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- The Powered Project illustrated by Professor Ricci at Radio 24
Professor Renato Ricci, teacher academic of Engineering physics for the Polytechnic University of Marche and head of the scientific committee of Powered Project, October the 20th was the guest of the Radio 24 programme Mr Kilowatt (Radio 24 is the broadcasting station of the financial paper ‘Il Sole 24 Ore’), hosted by Maurizio Melis, to illustrate the Powered Project. It’s possible to listen and download the podcast at the url address http://www.radio24.ilsole24ore.com/player/player.php?filename=111020-mrkilowatt.mp3.
- 21 October 2011 – transmission on Radio 24
On 21 October at 21.00 prof. Ricci will live transmission dr. Melis, Mr. Kilowatt, on Radio 24. On the website of the program can be downloaded from the day on October 22, the podcast of the broadcast
- The Powered project presented at the Bruxelles ‘Open days’
The Powered project has been presented as a ‘best practice’ October 12th 2011 during the Bruxelles ‘Open days’, in connection with the workshop ‘Meet the projects – Energy in European cohesion policy’, staged by the Dg Regio. The ‘Open days’ are the most important event hosted in the Belgian capital that is staged by Regions and Cities regarding the regional policies and the exchange of views on the best practices. The 2011 ‘Open days’ took place from 10 to 13 October.
http://www.open-days.eu/file-upload/2011/docs/887-12A30-Powered_-_Sorgi_-_Open_Days.pdf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvbZ2DQZ4FY&feature=player_embedded
- First presentation of the project Powered
First presentation of the project Powered version prepared for the Open Days 10 to 13 October 2011 Brussels
- A public notice for sponsoring Powered
Region Abruzzo has published on her web site a public notice for ‘Submission of events interested to sponsor the project’. The aim is to find public or private players interested to sponsor the experimental and numeric valuation activities regarding the ‘wind resource’ within the Adriatic area. It’s possible to find the public notice text and the criteria to participate at the url address 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 competitive tender.
- In Brazil wind energy is cheaper than natural gas
For the first time in history, the price of 1 MWh produced by a wind energy power plant in Brazil is lower than the one produced by a natural gas power plant. That means that today wind energy is the cheapest one (and Brazil is a land very rich in natural gas): in a invitation for bids to build power plants of 3.9 GW, the wind energy won contracts for 1.9 GW.
The price of a MWh dropped of 30 dollars in two years: this has been caused by the decreased price of turbines and the strength of Real (the Brazilian currency). Hamilton Moss De Souza, the department of energy development executive with the Brazilian Ministry, claimed that Brazil is going to reconsider the forecast about the growing of the wind energy: «Through competition we lowed the: is a basic economical law».
(from QualEnergia.it, By Giulio Meneghello)
- Wind energy is the future for Europe
The forecast in a report of Ewea
A report of Ewea (European Wind Energy Association) claims that in 2020 the eolic power energy could meet the 15 % of the european energy requirements. And in 2050 it could supply half of the needs of energy (and the latter half would be provided by the others renewable sources of energy). Nowadays, the wind power energy supplies the 5.5 % of the european requirements of energy, with a combined power of 84,3 GW. This scenario will triplicate in the current decade: the investments regarding wind energy power plants amount to 192 billion euro.
The report sums up what has been done within the wind energy field in Europe. And shows the future path established by the Energy roadmap to 2050, which is supposed to be notified in few months by the European Commission.
Germany, France, Spain and United Kingdom are the countries that will invest more in wind energy. In Italy the investment in wind energy will triplicate: from the current 5.8 GW to 15.5 GW in 2020, of which 500 MW from offshore wind energy power plants. As a whole the wind energy in Italy will meet the 8.7 % of the requirements in 2020 (nowadays is the 3.2 %).
