WHERE THE WIND TAKES US…

1. Wind FarmsCLAY Project : Renewable Energiesrealized by “Centro Risorse Territoriale”“ESSSERE AL CENTRO” “R. Gorjux” Bari

2. WHERE THE WIND TAKES US… There is no favourable wind for you, if you do not know where to go. (Seneca) The friendship that comes from sun and wind overcomes every obstacle and remains after the events, because it is the precious embroidery of a humanity made of many coloured pieces which together shine like the rainbow.

3. Renewable Sources Biomasses Water Wind Tides Wave motion Non Renewable Sources Fossil Fuels Petroleum Natural Gas Coal Nuclear Reactions Discovering Energy

4. WIND SOLAR BIOMASSES RENEWABLE ENERGIES GEOTHERMICS HYDROELECTRIC HYDROGEN

5. Wind Energy in Italy The spread of wind energy in Italy has reached its maximum level between 1999 and 2002, when the plants doubled according to a normative law, that obliged companies to generate at least 2% of the energy produced from renewable sources. Till 2003 there were in Italy about 1,500 airgenerators installed. Currently there are 12,000 and Italy is 6th in the European classification. Italian wind farms are in Campania, Apulia, Sardinia, Sicily, Abruzzo and Basilicata. Gross Production of Electricity from Wind Plants in Italy - 2003 Source: GRTN

6. Where the “Eolian Wind” blows … The biggest Italian wind farms are in Salerno, Avellino, Bologna, Siracusa, Agrigento, La Spezia and Sassari. The biggest of all is in Varese Ligure. It produces 3 GW per year. This town was the first in Europe to obtain the environmental certification, in accordance with the international norms, for its great attention to the environment protection.

7. The increase of Energy … Italy has directed its attention to the energy renewable sources and particulary to the solar and wind energy. This can be an important occasion to create new employment, and to reduce pollution problems due to carbon dioxide emission. If these sources are fully exploited, Italy will be able to reach the 2010 goal of producing 25% of energy from renewable sources.

8. Wind Farms in Apulia Wind sources in Apulia have been industrially exploited for over ten years, and lately the interest towards it has been increasing all around our Region. The biggest wind farms are in Foggia area, and exactly in Alberona, Monteleone, Anzano e S. Agata di Puglia, for a total of 86 MW. The wind energy is today a concrete alternative covering the increasing energy requirements, being a reliable and technologically efficient and, above all, inexhaustible source of energy. In the next five years over two thousand turbines are to be built, producing 5,000 MW. Main Wind Area Source: Enea

9. . Wind, Sea and Energy... As regard as off shore technology, Apulia is a suitable area for such exploitation, especially along the Adriatic coast. Off shore plants could be installed three kilometres from the coast on seabeds, less than thirty metres deep. Two projects have been presented for these plants, one in Manfredonia for 84 turbines, and another one in Tricase for 36 turbines.

10. The way to wind … At present in Apulia there are wind plants for about 540 MW, and the Ecology Department has authorized further plants for 800 MW to be distributed in the regional area. Proposals for about 3,300 MW of new wind energy are at the moment in a pipeline. This resource will reduce by 10 % the total impact of electric energy production. The production of clean and renewable energy by wind power, could be a simple and economic way of reducing dangerous emission in the air, in accordance with the Kyoto protocol. Source: Apulia Region Web Site

11. The "wind fever" in Apulia From Foggia to Lecce “the turbines race” to produce wind energy Newspapers headlines speak of Apulia before wind energy, but there is a heated debate with environmentalists, who do not share the Government’s decisions. They are in favour of small plants rather than of mega-turbines. But the figures speak clearly: about 40% of regional requirements could come from wind energy. It can be of great help, but rules should be respected!

12. And air will be clean again … Wind plants have the advantage to leave air clean, but in any case their development should be controlled. It is very important to locate the areas where the turbines have to be installed, without causing damages to sites of touristic and environmental interest.

13. Projected and realized by the Students of IPSSCTP “R. Gorjux” – Bari Nicole Boffo, Paolo Burdi, Claudia Colagiacomo, Fabio Di Pasquale, Angela Fanelli, Francesca Florio, Serena Frisini, Claudio Gallo, Roberta Gesuito, Mevina Jeewoololl, Adriano Lacoppola, Donato Mellone, Marco Menolascina, Filippo Pagliarulo, Giuseppina Poliseno, Laura Prospero, Adriana Putortì, Ashley Sookloll, Belinda Tagariello. Coordinator Teacher Carmela Ladisa Translated by Angela De Giglio

14. Nobody made mistakes bigger than those made by someone doing nothing only because he could do very little. Edmunde Burke

15. Bibliography Enea: Ente per le Nuove tecnologie, l’Energia e l’Ambiente www.enea .it Energia Ambiente a scuola: il Portale www.eniscuola.net Anev: Associazione Nazionale Energia del Vento www.anev.org Magazine Green: La scienza al servizio dell’uomo e dell’ambiente (novembre 2006) www.green. incaweb.org. La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno - Puglia e Basilicata (gennaio 2007) . www.lagazzettadelmezzogiorno.it Ilsoleatrecentosessantagradi, Newsletter of ISES ITALIA www.ilsolea360gradi.it Vestas: Italian Wind Tecnology ivvt.vestas.com eVenti : eol energie rinnovabili on-line www.eolica.net Apulia Region web site www.regione.puglia.it Sito di informazione per l’ambiente AmbientEnergia www.ambientenergia.info

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