March
03/28/2013 | Renewables and Conservation |
Erg Eolica Amaroni (100% Erg Renew) has signed a project financing contract for its wind park in the province of Catanzaro, which began operations in the fourth quarter of 2012 with an installed capacity of 22.5 MW. The company explains that the contract provides for a loan of up to 35mn euros for a ...
03/28/2013 | Renewables and Conservation |
Egp's first wind farm in Chile has begun operations in Talinay. A company press release reports that the Talinay wind farm has an installed capacity of 90 MW and will be able to generate up to 200mn kWh per year once fully operational. The new plant's construction cost around $165mn.
The compan ...
03/28/2013 | Renewables and Conservation |
Enel Green Power España has connected two new wind farms to the grid in the province of Málaga, which add an additional 70 MW to its total installed capacity in Andalusia. The Angosturas farm, located in the municipalities of Campillos and Teba, consists of 18 wind turbines of 2 MW each, for a total ...
February
02/28/2013 | Renewables and Conservation |
Eni has presented the Environment Ministry with a request for an environmental impact assessment for the project of transforming the Marghera refinery to produce bio-fuels (Green Refinery,
see SN n. 44 2012). The announcement has been published by the Gazzetta Ufficiale, n. 13 of Jan. 31. The refinery will integrate the traditional refining system into a “Green Refinery”, which will make possible production of high quality bio-fuels (Green Diesel, Green GPL and Green Nafta) from low-cost oily biomasse ...
02/14/2013 | Renewables and Conservation |
To promote research and innovation in the field of last-generation biofuels, which use algae and new conversion processes, with the support of both public and private research programs; to work together to develop globally acceptable “certification of sustainability”; to define financing structures ...
02/14/2013 | Renewables and Conservation |
Enel Green Power is strengthening its position in the Greek solar power sector thanks to 19 new photovoltaic plants, the last of those envisaged for the country within the framework of Egp's 2012-2016 business plan. The new photovoltaic plants boast a total installed capacity of 42 MW. A further 15 ...
02/07/2013 | Renewables and Conservation |
Investment fund Quercus Assets Selection has announced that it is financing Energia Verde Ventuno for the construction and operation of a new 17.5 MW wind farm in Cerna, in the Tulcea in region of Romania. The 30mn euro investment was financed through the Quercus Renewable Energy II fund, created at ...
January
01/31/2013 | Renewables and Conservation |
With legislative decree 28/2011 which implements the 20-20-20 package, the Italian government had set up the award of a “premium” for biofuels produced in factories in the EU using raw materials from cultivation in EU countries, even those intended for consumption outside the fuel network. But for t ...
01/31/2013 | Renewables and Conservation |
In 2011, the average level of incentives for renewable energy sources in Europe was 90.72 euros/MWh. In this panorama, Italy is above the average, occupying third place with 153.69 euros following the Czech Republic (214.16 euros) and Germany (162.94 euros) and ahead of France (116 euros) Spain (84. ...
01/24/2013 | Renewables and Conservation |
The Antitrust Authority has given its approval to Erg's acquisition, from Gdf Suez subsidiary International Power, of 80% of IP Maestrale, a company owning 636 MW of wind power systems, of which 550 MW are located in Italy. The legal firm DLA Piper, which helped Erg in the procedure before the autho ...
01/17/2013 | Renewables and Conservation |
The council of ministers has authorized an agreement for development of sustainable chemical production with Mossi & Ghisolfi.
The agreement has the aim of promoting the chemical industry's use of renewable resources for the production of second and third generation biofuels, without using foss ...
01/17/2013 | Renewables and Conservation |
Through its subsidiary Eolica Petralia, Falck Renewables has completed the project financing for the Petralia Sottana wind farm in Sicily. Banca IMI (Facility Agent) and Banca Popolare dell'Emilia Romagna Soc. Coop. underwrote the 14.5-year, €25.8mn project, with the assistance of legal advisor Lega ...
01/17/2013 | Renewables and Conservation |
Kinexia has announced that its renewables subsidiary Volteo Energie has begun production at its six biogas plants just completed, each of which boasts 999kWe power. The plants' biogas comes from local agriculture. Four are located in the Pavese area and one each in Reggio Emilia and Latina. Annual p ...
01/17/2013 | Renewables and Conservation |
Enel's Fusina power plant set a record in 2012 thanks to its use of 58,400 t of refuse derived fuel (Rdfr). The Enel announcement notes that this is another step toward the 70,000 t limit set by the government. The achievement is a result both of the particular conditions of the power market and of ...
01/10/2013 | Renewables and Conservation |
Enel Green Power has connected to the grid three new wind farms in Romania: Elcomex EOL (Zephir I), Targusor (Zephir II) and Gebelesis located in the Dobrogea region for a total installed capacity of 206 MW. Once fully operational, the new wind farms will be able to generate about 560mn kWh of energ ...