Giovanni Mauro University of Trieste (ITALY)
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RENEWABLE ENERGY AND VIRTUAL WORLDS: THE RECENT GROWTH OF WIND FARMS IN ITALY
Source of data: Wind Power Barometer 2010 (EUROBSERV’ER, 2011)
240.000
Trend of Primary Energy World Consumption by Fuel – 1985-2010
Installed Wind Power – Europe (2010)
250.000
194.527
Source: BP Statistical Rewiev of Global Energy (2011)
158.920 17.684
13.450
9.482
7.584
6.115
4.800
3.450
2.900
59.467
47.489
39.363
50.000
31.412
93.908
100.000
74.390
121.003
150.000
24.544
Wind Power Installed in the world (MW)
200.000
0
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Installed Wind Power – Italy (1995-2010)
Wind Power installled in the world (1993-2010)
Source of data: (EUROBSERV’ER, 2011)
Source of data: Global Wind Report 2010 (GWEC, 2011)
6.000
2,5
2,8
2,7
Percentage of Primary Energy from Renewable in 2007 Source of data : IEA, Renewables Informations 2009 53,1
43,7
59,6 Rest of World Solar, 0,6
Europe Hydroelectricity, 17,7
North America 22,5 22,3
Asia
23,4
19,4
29,7
24,7
31,1
16,5
2.000
1.000
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
The spread of wind farm in Italy from 1999 to 2011
2004
2010
2003
2009
2002
2008
2001
2007
2000
1995
0
1999
Biomass, 77,3
3.000
1998
Geothermal, 3,3
4.000
1996
Wind, 1,1
46,2
5.000
1997
2,3
Wind Power Capacity Installed - ITALY (MW)
Continental Shares in Total Capacity (%)
1999
2006
2008
2011
Source of data: Enviromental Minister of Italy (1999)
Source of data: Comuni Rinnovabili – Legambiente (2006)
Source of data: Comuni Rinnovabili – Legambiente (2008)
Source of data: www.thewindpower.net (2011)
Web Maps of Wind Farms in Italy: examples available on Google Maps and Google Earth Italy – Wind Farms Map edited by La Tene maps in conjunction with of ANEV (Italian Wind Energy Association). Published on May 2011.
Source: www.windpowerdata.com (August 2011) – Google Maps
Source: www.thewindpower.net – Google Earth
An example of tridimensional model of wind farms in the virtual world of Google Earth: Viticuso (FR) Wind farm of Viticuso (Frosinone). 12 Turbines (Ener TAD) Installed Power: 7,2 MW Yearly estimated production: 18 GWh A Google SketchUp Model created by Clemente A., 2008
The semiotic square (Valisev, 2006)
Some conventional signs for wind farms (or similar) used in the topographic maps (scale: 1:50.000 or 1:25.000)
Japan (Geographical Survey Institute of Japan – GSI))
Russia(Soviet Military Maps)
Swiss (Federal Office of Topography)
South Africa (National Geo-spatial Information)
UK (Ordnance Survey)
USA (USGS – U.S. Geological Survey)
Italy (IGM – Instituto Geografico Militare) Source: Flickr.com – Gigetto, 2009
Source: Mauro G., 2011
Source: Mauro G., 2011
