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PROVINCE OF CHIETI
RES and
Agenda 21
Contact: Giancarlo Moca • Manager • Energy Department
Province of Chieti • Corso Marrucino 97 • 66100 Chieti • Italy
Tel +39 08714084218 • Email: sviluppo.ambientale@provincia.chieti.it
Website: www.provincia.chieti.it or www.alesachieti.it
Chieti is the most southerly province of the
Abruzzo, Italy. As this region had not developed
an energy plan, Chieti decided to
design its own energy strategy. The guidelines
closely follow those of the CTO and
the more general framework of the White
Paper. There are two reference periods: one
up to 2003, the other up to 2010, the
latter being more ambitious and with
longer-term effects.
Main motivations
The Province of Chieti intended to promote
the development of its territory in a really
sustainable sense. The concrete application
of the Local Agenda 21's principles
had as its first important steps the promotion
of renewable energy sources with the
approval of all stakeholders.
Project details
The specific goals of the plan include:
Installation by 2003 of 2,000 m 2 of solar
thermal panels
Development of wind energy through the
installation of wind turbines in various
areas, amounting to 205 MW by 2003.
Fostering the use of biomass in private
homes (3,000 houses) and large buildings,
through the use of olive pressing
sand forestry waste
Exploiting the potential of photovoltaic
panels in industrial and commercial centres
Use of waste for electricity production
(2010)
Encouraging the generalisation of the
use of liquid biofuels for public transport
(consumption of 6,000 tonnes a
year for public transport in 2003, and
10,000 by 2010)
Bolstering measures related to the rational
use of energy, such as introduction
of co-generation systems
Improving the monitoring of environmental
status, through the design and
preparation of a battery of indicators to
be collected periodically.
Innovative financing scheme
The programme tackles the energy problems
facing sustainability, according to the
criteria dictated by LA21. In this it has
adopted the community principle of promoting
strategical geographical partnerships
and sectoral ones often integrating
one with the other in the various actions.
Enabling factors
The establishment of the Provincial Agency
helps the diversification of energy sources and
channels the efforts of the different socialeconomic
actors, as well as it helps them to
look for appropriate funding.
Challenges
The legal barriers concern the big plants, in
particular, especially in terms of environmental
impact assessment (wind farm) and emissions
in the atmosphere. The agency is also in
SHP
Biomass
Wind
Solar thermal
Solar photovoltaic
Planning
Sustainable
village
charge of the design, the implementation and
the monitoring of the provincial energy plan.
The administrative barriers are linked above
all to the realization of the household plants in
the residential area. They are often not permitted
in the municipality plans because of
their visual impact. Another notable barrier is
getting the community to accept the big plants,
in particular due to the visual effects they have
on the landscape.
Replication Potential
The project has a high degree of replicability,
above all for the adopted methodological approach.
The method demonstrates that a local
government can and must work to promote
and coordinate local partnership.
Environmental and social targets
The reduction of CO 2
emissions is about
180 Ktons/year.
The activity has stimulated the market to
create approximately 250 new job opportunities.
205 MW. At least 6 abandoned micro-hydro stations will be
put back into use.
District-heating systems with a production of 7 MW coming
form the combustion of olive pressings and forestry wastes.
Other projects included gas cogeneration (CHP) and small-size
wood-fuelled electricity generating systems for mountain and
rural areas. Biofuels mixed with diesel for public transport.
Objective: to install new privately-owned wind farms with
an estimated capacity of 205 MW.
Tthe province of Chieti is actively involved in the National
Programme “Solare termico” project, sponsored by the Italian
Ministry of Environment. The objective is to install 20.00 m2
of solar panels by 2003.
Installation of solar panels in commercial centres and
factories.
Realization of the provincial coordination plan, with particular
restraints for the common planning to diffuse RES through the
administrative implementation, promotion and simplification
In this exemplification on medium scale the technical and
management expedients for the sustainable development, in
terms of residential use of the territory, have to be applied to
reduce consumptions and impacts.
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