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ETAFlorence
E.T.A. Energia Trasporti Agricoltura Srl. Local
coordinator (Tuscany) WP1, WP2, WP3, WP4 WP5, WP6, WP7
http://www.etaflorence.it/
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ETA has been operating for almost a decade
in the development, application and implementa-tion of Renewable
Energy systems and is successfully starting to work, also
with energy saving projects, in Eastern European countries,
including the Russian Federation.
With a team of experienced engineers, economists and jurists
and a multilanguage staff to coor-dinate international contacts,
ETA has built a sound and wide-ranging experience during this
period of intensive activity into the RE sector.
ETA is charter member of EUBIA (European
Biomass Industry Association), founding partner of the Florence
Energy Agency, founding partner of the Regional Energy Agency,
member of the National Biofuels Committee.
ETA’s activities
ETA focuses on the following sectors:
• Development of innovative Renewable Energy systems
and related concepts
• Studies and strategies on RE application in Europe
and in developing countries
• Demonstration and dissemination activities about
the state of the art of Renewable Energy application schemes
and technologies
• Design, testing, monitoring and optimisation of
RE systems
• Organisation of seminars, symposia, international
conferences and exhibitions promoting progress and highlighting
the achievements in the field of RE development and application
• Local sustainable development strategies
• Economic and social local planning
• Implementation of Renewable Energy systems and plants
• Industry patents
And also provides direct services to, and is a co-operative
partner of:
• European Commission Directorates
• Governmental authorities
• Regional authorities, Municipalities
• Utilities and municipal energy supplier
• Private companies and industries involved in RE
• RE users
• Universities
• Research and development institutes
ETA has developed project management skills in the framework
of the European Commis-sion, the World Bank, the Asian Development
Bank National and Regional programmes, and coordinated international
teams of experts and Companies participating to the various
projects
ETA develops and supports international cooperation initiatives,
e.g. the introduction of Re-newable Energies sources sustainable
technologies (such as modern biomass) in Eastern Euro-pean
countries, a network for the promotion of bioenergy technologies
in Brazil and China, a network for the promotion of bio-fuels
and efficient biomass technologies for electricity produc-tion
in Brazil and Green Certification in Russia.
List of most relevant projects
Bioenergy Village Strategy For China – EUROPEAN
COMMISSION DG XVII (1999) SYNERGY
The scope of the present project is to analyse the rural
energy situation in China, in par-ticular the major biomass
resources actually available and foreseen up to year 2010
and the typical rural energy utilisation and consumption levels.
The project also aims at elaborating a bioenergy scenario
and a realistic strategy (up to year 2050) taking into account
the general present situation and the future likely evolu-tion
in China.
MedWater Policy - Initiative to Overcome Water Competition
between the Vital Economic Sectors of Agriculture and Tourism
in the Mediterranean – EURO-PEAN COMMISSION DG RESEARCH
(2000) ICA3-CT2000-30002
The aim of the MedWater Project is to overcome the
present, and prevent future, water competition between these
vital economic sectors in the Mediterranean area. The objec-tive
is to develop a transboundary policy initiative and an integrated
water planning model based on the study of selected arid regions
in the area.
BIOSIT - GIS-based planning tool for greenhouse gases
emission reduction through biomass exploitation – 2001
EUROPEAN COMMISSION DG ENVI-RONMENT
Aim of the project is an innovative GIS tools to
optimise the land-use development and planning for the effective
exploitation of biomass resources, in order to reach the fol-lowing
objectives (of Community interest):
1. Promotion of biomass to energy plants;
2. Air pollution and CO2 emissions reduction;
1. Development of tools for the implementation
of biomass projects in a sustain-able way;
3. Valorisation of the territory, recovery
of marginal areas;
4. Improved management of forestry and
agricultural land;
Integration between rural and urban areas.
ECHI-T Large bio-ethanol project from Sweet Sorghum
in China and Italy – EUROPEAN COMMISSION DG RESEARCH
(2001)
The ECHI-T project aims at elaborating a technical,
economical and financial feasibility study on integrated bio-energy/bio-ethanol/DDG
(distiller's dried grains) production from Sweet Sorghum.
The main goal of the project is to attract private capital
investors. Three plant configurations (from the reception
of the biomass at the plant gate to the products supply) are
developed in three selected sites, two in China and one in
Italy. The whole biomass chain (production of the resource,
market for the products, etc.) is evaluated as well.
PELLETS FOR EUROPE - Solid Biofuels in Europe. Market
analysis and oppor-tunities for European development - EUROPEAN
COMMISSION DG TREN (2003)
The Pellet for Europe project aims to identify systems
to facilitate the development of the European market for pellet
stemming from agricultural and wood residues.
Pellets for Europe is the result of three different projects
favored by the European Commission, which have been put together
in one single two year long project being brought forward
by 17 European partners. ETA's role is task leader for Southern
Europe.
BIO-TURBINE - Opportunities for BIOFUEL-BURNING MICROTURBINES
in the European decentralised-generation market - EUROPEAN
COMMISSION DG TREN (2003)
The main objective of the study is to assess the
technical feasibility and the market po-tential of biofuels-burning
microturbine systems for power/heating application, which
is considered a short-term option to deploy innovative, efficient
technology for distributed power generation.
COMBIO - A New competitive Liquid Biofuel for Heating
- EUROPEAN COM-MISSION DG RESEARCH (2003) ENK5-CT-2002-00690
The aim of the project is to verify a new liquid
biofuel chain for heat production (proof of a concept), to
determine fuel specifications for pyrolysis oil (PO) in different
applica-tions and to carry out long-term combustion tests.
Scientific objectives include modifi-cation of PO composition
for improved stability by hot gas filtration and production
of emulsions and cleaner combustion by increased understanding
of fundamental phenom-ena through single droplet experiments.
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