Technologies, plants and advisory services for companies and families at Vegetalia AgroEnergie, on schedule from March 19 to 21, 2010 at Cremona Fairgrounds.

Cremona – The sun is considered the Italian oil. This is a slogan with real basis if we think that in 2008 the total turnover of the Italian PV industry was about 800 billion euros with a  production of 220 MW ( 300% increase compared to 2007).

2009 estimates show a further increase, with the installation of almost 250 MW of additional photovoltaic modules. The total turnover should reach 1 billion 250 million euros.

These very positive results, in a period of economic crisis, underline the benefits generated by our feed-in tariff policy, not only for private companies but also for the entire solar photovoltaic (PV) industry.

There has been positive consequences not only in terms of profits but also in terms of employment rates and control of noxious emissions. According to a study conducted by ANIE ((Federazione Nazionale Imprese Elettrotecniche ed Elettroniche) and GIFI (Gruppo Imprese Fotovoltaiche Italiane) in Italy could be built 16 GW of new PV plants that will lead to the creation of 113,000 new jobs, an annual  energy production of 20TWh and 10 million tons of saved emissions.

For each Kwh produced by a PV plant rather than by a traditional energy source you can avoid about 540 grams of CO2 emissions (to make a comparison: a S.U.V produces an average of 170 grams of CO2 per Km). According to GSE (the Italian power agency), on February 1, 2009 the energy produced by PV plants had reached 209.162.045 KWh with an abatement of 113,000 tons of CO2 emissions.

Italy is the third  PV energy producer in Europe. This might seem an encouraging result but there is still a big gap with the second and the first place. There are Spain with a production of 2,492 GWh and, above all, Germany (a northern country with little or at least lower solar radiation than Italy) with 4,000 Gwh in 2008. According to these data Italy is certainly a market where there is still great scope for development.

The PV sector (technologies, costs/benefits, legislation and international development) will be among the most important topics of Vegetalia Agroenergie, the renewable sources exhibition on schedule from March 19 to 21, 2010 at Cremona Fairgrounds. The event will focus on all green energy sources, from biogas to wood biomasses, geothermal, hydro, wind and PV power.

Vegetalia Agroenergie is aimed at providing to companies and families qualified guidelines to choose the best energy production system according to the most different needs.