Geothermal power in Italy

<h2 id="history">History</h2>
<p>In the 20th century, demand for electricity led to the consideration of geothermal power as a generating source. Prince Piero Ginori Conti tested the first geothermal power generator on 4 July 1904 in <a href="/facts/Larderello/ufxPcaxL">Larderello</a>, in the province of Pisa. It successfully lit four light bulbs.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> Later, in 1911, the world's first commercial geothermal power plant was built there. Experimental generators were built in other countries in the 1920s, but Italy was the world's only industrial producer of geothermal electricity until 1958.
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<h2 id="current-development">Current development</h2>
<p>On 30 May 2012, <a href="/facts/Enel_Green_Power/D1Xm0X9z">Enel Green Power</a> announced the entry into service of the completely new geothermal power station <i>Rancia 2</i> in the town of <a href="/facts/Radicondoli/LMplB4AE">Radicondoli</a>, in the <a href="/facts/Province_of_Siena/7gCojytj">province of Siena</a>. The plant, which has a net installed capacity of 17 MW, will be able to generate about 150 GWh per year. The remaking of the central Rancia 2 falls within the group business plan 2012-2016, which envisages an investment package of around 500 million euros for development of geothermal plants in Tuscany.
</p><p>While the update of <i>Rancia 1</i> and <i>Le Prata</i> (in the towns of <a href="/facts/Radicondoli/LMplB4AE">Radicondoli</a> (<a href="/facts/Province_of_Siena/7gCojytj">SI</a>) and <a href="/facts/Castelnuovo_di_Val_di_Cecina/VVpgo00P">Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina</a> (<a href="/facts/Province_of_Pisa/7aGD6doV">PI</a>) respectively) are in progress, the total renovation will also start soon for the three geothermal plants located in the town of <a href="/facts/Piancastagnaio/QdHG2qxn">Piancastagnaio</a> (SI).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a>
</p><p>In 2013, Enel Green Power installed Gruppo Binario Bagnore3–1 MW. It was the first <a href="/facts/Binary_cycle/917aNVwW">binary cycle</a> power plant in Italy.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a>
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
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<li>Renewable energy portal</li><li>Italy portal</li></ul>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Biofuel_in_Italy/MmRzLLT7">Biofuel in Italy</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Electricity_sector_in_Italy/4uNcX6KX">Electricity sector in Italy</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Geothermal_energy_in_Italy/t2bI4hCy">Geothermal energy in Italy</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Hydroelectricity_in_Italy/fS60QxbE">Hydroelectricity in Italy</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/List_of_renewable_energy_topics_by_country/LqFVJAU8">List of renewable energy topics by country</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Renewable_energy_in_Italy/MmRzLLT7">Renewable energy in Italy</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Solar_power_in_Italy/UaevrELn">Solar power in Italy</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Wind_power_in_Italy/r990gVWz">Wind power in Italy</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2>
<ul><li>Paci, Marco (31 March 2017). <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181112181644/http://unmig.sviluppoeconomico.gov.it/unmig/info/omc2017/presentazioni/geotermia/paci-bonciani.pdf">"Innovation of geothermal power production in Italy"</a> (PDF). <i>Ministero dello sviluppo economico DGS-UNMIG</i>. Archived from <a href="http://unmig.sviluppoeconomico.gov.it/unmig/info/omc2017/presentazioni/geotermia/paci-bonciani.pdf">the original</a> (PDF) on 12 November 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2018.</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:2"><p>See Geothermal electricity. <a href="/wiki/Geothermal_electricity" target="_blank">/wiki/Geothermal_electricity</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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<li id="fn:6"><p>"Executive summary – Italy 2023 – Analysis". IEA. Retrieved 15 January 2024. <a href="https://www.iea.org/reports/italy-2023/executive-summary" target="_blank">https://www.iea.org/reports/italy-2023/executive-summary</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:7"><p>"Italy 2023 Energy Policy Review" (PDF). International Energy Agency. 2023. <a href="https://iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/71b328b3-3e5b-4c04-8a22-3ead575b3a9a/Italy_2023_EnergyPolicyReview.pdf" target="_blank">https://iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/71b328b3-3e5b-4c04-8a22-3ead575b3a9a/Italy_2023_EnergyPolicyReview.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:8"><p>Tiwari, G. N.; Ghosal, M. K. Renewable Energy Resources: Basic Principles and Applications. Alpha Science Int'l Ltd., 2005 ISBN 1-84265-125-0 <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:9"><p>"Enel Green Power" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001826/http://www.enelgreenpower.com/ewcm/salastampa/comunicati/1652446-1_PDF-1.pdf" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001826/http://www.enelgreenpower.com/ewcm/salastampa/comunicati/1652446-1_PDF-1.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:10"><p>Razzano, Francesco; Cei, Maurizio (2015). "Geothermal Power Generation in Italy 2010 - 2014 Update Report" (PDF). Proceedings World Geothermal Congress 2015. <a href="https://pangea.stanford.edu/ERE/db/WGC/papers/WGC/2015/01075.pdf" target="_blank">https://pangea.stanford.edu/ERE/db/WGC/papers/WGC/2015/01075.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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