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Mini & Micro, the 'green future' of hydropower
LOCATION: FieraMilano Rho, Congress Center, SCORPIO Conference Room.
ENTRANCE: EST Entrance. The access to the conference is free.
REGISTRATION: Participants are adviced to report to the Conference Reception well in advance; at least, 20 minutes before the start of the session.
LANGUAGE: Conference presentations will be held in Italian; simultaneous translation will not be provided.
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technical-scientific advice.
* Provisional title.
** Invited chair/speaker.
Wednesday, 2009, November 25th
11.30am-1.00pm Small hydropower in Italy: a dynamic sector, with a great potential of development and growth | |
Chair: Alessandro Bosio (APER) | |
11.30am-11.40am | Opening of the session and introduction by the Chair |
11.40am-12.00am | Mini-hydro development: a national review |
12.00am-12.20am | Availability and potential sustainable use of water in Italy for a rational use of small hydropower |
12.20am-12.40am | Productivity and environmental protection: how reconciling the growth of the sector with the safeguard of a scarce resource* |
12.40am-12.50am | Question time |
12.50am-1.00pm | Conclusions by the Chair |
2.00pm-5.50pm Mini and micro hydropower technology | |
Chair: Marco Pilotti (Università di Brescia) | |
2.00pm-2.10pm | Opening of the session and introduction by the Chair |
2.10pm-2.30pm | Research and instruments for evaluating the Italian hydropower potential |
2.30pm-2.50pm | Hydropower technology: the 'state of the art' |
2.50pm-3.10pm | The new hydropower: engineering among tradition, innovation and sustainability |
3.10pm-3.30pm | Required contitions and scheduling for a 'do-it-yourself' connection of a hydropower plant to the electric grid |
3.30pm-3.40pm | Question time |
3.40pm-3.50pm | Break |
3.50pm-4.10pm | Hydropower endless screws |
4.10pm-4.30pm | Fish Friendly very low head turbines |
4.30pm-4.50pm | Small hydro turbines: a new generation approach to control and quality alignment and vibrations; preliminary recognition around remote predictive analysis |
4.50pm-5.10pm | A new production line of micro-groups for hydropower generation |
5.10pm-5.30pm | Hydropower plant renewal: Hydropol's experience |
5.30pm-5.40pm | Question time |
5.40pm-5.50pm | Conclusions by the Chair |
Thursday, November 26th, 2009
10.00am - 12.10am Building a hydropower plant: procedural and administrative aspects | |
Chair: Lucia Bitto (APER) | |
10.00am-10.10am | Opening of the session and introduction by the Chair |
10.10am-10.30am | The regulative framework of reference |
10.30am-10.50am | The role of Provincial Administrations: Cremona and the 'SMART Project'* |
10.50am-11.00am | Question time |
11.00am-11.10am | Break |
11.10am-11.30am | Minimum Vital Flow: theoretical and applicative aspects* |
11.30am-11.50am | EMAS Registration for mini-hydro: a practical case |
11.50am-12.00am | Question time |
12.00am-12.10am | Conclusions by the Chair |
2.00pm - 3.30pm The role of Certification Agencies and Labels | |
Chair: Vincenzo Scotti (REEF Foundation) | |
2.00pm-2.10pm | Opening of the session and introduction by the Chair |
2.10pm-2.30pm | The issue of Guarantee of Origin (GO) and Renewable Energy Certificates (RECS)* |
2.30pm-2.50pm | Control and guarantee: the Certification Agency's role* |
2.50pm-3.10pm | '100% Energia Verde' : the first Italian Label* |
3.10pm-3.20pm | Question time |
3.20pm-3.30pm | Conclusions by the Chair |
3.30pm - 5.45pm Hydropower plant certification: the CH2OICE Project | |
Chair: Giulio Conte (Ambiente Italia) | |
3.30pm-3.40pm | Opening of the session and introduction by the Chair |
3.40pm-4.10pm | The methodology of CH2OICE certification and Public Body guide-lines for the issue of licences |
4.10pm-4.25pm | The guidances of Regione Lombardia for the issue of hydropower licences |
4.25pm-4.40pm | The guidances of Regione Piemonte for the issue of hydropower licences |
4.40pm-4.55pm | Environmental Certification: its meaning related to the Water Framework Directive implementation |
4.55pm-5.10pm | Criteria and procedures for licence issue and the role of Environmental Certification |
5.10pm-5.45pm | Discussion between speakers and audience partecipants. |
Friday, November 27th, 2009
10.00am - 12.30am Economical aspects of mini-hydro: energy transfer, incentives, investments | |
Chair: Luigi De Paoli (Università Bocconi) | |
10.00am-10.10am | Opening of the session and introduction by the Chair |
10.10am-10.30am | The normative-regulatory framework for mini hydropower |
10.30am-10.50am | 'Scambio sul posto' (onsite grid exchange), 'ritiro dedicato' (dedicated withdrawl), all-inclusive tariff: practical aspects* |
10.50am-11.00am | Question time |
11.00am-11.20am | 'Tariff and guaranteed minimum' (AEEG resolution n. 109/2008): effects of Regione Lombardia TAR (Regional Administrative Tribunal) of June 2009 on the cause brought by Associazione 'La Casa del Consumatore' ('Consumer's Home' Association); analysis of the appeal presented to the State Council safeguarding national Producers, and considerations by 'Associazione Produttori Idroelettrici' (Hydro-Electrical Producers Association) |
11.20am-11.40am | The appeal for guaranteed minimum prices: APER's position |
11.40am-12.00am | Systems for the monitoring and check of mini-hydro yields |
12.00am-12.15am | Question time |
12.15am-12.30am | Conclusions by the Chair |
