Archive: News
20 October 2009
Lombardy Region bets on the sustainable economy
Milan - The Green Economy Plan has been approved yesterday. Formigoni has meet the different stakeholders, such as Banks, Enterprises, Trade Unions, to discuss the “Plan for a sustainable Lombardia”. It previews 900 millions of...
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16 October 2009
Tribunal of Bologna: the agricultural biogas plant is not a waste processing plant!
Bologna - The Sentence of the Administrative Tribunal (Consiglio di Stato) cancelled the previous Tar Emilia Romagna sentence on the 7th of October 2009. The biogas plant start-up fuelled by animal sewage has been blocked by the...
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05 October 2009
Fiper defines the associative strategy on biogas sector.
Milan - Fiper has set-up a permanent biogas working group that it’s going to be meet for the first session on the 5th of October to discuss the priority actions for the Federation. The urgencies: the recognition of by-product of...
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25 September 2009
Fiper at Forlener: Great attention for the opportunity – cost of the energy production by biomass.
During the conference organized by Fiper in the Forlener Fair, enterprises, universities, institutions agrees on promoting the biomass-energy chain, although a major implementation of co-generation system, a sustainable use of...
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22 September 2009
The bio-fuels price commission wholesale is operative in the Chamber of Commerce of Milan. Fiper holds the vice-presidency.
Milan – The Chamber of Commerce of Milan has set-up the bio-fuels price commission wholesale to helps and encourage the entrepreneur to commercialise bio-fuels in the Lombardy Region. The principal goal is to support correct and...
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22 September 2009
Administration Council of Fiper: Associative admission for the biogas plants!
Cremona – Renewal air is breathing at the end of Administration Council of Fiper taken place in Cremona Today. 6 new biogas plants localised in Formigara (CR) and Villa of Tirano (SO) entered into the Federation.“We represents...
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17 September 2009
Framework loan for financing energy efficiency and renewable energy projects.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Centrobanca (UBI Banca Group) have signed a framework loan for financing energy efficiency and renewable energy projects.Under the agreement, the EIB is making available to Centrobanca total...
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11 September 2009
Biomass: 352 plants in Italy at the end of 2008
352 plants fuelled by biomass and waste for a total production of 1.555 MW of installed power and a production of 5.966 GWh are working in Italy at the end of 2008.More information are available on the first edition “Biomass and...
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24 August 2009
Against biomass Nimby, an important TAR sentence
Turin - The Regional Administrative Tribunal (TAR) had pronounced not guilty verdict to Silvateam. The sentence in facto has been rejected the decision of Province of Asti not authorizing a new biomass plant.
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28 August 2009
Alto Adige, Call proposal for innovation and research, budget: 2 Million Euro
2 million of Euro for news project in innovation and research.
Projects are addressed to enterprises placed in Trentino Alto Adige. Timing of project admitted: 36 months.2 Strategic domains: sustainable resources (renewable...
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12 August 2009
Tcvvv paves the way to biogas in Valtellina
Villa di Tirano - It’s started up a new biogas plant fuelled by dung and whey that produces heat and electricity. Power plant of 635 kW, is a first example in Valtellina of bio-energy enterprise that joins together Tcvvv (36%),...
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06 August 2009
GSE Report: 23.859 MW installed by renewable source in 2008. +21%
Rome - Published the Statistics renewable sources in Italy by GSE. 23.859 MW the installed power, the total production corresponding at 58.164 GWh.The increase of renewable production is around 21% by 2007. Big role played by...
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03 August 2009
In Official Journal n. 176 published a Development Law. Came into effect: 15 August
Rome - Published in Official Journal the Development Law that includes the reform for renewable energy incentives, approved in Parliament, last 9th July. The Law proposal has been converted in Law n. 99 dated 23 July 2009. The...
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27 July 2009
Fiper and environmental committee: no to 1-00155 motion to cut resources for thermodynamic solar research
Rome - Fiper with Ail, Anev, Aper, Assolterm, Federpern, Greenpeace Italy, Gses, Ises Italia, Itabia, KyotoClub, Legambiente and WWF express them perplexity on the motion n. 1-00155 that Senate would discuss tomorrow. This...
