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- Project Powered at Rio + 20
The Project Powered will be illustrated during the United nations conference on sustainable development ‘Rio + 20’, that will be held in Rio De Janeiro from June 20th and June 22nd. Actually, the Project Powered presentation has been scheduled for June the 14th, during the preliminary sessions of the conference: the Environment Minister of Italy, Corrado Clini, will attend the event.
- Renewed the call for tender to find sponsors
The call for tender ‘Submission of events interested to sponsor the Project Powered’ has been renewed indefinitely. The aim of the public notice is to find public or private players interested to sponsor the experimental and numeric valuation activities regarding the ‘wind resource’ within the Adriatic area. Tozzi Nord is the first player who decided to get involved in the project as a sponsor. If you are interested to partecipate you can download the text of the call for tender and the criteria to participate at the url adress: http://www.regione.abruzzo.it/portale/index.asp?modello=avvisoSing&servizio=le&stileDiv=sequence&template=default&tom=1899&b=avviso. In the same page it’s possible to download the documents to take part at the call for tender.
- Tozzi nord is the first sponsor of Project Powered
Tozzi Nord, based in Trento, is the first sponsor of Project Powered. Tozzi Nord is an Italian company founded in 2006 and subsidiary of TRE SpA – Tozzi Renewable Energy, a Tozzi Group company. TRE SpA operates in plants from renewable sources for a total capacity of over 500 MW, of which 300 are in the wind. In its headquarters in Trento, Tozzi Nord designs, manufactures and markets small wind turbines. The design and construction of the turbines have been supported by an intense experimental activity conducted by a team of Tozzi Nord researchers, in collaboration with the most renowned Italian Universities (http://www.tozzinord.it).
- Powered Project presented at Renewable Energy Mediterranean of Ravenna
Powered Project has been presented at Rem (Renewable Energy Mediterranean), which was held in Ravenna on February 29 and March 1, 2012. The event was organized by OMC (Offshore Mediterranean conference) and IES (International Exhibition Service). The project has been illustrated by Sergio Montelpare (Polytechnic University of Marche), who explained the numerical procedure and the experimental meterological network will be used to study the wind resources in the Adriatic sea, to determine if there are conditions to build offshore wind farms.
- Italian Government, «Project Powered a model for the development of wind energy»
Powered Project has received an important acknowledgement by the Italian Government. The environment minister Corrado Clini, speaking at the conference ‘Political support the environmental sustainability of the territory – Experience Powered Project’, which was hosted at hall of Bari Mediterranean Mediterre February 2, stated «Project Powered may be the model and define the trace of the work for the development of offshore wind in the Adriatic». The minister has also emphasized the objective of the Government is «to check if we can develop wind power in the Adriatic in a manner compatible with the environment. I believe that the conclusion of the project will also represent the starting point to invest in this important industrial sector in Italy, how is already happening in other European countries».
The conference, which was a great success, was also attended by the president of the Abruzzo region, Gianni Chiodi (the Abruzzo region is the leader partner of the Project). «This project – Chiodi said – is the first that refers to the Adriatic-Ionian macro-region, an area where we move our future destinies. Our next development strategies must aim to the Mediterranean. That means we must acknowledge that a substantial part of the Mediterranean, in the next years, will have an extraordinary economic dynamism, which can generate a double-figure gross domestic product. A ‘little China’, so to speak, that our entrepreneurs should begin to consider».
The project manager, Antonio Sorgi, head of the Energy department of Region Abruzzo, has emphasized the importance of Powered. «It as made according to the guidelines of the Adriatic Countries, to understand the usability of the off shore wind energy. We care of conflicts that may raise, but there are 13 institutions and private entities involved, Italians, Croats, Albanians and Montenegrins, to bring new energy scenarios and at the same time new business opportunities. We will follow scientific methods to study the possible conditions for investing in this new project, according with the laws of different countries: the exchange of ideas is the main thing»
- Project Powered at the Fiera del Levante of Bari
February the 2d the Fiera del Levante in Bari will host the conference ‘Policies to support the environmental sustainability of the territory – Experience Powered Project’ (starting time at 9.30 am). The conference speakers will be the President of the Puglia Region Nichi Vendola, the President of the Abruzzo Region Giovanni Chiodi, the Minister of the Environmental quality of the Puglia Region Lorenzo Nicastro, the Dìrector for Energy of the European Commission Pedro Ballesteros Torres, the Director for small and medium-sized cooperative enterprises and organizations of the Ministry of Economic Development Gianluca Esposito, the Dean of Economics at the University of Taranto, Bruno Notarnicola, the Mayor of Malmo (Sweden) and Chairman of the environment-climate Change and Energy Committee of the Regions EU Ilmar Reepalu, the Councillor of the Municipality of Genoa Pinuccia Montanari and the Mayor of Bari Michele Emiliano. Project Powered will be presented by Anthony Sorgi, Director of the Region of Abruzzo, which is the leader partner of the project. The adress of the Minister of Environment Corrado Clini will conclude the congress. The Councillor of Mediterranean, culture and tourism of the Puglia Region Silvia Godelli will be the moderator.
The previous day and the afternoon after the conference the Steering Committee and the Scientific and Technical Committee of the Powered Project will gather to take a stock of the project status.
- The start up of the small wind turbine of Porto Corsini (Ravenna)
A small wind turbine of 1.5 kW power has been inaugurated December the 17th 2011 at 11.00 am, in the cruise terminal at Porto Corsini (Ravenna). The small wind turbine has been developed by a cooperation among Province of Ravenna, Port Authority of Ravenna, Ravenna Passenger Terminal, Tozzi Nord – who donated the experimental wind power generator – and also thanks to resources of the
Project Powered (European cross-border program IPA Adriatic).Here the press release
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- New small wind turbines aerogenerator in Ravenna
On December 17th, at 11 am, the Porto Corsini Cruise terminal (Ravenna) held the inauguration of a 1,5 KW small wind turbines aerogenerator (made by Tozzi Nord) and a cup anemometer. The integrated work carries out the Project Wico guidelines (the project has been recently completed); at the same time it is the first local steering test of the Project Powered guidelines.
The following personalities attended the ceremony:
The President of Ravenna Port Authority Giuseppe Parrello,
The councillor for the planning and environment of the Ravenna Province Mara Roncuzzi
The councillor for the environmental policy of the Ravenna Municipality Guido Guerrieri
The Chief executive of the economic development, commerce and tourism of the Region Emilia-Romagna, Morena Diazzi
The Commanding officer of the Harbour office of Ravenna Francesco Saverio Ferrara
- The Europe 2020 strategy
The strategy aims to boost economic and financial growth in the European Union over the next decade. The rapidly changing global context means that the EU must become a smart, sustainable and inclusive economy. The strategy will therefore help Europe’s regions to achieve high levels of employment, productivity and social cohesion. It was published by the Delegation of the European People’s Party Committee of the Regions.
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