Last year green energy grew considerably in Tuscany, with new capacity installed and the Province of Siena beginning to meet its energy needs with zero emission sources thanks in large part to Enel Green Power. With almost 6,000 new renewable plants totalling an installed capacity of 74.5 megawatts built, last year was a highly successful … Continue reading Green Energy Growing in Tuscany
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Availon wins 124 MW wind farms maintenance contract in Italy
Availon announced today that it has won a 124 MW maintenance contract for two Italian wind farms from Alpiq Holding Ltd., the Swiss energy group that owns and operates the two farms. The full service maintenance contract runs for a 10 year period, and covers 62 Gamesa wind turbines. Both wind farms are located in … Continue reading Availon wins 124 MW wind farms maintenance contract in Italy
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Vestas to invest in the Taranto blades factory
Vestas commits to investing EUR 10 million to launch V112-3.0 MW blade production at its Taranto, Italy, blades factory and to offering employment opportunities for a number of nacelles plant employee. Vestas committed to hiring, after professional re-training, 30 nacelles employees for work in the blades factory and to an additional eight employment proposals in … Continue reading Vestas to invest in the Taranto blades factory
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Finalised the acquisition of ERG Wind’s Italian wind farm operation and maintenance activities
ERG, through its subsidiary ERG Renew,has today closed the transaction for the acquisition of a 100% stake in a company dedicated to the operation and maintenance of ERG Wind’s Italian wind farms. The company will change its name to ERG Renew Operations & Maintenance and its registered office will be located in Genoa. The price … Continue reading Finalised the acquisition of ERG Wind’s Italian wind farm operation and maintenance activities
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Toto Costruzioni Selects GE Wind Turbines to Power Italy
GE announced that it will supply Toto Costruzioni S.p.A. with eight GE 2.85-103 wind turbines for a wind farm in the Puglia region of Italy. The wind farm operator is Ponte Albanito S.r.l., a special purpose vehicle company, which is owned 70 percent by Renexia S.p.A. (a Toto Holding company) and 30 percent by Banco … Continue reading Toto Costruzioni Selects GE Wind Turbines to Power Italy
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Molten Salt receiving tubes to Archimede ISCC Plant in Sicily
Molten salts are considered as the preferred HTF to enable the necessary technology leap that the CSP industry is expecting. Archimede Solar Energy (ASE), Massa Martana (Perugia), Italy, has supplied the 4th release of Molten Salt receiving tubes to Archimede ISCC Plant in Sicily, the world
Continue readingVestas to close nacelle assembly factory in Taranto
To match production capacity with market demands, Vestas Executive Management intends to close the nacelle assembly factory in Taranto, Italy. Negotiations with local employee organisations will be initiated as soon as possible. Yesterday, employees at Vestas
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Wind energy in Italy: Nordex bags 17.5 MW wind farm contract
The Nordex Group has been awarded a contract for the construction of the “Manfredonia” wind farm. The investor is the special purpose vehicle “Eolsiponto Srl”, owned by Capital Riesgo Global SA, a company of Banco Santander, and Alerion Clean Power. The contract marks the first time that power producer Alerion has opted for Nordex turbines. … Continue reading Wind energy in Italy: Nordex bags 17.5 MW wind farm contract
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SCHOTT Supplies Molten Salt Receivers to Enel
The Italian power company Enel will install molten salt receivers with technology from SCHOTT when modernizing certain parts of the world’s largest molten salt cocnentrated solar power plant. The international technology group supplied around 450 so-called
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Vestas secures ten year service deal in Italy
Vestas has secured 10-year advanced service contract renewals with GDF SUEZ Energia Italia, which heads the Italian-based energy business of the GDF SUEZ Group, for six wind power plants in Italy with a total capacity of 130 MW – comprising 31 units of V90-2.0 MW and 80 units of V52-850 kW wind turbines. The service … Continue reading Vestas secures ten year service deal in Italy
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Gamesa lands a 10-year contract to service 234 MW for Veronagest in Italy
The company will perform maintenance services on 181 Gamesa wind turbines and will install its Algorithm Improvement Program and its continual improvement program GPA. Gamesa, a global technology leader in the wind power industry, has secured a contract with the IPP Veronagest to provide operation and maintenance (O&M) services on 181 wind turbines with total … Continue reading Gamesa lands a 10-year contract to service 234 MW for Veronagest in Italy
