Italy in second place in world solar PV Rankings
Italy is brightening up if you look at the world solar PV rankings. The south-european country continues to shake things up in solar power. New stats from Gestore dei Servizi Energetici being...
View ArticleSmart Grid Italy: What to Watch
When it comes smart grid, Italy is best known for its aggressive smart meter rollout. The country embraced advanced metering infrastructure mostly to cut down on theft, and not to empower customers,...
View ArticleToshiba to supply several components for Italian smart grid
Toshiba Corp. recently announced that Ansaldo Transmissione & Distribuzione, its power systems subsidiary from Italy, has won a contract to be the supplier of electric vehicles; 10kW photovoltaic...
View ArticleENEL Distribuzione: Italy’s first Smart Grid in Isernia
Enel Distribuzione has begun installing the first smart grid in Italy, and one of the first in Europe, in Isernia. The technology installed will make it possible to optimally regulate the...
View ArticleItaly’s solar growth seen slowing sharply in 2012
Growth of solar power capacity in Italy, the world’s second-biggest market, is expected to slow to 1,500-2,500 megawatts in 2012 after a 9,300 MW leap in 2011, due to a planned cut in incentives. The...
View ArticleEIB Lends €380m Loan For Enel Network
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Enel Distribuzione s.p.a. signed a €380m loan for financing the power utilitys 2012-2014 program of investment in its distribution network. Such investments by...
View ArticleBari Smart City : first ENEL charging station arrives
The first public charging station for electric vehicles in Bari and in all of southern Italy was recently inaugurated. The new station was installed in the Murat district, on the centrally located...
View ArticleNEC partners with Acea to provide Energy Storage Systems for Smart Grid...
NEC Italia and Acea, the Italian multi-utility serving the Rome metropolitan area, announced an agreement to develop innovative lithium-ion Energy Storage Systems (ESS) to be implemented in Acea’s...
View ArticleEnel Lab: seven winning start-ups for 2012 competition selected
The seven young companies, six Italian and one Spanish, selected from among more than 200 applicants, will join the first clean technology business incubator created by Enel and will be able to count...
View ArticleENEL and Hera together for Smart Grid development
Enel Distribuzione, the company that runs the Enel distribution grid and Hera, the Italian multi-utility firm that operates in the environmental sector and provides water, gas and electricity services,...
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