Sustainable Energy Investment Projects for
Local Economic Development – SEIPLED
ECUBA – Italy:
Sustainable energy in
ecological productive areas
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Background
The industrial areas in
Emilia Romagna
Ecuba co-operates with the regional Administration and
local managers of industrial areas to design sustainable
energy solutions for new and existing productive areas
according to the “Ecologically Designed Areas” model.
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Sustainable Energy Supply in Ecological Areas
A regional law has defined the concept of Ecological Productive Areas
(APEA), which could be extended to about 3600 hectares of new areas.
The supply of energy to APEAs, by district heating, fed by CHP and/or
biomass, appears a promising application (tri-generation).
Pilot case studies have been developed. The policy framework is favourable:
electric and gas markets are liberalised, green and white certificates do apply,
the feed-in tariffs are reasonable, the enterprises are welcoming more secure
and cheap forms of energy purchase. The remaining obstacle is the limitation
to internal grids, under evaluation by the Energy Authority (AEEG).
In the “Ponte Rizzoli” case study, the Municipality of Ozzano Emilia will
apply (as the beneficiary) for Structural Funds or other regional contribution
(35%), and will successively assign in a competitive way the concession of the
final design, construction, operation and energy distribution service to an
energy service company.
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Outcomes
Planning of the Ponte Rizzoli area.
Optimal orientation,
low energy building
design, tri-generation
for offices and 10% of
factory buildings, PV
system.
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Co-ordinator:
Ecuba Srl
via del Cestello 4 , 40124 Bologna, Italy
Tel: +39 051 228048
Fax: +39 051 6565124
Web site: www.ecuba.it e-mail: [email protected]
Contact persons :
Dott. M. Antinucci
Dott. S. Antinucci
R. Verhagen
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
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