| Title | Geothermal power plants in Italy: increasing the environmental compliance |
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| Authors | Bonciani, Lenzi, Luperini, Sabatelli: |
| Year | 2013 |
| Conference | European Geothermal Conference |
| Keywords | environment, compliance, geothermal, power plant, abatement. |
| Abstract | The attention to the environmental issues of industrial activities has been growing in the last decades. Enel Green Power has devoted a large part of its technological developments to the environmental compliance of its geothermal power plants with remarkable success, confirmed by the obtainment of the ISO 14001 and EMAS certifications since 2005 and 2010 respectively. The backbone of this effort, in the framework of a continuous improvement strategy, has been the adoption of the AMIS technology for the abatement of mercury and hydrogen sulfide emissions (Figure 1). At the end of 2012, 28 generating units out of 34 are equipped with AMIS plants: about 85% of the emitted NCG are thus treated, leading to a substantial improvement of the air quality in geothermal areas. The remaining 6 more AMIS plants will be built within 2014, while two more AMIS plants will equip the Bagnore 4 power plant (two 20 MW units), leading to 100% application of this treatment. |