SITE VISIT OBJECTIVES
To present an effective example of concentrating solar plant, an innovation technology - patent ENEA - as a renewable energy source to produce electricity with several advantages: higher solar plant efficiency, higher storage efficiency, integration by gas combine cycle plant, lower solar electricity cost.

INSTITUTION PROFILE
ENEA operates in the fields of energy - with a particular focus on nuclear energy - sustainable economic development and new technologies in order to support competitiveness and sustainable development policies at the national level. In particular supports Italian energy policy through the promotion and innovation of sustainable technologies.
ENEA elaborates global energy strategy and scenarios, has established a Energy Efficiency Technical Unit works to reduce GHG emissions, is carrying out different research, development and demonstration activities in the framework of renewable energy sources (Concentrated Solar Power, Photovoltaic, Biomass Gasification, Bio Fuel, Wind Energy, other less mature technologies - High efficiency Photovoltaic cells, Generation III bio fuels).