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21 July 2009
From biomass producers: Eolic, an renewable technology, available, clean, efficiency and democratic.
Tirano - From biomass producers, support for the wind energy production. Walter Righini, president of Fiper, comments bewildered and embittered the polemic of these days.“ It was clear for everybody that Aeolian sector would...
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15 July 2009
Published National Guide Line for energy building certification
Rome - The Decree of Minister of Economic Development has been published on Official Gazette n. 158 of 10th July 2009. This Decree defines the National Guide Line for energy building certification in respect of Directive...
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13 July 2009
Energy from biomass: a gleam of light with the 28 Cent/kWh in “omnicomprensivo” rate
Rome - The Chamber of Senate has confirmed the 28 Cent Euro/kWh in omnicomprensiva rate for electricity produced by biomass plant lower than 1 MW, at the end…” Débuts satisfied Walter Righini , president of Fiper, after the...
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10 July 2009
Proposal of Law 1141: approved by the Chamber of Senate with 154 vote favourable. Changes for incentives systems (Green Certificate) of electricity produced by biomass.
The Chamber of Senate has approved the Proposal of Law 1441 “Disposition for development and enterprise internationalization. The incentive system for electricity produced by biomass provides for:1. Biogas and biomass plant...
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06 July 2009
Fiper to the EU Deputies: Re-launch heat production by wood!
Appeal from Walter Righini that invite the new Euro- Deputies to promote heating and cold energy produced by renewable source along the RES Directive published last 5 June 2009. The focus RES Directive topics and Fiper’s...
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23 June 2009
Lombardia Region aims at Agro-energy
Milan - Published the Dossier “ Cultivate the Nature” , that shows the new Lombardia border. In fact the Lombardia , the best Region energy consumer in Italy, decided to invest in heating biomass plant and biogas plant. Green...
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22 June 2009
Esco - Heating biomass plant: love mach in private and public building?
Fiper participates in European Project “Expanding biomass and solar hating in public and private building via the energy services approach” co-financed by Europe Intelligence Program. This project will expand use of biomass &...
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19 June 2009
Green Certificate for renewable Energy promotion made in Italy: the amendment presented at the Government
FIPER, ANEV, ASSOLTERM, GIFI GREENPEACE Italia, GSES, ISES ITALIA, ITABIA, KYOTO CLUB, LEGAMBIENTE had presented the amendment concerning the Green Certificate Discipline established by the DdL 1441 Ter-B. The principles of 2...
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24 May 2009
G8 Energy Minister’s meeting: Government and business United against the Crisis and the climate change
Rome - Renewing cooperation between governments and forging an alliance with businesses in the industry to overcome the crisis, relaunching investments in major energy projects, and promoting the efficient use of energy by...
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14 May 2009
New incentives for electricity produced by renewable Energy
A new amendment (art.25) has been approved by the Chamber of Senate concerning the Law proposal n. 1195 “Measures for enterprises development and internationalization” related with the Law n. 244 of 24/12/2009 and the Law n.222...
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05 May 2009
Lombardia: 100 Millions Euro for clean energy
Illustrated by Formigoni, the new action plan for Energy saving and renewable against the economic crises.The first proposal is an energy action plan for getting over the economical crisis: value 100 millions of Euro. That budget...
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04 May 2009
Election Alto Adige 2009: heating plant wins at Badia!
752 vote for Giacomo Frenademetz, new mayor of Badia. Alta Badia – Great success for the green economy in Alta Val Badia. The new mayor, Giacomo Frenademetz is a member of the Fiper Council of Administration. He’s a charter...
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04 May 2009
Subtraction 55%: on line the new ENEA web site
New web application for the documentation collection concerning efficiency intervention by January 2009.Rome – It’s available the new web portal of Enea (http://finanziaria2008.acs.enea.it/) for sending every documentation since...
