® One Stripe featuring a coloured red or blue strip for ease of identification. The cables were installed at the site between March and June 2010. Schneider Electric has also purchased bare Nexans cable with a copper cross-section of 35 mm² to create the underground cable network for the CSM project.
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Renewables: Parliament wants binding sectoral targets - 0 views

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shared by Sergio Ferreira on 27 Sep 07 - Cached

Setting binding targets for the use of other kinds of renewable energies in electricity, transport and heating/cooling is contrary to the preferences of some member states, who argue that differing climatic and geographical conditions across the EU mean that some states will be at a disadvantage in terms of meeting the targets.  Italy, for example, recently sent a letter to EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs, stating that the country will be unable to produce more than 15% of its energy from renewable sources by 2020.
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Solar Cells with 'Metal Wrap Through' Technology Achieve 16% Efficiency - 0 views

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shared by davidchapman on 28 Aug 07 - Cached

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In their prototype production line, scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (Fraunhofer ISE) have successfully completed a multi-crystalline solar cell with rear side contacts. The Freiburg, Germany-based researchers will be presenting their findings in September at the 22nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, September 3-7, in Milan, Italy.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">In their prototype production line, scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (Fraunhofer ISE) have successfully completed a multi-crystalline solar cell with rear side contacts. The Freiburg, Germany-based researchers will be presenting their findings in September at the 22nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, September 3-7, in Milan, Italy.</div>

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CERN Document Server: Record#1157381: The Energy Problem - 0 views

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shared by Hans De Keulenaer on 02 Feb 09 - Cached

A brief general picture of the world, european and italian energy situations is made, analyzing several different energy sources and paying attention to the relations energy-quality of life, energy-environment and energy-health. Then will be discussed fossil fuels, renewable energies, the role of electric energy, nuclear energy, energy savings, the greenhouse effect, a possible sustainable development, the hydrogen economy and the risk and its perception. Then follow the conclusions and perspectives.
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Smart metering the world: One size doesn't fit all - 0 views

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shared by Colin Bennett on 22 Feb 10 - Cached

Smart metering is a sexy topic in the energy world, with nearly all Western economies considering plans for large deployments.  It can be used in many different ways but normally there is more than one goal behind a smart metering deployment: In the US, smart metering was, for the most part, driven by the desire to reduce the costs associated with manual meter reading, to reduce peak load and to enhance security of supply. In Italy, one of the key drivers was tackling energy theft and the cost of managing meters. In Ontario, it was peak shaving and the move toward time-of-use pricing. But if smart meters have the potential to address a number of issues, that potential can only be realised by flexible system design and deployment, avoiding excessive rigidity. In this case, one size most certainly does not fit all. We fear that the UK’s current plans for a nationwide rollout of smart meters may well be taking us down the wrong path by imposing standard solutions on the wrong part of the system.
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