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Wind power in Italy, at the end of 2015, consisted of more than 1,847 wind turbines with a total installed capacity of 8,958 
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. Wind power contributed 5.4% of
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electricity generation in 2015 (14,589  GWh). Italy is ranked as the world's tenth producer of wind power as of the end of 2016. Prospects for Italian wind energy beyond 2020 were positive, with several projects planned to go live before 2030. In 2019, Italy generated 20,054 GWh of electricity from wind power, equal to 7.1% of the total electricity generation.


Overview

In 2001, the
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issued its
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. The Directive set a goal for Italy to obtain at least 25% of its electricity from
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by 2010. The 1999 Italian ‘White Book’ targeted to install 2,500 MW of wind power capacity by 2010; Italy exceeded this in 2007. The Italian government targeted 12,000 MW by 2020. Given that Italy's recent growth in wind power capacity has been about 30% annually, in 2008 the target appeared reachable by 2015. Italy introduced a renewable energy quota system in 2002, and uses
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s to ensure that power producers and importers produce specified percentages of electricity from renewables. Renewable energy under the quota system must come from new or repowered plants which began operating after April 1, 1999. The first
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s were tested in 2007-2008. Blue H Technologies of the Netherlands deployed the world's first floating wind turbine, off the coast of
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in December 2007. The first foundations for the 30 MW Beleolico
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were installed near Taranto in January 2022, and inaugurated in April 2022.


Installed capacity growth

The table shows the annual increase in installed wind power capacity in recent years.


Gallery

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in the Tuscan
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MM82 Wind Turbine in
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See also

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Energy in Italy Energy in Italy come mostly from fossil fuels. Among the most used resources are petroleum (mostly used for the transport sector), natural gas (used for electric energy production and heating), coal and Renewable energy in Italy, renewables. Ital ...
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Electricity sector in Italy Italy's total electricity consumption was 302.75 terawatt-hour (TWh) in 2020, of which 270.55 TWh (89.3%) was produced domestically and the remaining 10.7% was imported. Italy has a high share of electricity in the total final energy consumption. ...
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Solar power in Italy Italy's solar power generation capacity is one of the largest in the world, with its 22.56 GW putting it sixth, just ahead of Australia. In 2019, Italy set a national goal of reaching 50 GW by 2030. In 2022, Italy is anticipating more than 3 GW ...
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Geothermal power in Italy Geothermal power accounts for about 1.6-1.8% of the total energy in Italy, electric energy production in Italy and is about 7% of the total renewable energy produced in 2010. The total energy from Geothermal was 5,660 GWh in 2015. Italy is the ...
* Hydroelectric power in Italy *
Biofuel in Italy Renewable energy has developed rapidly in Italy over the past decade and provided the country a means of diversifying from its historical dependency on imported fuels. Solar power accounted for around 8% of the total electric production in the c ...
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Renewable energy in Italy Renewable energy has developed rapidly in Italy over the past decade and provided the country a means of diversifying from its historical dependency on imported fuels. Solar power accounted for around 8% of the total electric production in the co ...
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European Wind Energy Association WindEurope is an association promoting the use of wind power in Europe. Based in Brussels it has over 600 members, which are active in over 50 countries, including manufacturers with a leading share of the world wind power market, component suppli ...
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Global Wind Energy Council The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) was established in 2005 to provide a credible and representative forum for the entire wind energy sector at an international level. GWEC’s mission is to ensure that wind power is established as one of the wo ...
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Wind power in the European Union As of December 2017, the European Union had a total installed wind capacity of 169.3gigawatts (GW). In 2017, a total of 15,680 MW of wind power was installed, representing 55% of all new power capacity, and the wind power generated 336& ...
* List of wind power stations in Italy


References


External links


Associazione Nazionale Energia del Vento
(ANEV), the Italian Wind Energy Association
Il Portale italiano dell'energia del vento
The Italian Web portal about wind power {{Wind power by country
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