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06 April 2009
Council adopts climate energy legislative package
Bruxelles - The Council adopted today the climate-energy legislative package containing measures to fight climate change and promote renewable energy. This package is designed to achieve the EU's overall environmental target of a...
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06 March 2009
Government: approved Regulation on energy efficiency in building sector
The Council of Ministry approved today the Decree concerning Energy efficiency in building sector. This regulation establishes general criteria, calculation methodology, requirement for energy performance in building, in thermal...
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27 February 2009
Target 20 20 20: established the regional burden sharing
The last budget Law has introduced the concept of “regional burden sharing” that is the decision to share among the Region, a burden for achieving a target of 17% of renewable energy production defined on climate-energy package...
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25 February 2009
Region Lombardia furthers heating plant: Energy Plan’s goal are diversification and diffuse production of energy by renewable source
Consolidate heating plant: the must of Region Lombardia. In urban area, using heat produced by gas and waste heating plant, in rural and mountain area using wood biomass.Walter Righini, president of Fiper declares: it’s starting...
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20 February 2009
Wood biomass, a glimmer is opening
Rome - The Service Conference of Region gives acceptation on law proposal concerning the agro-food sector competitiveness. The Parliament have to approve art. 3 that incentives electricity production by wood biomass.
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18 February 2009
4° Kyoto birthday: agape for the missed admission that incentives the Short Chain on the Green Certificates in the “Thousand Extension” Decree
Milan - After 10 month of discussion among sector stakeholders, the Ministry of Economic Development, the Authority of Electricity and Gas, the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Senate has approved the...
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05 February 2009
Green Certificate: fixed price 2009
New value for Green Certificates (CV), the incentive mechanism that energy producer enterprise, using fossil fuel, can buy for covering up renewable Energy production target defined by law.The Manager of Electrical Service (GSE)...
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08 January 2009
Heating biomass plant encouraged by the Budget Law 2009
Rome - The tax break concerning ex 50 Lit/ kWh previous for each end users connected at heating biomass district becomes permanent in according the art. 2 comma 12 of the Budget Law 2009, since 1° January 2009.
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07 January 2009
Taken effective the new incentive for green electricity
The decree of 18 December 2008 on new discipline for green certificate “ Incentive of electricity production by renewable source” according art. 2 comma 150 of the Law n. 244 of 24 December 2007 has been published by n. 1 of the...
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07 January 2009
White Certificate: a save corresponding at consumption of 2.5 million habitants
Rome - Saved 2 million Toe and 5 millions of CO2 Tons emitted in atmosphere in last four years (January 2005- December 2008). The Authority for the Electricity and Gas analyses this result on his 3° report” Mechanism of...
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22 December 2008
Fiper selected for the new consulting group of energy policy promoted by Lombardia Region
Published the Region Decree n. 15021 of 12/12/2008. Lombardia Region institutes the consulting group for energy and environmental policy composted by principal private and public operator of this sector in according Regional Law...
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15 December 2008
Target: 20% renewable Energy by 2020. A far-seeing choice for European economy and environment.
Tirano - Righini, President of Fiper, express satisfaction for the Agreement on climate change- energy successfully completed by the European Council. This EU Agreement marks an important change concerning a flight over...
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12 December 2008
Brussels EU anxious to keep global climate leadership
Brussels - The Union's leaders today (12 December) wrapped up negotiations on a contentious climate and energy 'package' and hailed their deal as a symbol of European leadership in fighting climate change,...
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09 December 2008
In Italy an energetic revolution
Rome - Fiper takes part in executive committee with others professionals associations. This committee had signed the document “In Italy an energetic revolution” for reaffirming the big opportunity of Directive 20 20 20 at...
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03 December 2008
Co-generation plan station: GSE publish the recognition Guide
The objective of this Guide is to establish a transparent common framework to promote and facilitate the installation of cogeneration plants where demand for useful heat exists or is anticipated in Italy. This document has been...
