RENEWABLE ENERGY AND VIRTUAL WORLDS

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Giovanni Mauro University of Trieste (ITALY) [email protected]

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