Wind power in Italy
Italy is the world’s seventh largest producer of wind power, with an installed nameplate capacity of 8,552 MW in 2013.[1]
The energy from the 487 active plants accounts for the 19% of the renewable energy produced in Italy in 2010.[2][3]:38 The total energy produced in 2010 was 8,787 GWh, with an increase of 29% from the previous year.[3]:45
Overview
In 2001, the European Commission issued its Directive on Electricity Production from Renewable Energy Sources. The Directive set a goal for Italy to obtain at least 25% of its electricity from renewables by 2010.[4] The 1999 Italian ‘White Book’ targeted to install 2,500 MW of wind power capacity by 2010; Italy exceeded this in 2007. The Italian government targeted 12,000 MW by 2020. Given that Italy's recent growth in wind power capacity has been about 30% annually, the target appears reachable by 2015.[4] Italy introduced a renewable energy quota system in 2002, and uses green certificates to ensure that power producers and importers produce specified percentages of electricity from renewables. Renewable energy under the quota system must come from new or repowered plants which began operating after April 1, 1999.[4]
Installed capacity growth
The table shows the annual increase in installed wind power capacity in recent years.[3]:39
| Year | Nameplate capacity | Plants | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MW | change | number | change | |
| 2000 | 363 | - | 55 | - |
| 2001 | 664 | 82.92% | 81 | 47.27% |
| 2002 | 780 | 17.47% | 99 | 22.22% |
| 2003 | 874 | 12.05% | 107 | 8.08% |
| 2004 | 1,131 | 29.41% | 120 | 12.15% |
| 2005 | 1,639 | 44.92% | 148 | 23.33% |
| 2006 | 1,908 | 16.41% | 169 | 14.19% |
| 2007 | 2,714 | 42.24% | 203 | 20.12% |
| 2008 | 3,538 | 30.36% | 242 | 19.21% |
| 2009 | 4,898 | 38.44% | 294 | 21.49% |
| 2010 | 5,814 | 18.70% | 487 | 65.65% |
| 2011[5] | 6,936 | 19.30% | 807 | 65.71% |
| 2012[6] | 8,144 | 17.42% | ||
| 2013[1] | 8,552 | |||
Gallery
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Parco eolico dei Poggi Alti Scansano (GR).jpg
Wind farm near Scansano in the Tuscan province of Grosseto
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Varese Ligure - Pale eoliche.JPG
Wind farm in Varese Ligure, Province of La Spezia
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REpowerMM82.jpg
REpower MM82 Wind Turbine in Minervino Murge
See also
- Energy in Italy
- Electricity sector in Italy
- Renewable energy in Italy
- European Wind Energy Association
- Global Wind Energy Council
- Wind power in the European Union
- List of wind power stations in Italy
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Global installed wind power capacity (MW) Global Wind Energy Council 6.2.2008
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Gestore dei Servizi Energetici (GSE) - Dati Statistici impianti a fonti rinnovabili in Italia nel 2011 [1]
- ↑ Wind in power: 2012 European statistics February 2013
External links
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- Associazione Nazionale Energia del Vento (ANEV), the Italian Wind Energy Association
- Il Portale italiano dell'energia del vento The Italian Web portal about wind power