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03 December 2008
GSE the exclusive interlocutor for trade local electricity produced by consumers
The supply of local trade service will be carry out exclusively by GSE since 1st January 2009. This measure is an effect of the AEEG’s Deliberation n. 74/08. On the basis of AEEG’s Deliberation n.74/08, GSE is...
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17 December 2008
Italian government limits energetic bonus
In anti-crisis plan, Italian government decided reducing budget of building efficiency energy and tighten the access of incentive (55% on IRPEF and IRPEG). Fiscal deduction will not be anymore automatically. Art.n.29 of DL...
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28 November 2008
The small and medium Italian enterprises members of Fiper, an example for polish reconversion
The Polish delegation composed by the association of co-generation producers, by the entrepreneurs of PGE, PKE, Zec Bytom, PTEZ, leader in polish market has participated at the technical heating district course organized by...
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18 November 2008
A proposal for Europe: it need an acceleration on FER promotion
Fiper, Anev, Federpern, Greenpeace, Ises, Itabia, the Italian Professional Association for thermal and electrical energy production by renewable source have signed a open-letter send at the President of Council, the Ministry of...
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08 October 2008
Fiper invited by the EU Energy Commission for explaining his model to reach the goals previous by the Directive 20 20 20
Brussels - The Energy Commission of European Union organised an important meeting for discussing and comparing efficient model developed in Euro Alp- Mediterranean Region. Fiper illustrated to European representatives his...
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03 October 2008
Sustainable Biomass: the Road of Fiper at ZeroEmission
Rome - During the ZeroEmission Fair, Italian experts of bio-fuels head to head for discussing the bio-energy future in this moment of energetic crisis. Fiper explained his position in the seminary: “ Sustainable Biomass: Witch is...
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29 September 2008
Preview of Sacconi’s interview
In preview the interview made to the European Deputy mr. Sacconi, President of Committee Climate and Environment by Fiper in www.ourclimate project, This interview regards the Emission CO2 Car Directive discussed last 25...
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27 September 2008
Balance Law 2009: the Senator Thaler declares that the fiscal incentive for heating plant will be permanent
Thanks to Thaler Ausserhofer, since always pursues the question of fiscal incentive for heating plant. Finally, the Government inserted a specific disposition regarding this incentive that will be permanent with effect from 1°...
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23 September 2008
Indiscreet: Italy want negotiate the Climate and Environment Package in Europe
Rome – During last days at Palazzo Chigi the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Economic Development decided the strategy to propose next 15 and 16 October in Brussels regarding Climate and Environment Measure. In...
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19 September 2008
Only 18% of incentives 2007 came to true renewable energy
The scandal of CIP6/92 continues. Greenpeace study of incentive allocation (year 2007) affirms: On 5,3 billions of Euro, only 932 millions had been assigned at true renewable sector.
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15 September 2008
Rifkin: renewable for get over a sunset of energetic regime
Climate change and the depletion of oil reserves are taking place faster than expected and the policies we are putting in place will be insufficient to keep up, leading economist Jeremy Rifkin told in VII meeting of...
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09 September 2008
Traceability, key of development for biogas and biomass plant
Fiper takes a stand for promoting traceability as instrument to incentive biogas and biomass plan in Italy, according with Aiel and Itabia.
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08 September 2008
Region of Lombardia takes in Fiper model for news heating network fuels by woody biomass
Region of Lombardia, in the last Application Form concerning incentive for new biomass plant (published on BURL n.28 dated 7/7/08 point 4 – pg. 5) defines as plant typology:“Heating network fuels by woody biomass have to be...
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26 August 2008
Great understanding between Fiper and Budget Group 2007-2008 of Enea to promote district heating network fuels by woody biomass
Milano - Today a meeting in Milan between Fiper and Enea (Valentini and Martelli), is concluded with satisfaction and operative collaboration. During this workshop Enea explained all fiscal advantage and how benefice (detraction...
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19 August 2008
Fiper at the Government: Incentives for small and medium enterprise (1 MW) in order to produce renewable electricity
Rome - Fiper presented at the Ministry of Economic Development news observations for Green Certificate Decree concerning incentives on Balance Low 2008.
