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January 26, 2010
Rome,
Italy: ENEL to Install 4 MW PV System
Enel
Green Power and the Marcegaglia Group have signed an agreement
for the installation of a photovoltaic system with a capacity
of more than 4 MW on the roof-tops of the industrial facilities
of the Marcegaglia Group, a world leader in the steel processing
industry and, among other operations, also active in the production
of energy from renewables.
The
project, one of the largest innovative technology roof-top systems
in Italy, will be implemented in Taranto on the roof-tops of the
Marcegaglia Group's plants, fully integrating the system into
the existing architecture. The system will be mostly equipped
with innovative flexible thin-film amorphous silicon photovoltaic
modules. It is scheduled to start operating in 2010.
Once
fully operational, the system owned 51% by Enel Green Power
and 49% by Marcegaglia Group will be able to produce over 5
million kWh annually.
"We
are very pleased to have reached this agreement", said Francesco
Starace, Chairman of Enel Green Power, "with the first concrete
implementation at the Taranto facilities of Marcegaglia, a major
group that, like us, understands the considerable potential for
the development of photovoltaics. Enel Green Power has an ambitious
growth plan and a substantial pipeline of photovoltaic projects
in Italy and abroad: this agreement enables us to further strengthen
our presence in the steadily expanding domestic market, in which
we firmly believe."
The
agreement with Enel Green Power", remarked Antonio Marcegaglia,
Chief Executive Officer of the Marcegaglia Group, "is a significant
one both for its scale and because it is the first project to
be developed with Enel Green Power as part of the broader collaborative
initiatives that our groups could pursue in the photovoltaic sector
and in energy generation from renewables. An important part of
the plant will be implemented with the BrolloSolar photovoltaic
panel, manufactured in our Taranto facility, with which we have
already carried out major roof systems, among the largest in Italy.
Further details about: ENEL
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