Wind power in Italy

Wind turbines near Frigento, province of Avellino, Campania

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

Wind power in Europe (end 2013)

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
MWchangenumberchange
2000363-55-
200166482.92%8147.27%
200278017.47%9922.22%
200387412.05%1078.08%
20041,13129.41%12012.15%
20051,63944.92%14823.33%
20061,90816.41%16914.19%
20072,71442.24%20320.12%
20083,53830.36%24219.21%
20094,89838.44%29421.49%
20105,81418.70%48765.65%
2011[5]6,93619.30%80765.71%
2012[6]8,14417.42%
2013[1]8,552

Gallery

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 EWEA (February 2014). "Wind in power: 2013 European statistics". European Wind Energy Association. Retrieved 2014-11-05.
  2. ↑ Global installed wind power capacity (MW) Global Wind Energy Council 6.2.2008
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Rapporto Statistico 2010". Statistiche sulle fonti rinnovabili (in Italian). Gestore Servizi Energetici (GSE). Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "GWEC: Europe". Global Wind Energy Council. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
  5. ↑ Gestore dei Servizi Energetici (GSE) - Dati Statistici impianti a fonti rinnovabili in Italia nel 2011
  6. ↑ Wind in power: 2012 European statistics February 2013

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