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Italy
Introduction
The Italian government is supporting the development
of renewable energy as part of the country's commitment
to the Kyoto Protocol and the EU goal of producing
22% of Europe's electricity from renewable energy
sources by 2010. Much of that power is expected
to come from wind energy. According to a recent
survey published by the German Wind Energy Institute,
Italy is one of five highly important future markets
for wind energy development. By the end of 2003,
the country had 922 MW of installed wind energy
capacity, with a target of more than 2400 MW by
the end of 2008...more>>
Project
Italian Vento Power Corp. (IVPC) and Japanese
trading company Tomen Corp., in a joint project,
completed a 170-MW wind plant, one of the world’s
largest, in southern Italy at a total cost of
about $260 million. The wind farm is located in
Campania and Puglia near Naples and consists of
282 Vestas 600-kW turbines. Electricity from the
facility will be sold to the Italian state utility
ENEL...more>>
| Potential Wind Resources: |
Total Electric Usage (2001) |
Population (July 2003) |
Energy usage /person/year |
| N/A |
289,100 GWh |
57,998,353 |
4.9846 MWh |
Energy Conversion:
| 1 TWh (terawatt-hour) |
1000 GWh (gigawatt-hour) |
| 1 GWh (gigawatt-hour) |
1000 MWh (megawatt-hour) |
| 1 MWh (megawatt-hour) |
1000 KWh (kilowatt-hour) |
| 1 KWh (kilowatt-hour) |
1000 Wh (watt-hour) |
References and Additional Information about Wind
Resources in Italy:
AWEA:
Global
Wind Energy Market
Power Engineering: GE
Energy enters Italian wind industry
Nationmaster: http://www.nationmaster.com/country/it/Energy
Energy Breakdown Chart of Italy: Energy
Chart
Energy Grid Map of Italy: Grid
Map
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