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Concentrated solar power installation with thermal energy storage
On July the 3rd 2013 Archimede Solar Energy (ASE) and Chiyoda Corporation ground break the most advanced concentrated solar power installation with thermal energy storage. On July the 3rd 2013 Archimede Solar Energy (ASE) and Chiyoda Corporation ground break the most advanced concentrated solar power installation with thermal energy storage. The CSP plant represents the first … Continue reading Concentrated solar power installation with thermal energy storage
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EDP Renewables holds the official inauguration of its wind farm in Villa Castelli, in the province of Brindisi
The inauguration of the wind farm, which has a total installed capacity of 20 MW, was attended by local representatives and figures from the Italian wind power sector. EDP Renewables, a global leader in the renewable energy sector and the world’s third-largest wind energy producer, inaugurated its first wind farm in Italy last Friday, which … Continue reading EDP Renewables holds the official inauguration of its wind farm in Villa Castelli, in the province of Brindisi
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Vestas receives an order for 24 V100-2.6 MW wind turbines in Italy
Vestas has received an order for 24 V100-2.6 MW wind turbines, based on one of the most proven platforms in the industry – the 3.0 MW platform, for the Gravina-Poggiorsini wind power plant in Puglia, Italy. The wind turbines are scheduled to be delivered in the third quarter of 2013, and to be commissioned by … Continue reading Vestas receives an order for 24 V100-2.6 MW wind turbines in Italy
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Geothermal energy grows with Bagnore
The design of Bagnore 4 was based on the highest global standards; under the project, two 20 MW groups will be built, which can generate up to 310 million kWh of energy per year. The construction of the geothermal Bagnore 4 plant has started in the municipalities of Santa Fiora and Arcidosso, in Tuscany.
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Work begins on the Bagnore 4 geothermal energy plant in Tuscany
Enel Green Power has broken ground for the construction of the Bagnore 4 geothermal power plant, located in the municipalities of Santa Fiora and Arcidosso, in the province of Grosseto (Tuscany). The project calls for the construction of two 20 MW turbines, for a total installed capacity of 40 MW. Once completed, the plant will … Continue reading Work begins on the Bagnore 4 geothermal energy plant in Tuscany
Continue readingVestas Nets Order For Wind Farm In Italy
Vestas has received an order for 34 MW consisting of 17 units of the V100-2.0 MW turbine for the Palazzo San Gervasio wind farm in Basilicata, Italy. The order has been placed by ERG Renew S.p.A (100% ERG), Italy’s largest wind energy producer, with an installed capacity of 1,062 MW in the country, and a … Continue reading Vestas Nets Order For Wind Farm In Italy
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Photovoltaic meets 4.3% of Italian electricity demand in February 2013
Italian grid operator Terna SpA has reported that electricity generation from solar photovoltaics (PV) increased 11% year-over-year in February 2013 to 1.11 TWh, enough to meet 4.3% of demand. In the first two months of 2013 PV produced 1.87 TWh, a 3.2% increase over 2012 and enough to meet 3.5% of demand. In 2012 PV … Continue reading Photovoltaic meets 4.3% of Italian electricity demand in February 2013
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Enel Green Power: new wind farm enters service in Italy
Enel Green Power has connected to the grid the new wind farm located in Bagaladi, in the province of Reggio Calabria. The Bagaladi Motta Montebello wind farm is comprised of 33 wind turbines of 0.85 MW each, for a total installed capacity of 28 MW. Once fully operational, the wind farm will be able to … Continue reading Enel Green Power: new wind farm enters service in Italy
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Italy’s 24MW Deliceto wind farm grid-connected and operating with Leitwind’s 1,5MW wind turbines
Leitwind announced today the commissioning of the Deliceto wind farm, which is now grid-connected and operating in Apulia, Italy. Leitwind was contracted by Elce Energia Spa in 2012 to build the 24MW Deliceto wind farm, which is made of 16 Leitwind’s patented LTW80 1,5MW gearless turbines. The wind turbines were delivered from the Telfs; Leitwind’s … Continue reading Italy’s 24MW Deliceto wind farm grid-connected and operating with Leitwind’s 1,5MW wind turbines
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