It’s important to point out that, according with the Ewea report, the use of wind energy is growing much more compared with the schedule planned by the States member of Eu and the Commission. In detail, the european schedule plans to install every year turbine with a power of 17.8 GW on the main land and 6.9 offshore. The estimated investments are 16.2 billions euro for the mainland wind power plants and 10.4 billion euro for the offshore plants.
(from QualEnergia.it, By Giulio Meneghello)
- Call for Suturday august 27 to 10.30
Connecting and protecting, sustaining growth and promoting development. These are the keywords summarising the great significance of the Adriatic macroregional strategy, whose path towards definitive implementation is finally underway. The EU’s recognition of a macro-regional strategy for the Adriatic-Ionian area represents an important opportunity to share development policies, focus Europe’s attention on its southeast side, and translate into practice the concepts of territorial cohesion, environmental protection, and sustainable economic and social growth in a path involving all communities concerned. “The Adriatic-Ionian macro-region for the development of Europe” represents a great opportunity for citizens to come into contact with experiences thus far acquired, by means of an exhibition ‘relating’ the building stages of the macro-region. This strategy is one we firmly believe in, certain of the need for decisive action to achieve greater economic, social and cultural cooperation amongst countries in the area.
- Fair winds for the eolic offshore in Europe
The claim in a report of Ewea (European Wind Energy Association)
Eolic offshore energy is experiencing in Europe a favourable trend. During the first half year of 2011, 101 new turbines have been connected to the Electric Power Distribution in Great Britain, Germany and Norway. The full power of the new turbines is 348 MW, an increase equivalent to 4,5 per cent compared to the same period of year 2010.
The statistics have been published in the July 27th Ewea (European Wind Energy Association) press release: the document shows, as well, that 11 eolic power plants are being developed offshore in Europe. These plants cost 8.5 billion euro and have a production capacity of 2.844 MW.
Ewea report take stocks of the situation of the eolic offshore in Europe at June 30th 2011. Have been installed 49 power plants in 8 countries of Ue: the turbines are 1.247, with a production capacity of 3.294 MW. Ewea document reports that, despite the crisis, is increasing the number of banks that provides economic resources to build eolic offshore power plants: in 2011 they will provide to the eolic-sector 3 billion euro.
- OPERATONAL MEETING STATE-OF-THE-ART OF POWERED PROJECT – WORKING AGENDA
OPERATONAL MEETING STATE-OF-THE-ART OF POWERED PROJECT – WORKING AGENDA
8th September 2011
Consorzio CETMA – Cittadella della Ricerca S.S. 7, km 706+30 – 72100 Brindisi
9:00 – 9:10
Welcoming and Introduction
· Luigi Barone – Cetma
· Antonio Sorgi – Region Abruzzo Responsible of the project
9:10 – 9:40
WP1 – Task 1.1 – Project Management
· Project’s activities
· Accounting planning
· Budget modification
· Call for Sponsors’ research
Project Manager – Ercole Cauti
9:40 – 10:00
WP2 – Task 2.1 – Communication and dissemination
· Web site
· Communication and Dissemination plan
· Other
Ravenna Province – Alberto Rebucci
10:00 – 10:15
WP3 – Task 3 – Technological, normative, of energetic and environmental policies state of the art
· Objectives, activities and time plan of the work package
CETMA – Danilo Bardaro
10:15 – 10:30
Coffee break
10:30 – 12:00
WP3 – Task 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4
· Activities realized and to be realized
WP 3.1 with the interventions of UNIVPM, MICOPERI and RAVENNA PROVINCE
WP 3.3, 3.4 with the interventions of: Abruzzo Region, Ministry of Economy of Montenegro, Veneto Agricolture, Province of Ravenna, Marche Region, Molise Region, Puglia Region, UNIVPM, CETMA, Ministry of Economy of Albania, Municipality of Komiza.
Coordination provided by CETMA
12:00 – 12:30
WP4 Task 4.1
· Wind’s experimental and numerical evaluation
UNIVPM – Renato Ricci
12:30 -13:30
Further information and decisions
13:30 – 14:30
Lunch Break and closing of meeting
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