Helping to reduce the environmental impact of towns and cities, focussing especially on air quality by implementing district heating and cooling
We have organized and achieved a lot in the sphere of renewables and district heating.
- Sustainability plan
- Performance 2021
Sustainability plan
Rinnovabili
Incrementare le quote di produzione energetica da fonti rinnovabili.
| KPI | 2021 | 2023 | 2026 | 2030 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totale capacità installata FER (GW) | 2.2 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 5.9 |
| Quota FER su produzione netta totale | 30% | 37% | 38% | 63% |
District heating
Helping to reduce the environmental impact of towns and cities, focussing especially on air quality by implementing district heating and cooling.
| KPI | 2021 | 2023 | 2026 | 2030 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CO2 avoided thanks to DH (kt/y) | -323 | -332 | -477 | -595 |
Performance 2021
30%
share of electricity from renewable sources (hydraulic, renewable fraction of waste, biogas, solar)
5.0TWh
Green energy sold to the market
4.7Mton
waste treated in facilities managed by the Group
323kt/y
CO2 avoided thanks to DH
Action
- The Generation Business Unit ,has carried forward the Group strategy of growth in renewable production. Worthy of note and in line with the Plan commitment to increasing production capacity, photovoltaic energy is making an increasingly significant contribution (+150% compared with 2020).
- In 2021, we signed a binding agreement for the acquisition from Octopus Renewables of a portfolio of 17 solar facilities with a nominal power of 173 MW. The facilities will make it possible to produce about 420 GWh of green energy a year, corresponding to the annual consumption of about 200,000 residential customers, and to avoid the emission of a total of 2.5 million tonnes of CO2
- Work on new heat storage units is ongoing at the district heating facilities of A2A Heat and Services: at the Famagosta site in Milan, the construction of two 1,500-m3 units is under way; at the Goltara site in Bergamo, the new 4,000-m3 unit currently under construction has a capacity of 4,000 cubic metres, with a yearly CO2 saving of over 4,200 tonnes; in Brescia, two storage units are under construction at the Nord facility while an existing unit at the Lamarmora site is being upgradedcentrale di Lamarmora.
- In Lombardy, extension of the district heating network is continuing: A2A and ENI have signed a 20-year agreement for the supply of heat generated at Enipower’s Bolgiano facility that will be used to fuel the Milan district heating network; thanks to the agreement, it will be possible to supply the Milan network with cogenerated recovery energy totalling about 54 GWh a year, equivalent to the average annual requirement of around 6,000 families.
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Services
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