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31 July 2008
White certificate mechanism in two year permitted to save 2 million ton of oil
Rome - White certificate mechanism in two year permitted to save 2 million ton of oil equivalent (TEP), said Alessandro Ortis, President of Authority for Electricity and Gas during a presentation of Enea Report on Energy and...
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29 July 2008
"Certainty in timetable for Green Certificate Decree": required Fiper to the Ministry of Economic Development
Rome - Yesterday during the meeting at the Ministry of Economic Development, Fiper asked “Certainty in timetable” for achieving agricultural green certificate linked at news biogas and biomass co-generation plant.“We’re in...
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28 July 2008
Fiper invited by the Economic Development Ministry at the Energy Committee for the re-definition of electric production incentives by renewable source.
Rome - Economic Development Ministry has prepared a primary scheme for Decree’s emanating concerning the Balance Low 2008 carrying out. Attention will be focused on Art. 2 comma 150 which defines new incentive access for electric...
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16 July 2008
About Turn: Authority Saved!
Rome - Yesterday night the Balance and Finance Commission of the Deputy Chamber, are approved a new Government Amendment that annuls Fugatti Amendment. Energy and Gas Authority remains a independent institution which regulates,...
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15 July 2008
Climate package: are we sharing the cuts in emissions?
Brussels - Last year EU leaders agreed to cut CO2 emissions by a fifth by 2020 in a bid to tackle climate change. Emerging global agreements could up that figure to a 30% cut. Earlier this year the European Commission unveiled...
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14 July 2008
New Role for the Energy and Gas Authority, new Administration Council: consumer protection at risk!
Rome - Finance Commission of the Deputy Chamber has approved Friday night the Amendment Fugatti (North League Deputy) concerning Fiscal Decree (112/8) that previews the Authority Administration Council declines not later than 30...
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03 July 2008
Legislative Decree on “End-use Efficiency in building & Energy Services”
Rome - Published in Official Gazette n.184, the Decree introduces important measures to improve building efficiency, in particularly:- Assigned at Enea the role of Energy Agency;- Adoption of the harmonization competence between...
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01 July 2008
Environment ministry Prestigiacomo: renewable energy and efficiency the Agenda priority
Renewable energy aren’t any more an option but a urgent necessity! Said Prestigiamo during the presentation Environment Commission. She continues civil efficiency energy is a government priority. To reach this goal, the Ministry...
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12 June 2008 - 13 June 2008,
Agora Climate Change
Bruxelles - The European Parliament is inviting European civil society, represented by 500 of its most important organisations, to express its views freely and frankly on this crucial matter and to put forward its analyses and...
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07 May 2008
Presented "State and trends of the Carbon Market 2008"
Cologne/Germany - Booming market momentum is tempered by future challenges and mixed signals to the developing world.
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09 April 2008
Signed by Minister Bersani the Decree to improve Energy Efficiency in building
Rome - The Decree on the energy performance of buildings in force since today until 2010 builds on those measures with the aim to provide for an ambitious step-ahead to increase the energy performance of private buildings....
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03 April 2008
Slump in prices on the Green Certificates
The effect corrective introduced by the Law of Budget 2008 had produced a downtrend price, estimated below 70 Euro/MWh from the reference price of 112 Euro/MWh. Go to website.
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28 March 2008 - 29 March 2008, Savigliano (CN)
7° Fiper National Meeting
Fiper invites Future Italian Government to define legislative framework that incentive higher efficiency producing in co-generation system electrical and thermal energy.
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24 March 2008
Itabia and Fiper at Next Energy
Itabia and Fiper organize a debate “SWOT Analysis of biomass fuel energy”
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13 September 2007
Energy: issues and challenges for Europe and for Italy. Position paper of the Italian Government.
Has been defined the Position paper which the Italian Government presents toEuropean Union regarding renewable energy. Walter Righini, President ofFiper says: "the observation presented by Fiper during governmental...
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