SITE VISIT OBJECTIVES
To present one of the main thermal power plants in Northern Italy as an example of resource management in the sector of energy production. To exchange views on the applications of best environmental management techniques on the industrial sector and the use of eco-labels such as ISO 14001.

INSTITUTION/COMPANY PROFILE
Created in 1962 as the Italian National Electricity Board, ENEL is today an industrial holding company; in the last decades, together with the traditional operations (productions, transmission and distribution), steps have been taken to develop new business areas. ENEL operates with conventional energies like coal and oil and with renewable energies as well. Some branches of the company are in fact devoted to research and applications of new technologies like hydroelectric, wind, solar and geothermal energy.