Una power grid increasingly digital, planet e inclusive. After Matera, E-Distribution of the Enel Group chooses Genoa to develop the energy of the future with the Grid Futurability project. The electricity distribution network is an infrastructure capable of enabling the energy transition process, of developing and providing increasingly innovative services for citizens and welcoming green energy produced from renewable sources. The multinational's goal is to transform it into a resilient, open and increasingly digital network, all from a sustainable perspective to maximize not only the economic value but above all reduce the environmental impact.
In detail, the project Grid Futurability Genoa it will have a duration of four years, with investments equal to 10,7 million euros. This is a project that will lead the way and will be replicated on a national scale. The interventions envisage a first phase focused on the installation of innovative technologies in 30 secondary substations and four primary substations, in the context of a network even more strengthened by the creation of new medium voltage connection lines.
The development of the project aims to demonstrate the advantages deriving from the implementation of intelligent networks in favor of businesses and the community, such as Certosa and Sampierdarena which will be particularly affected by these technological innovations. This will allow not only an identification of the fault, but also a sequence of automatic selection maneuvers of the network section affected by the fault and a counter-feeding of the remaining sections in a very short time.
In addition, the project also includes the introduction of new technologies such as Smart street boxes, i.e. the state-of-the-art road box equipped with sensors and intelligent devices capable of providing real-time information on the state of the network. Furthermore, as for Matera, thanks to the new communication channels of the Open Meter (Chain 3) it will be possible to enable new services and a wider participation of local communities in the world of energy.
“After Matera, Genoa is chosen by E-Distribuzione to develop our smart grids – he explained Vincenzo Ranieri, Chief Executive Officer of E-Distribuzione – the project, which will be replicated in all areas of the country, will make it possible to deploy technologies, energies and resources to respond to the specific needs of the communities. We will be enablers of a real transformation of cities into smart cities, demonstrating how innovation and the technological efficiency of infrastructures can integrate perfectly with the beauty of the area".
“We must also work on this with another approach – concluded Ranieri – the networks of the future on which we are working will also allow decentralized and certainly more capillary management of electricity flows, so that on the territory it will be possible to think of widespread systems also for refills".
In reality it is not the first time that E-Distribuzione chooses Genoa. Last February, the replacement of 22 meters with new ones started from the Ligurian capital Green Open Meter, 100% regenerated plastic products, which allow the environmental impact to be minimized for the benefit of the entire community and the environment.
“A Genoa in step with the times, with latest generation digital infrastructures, reliable services and increasingly oriented towards environmental sustainability. It is important for us to be able to count on the work of large companies which, as in this case, decide to support the work of the administration with strategic projects: it is essential that everyone does their part if we want to become the 'smart' city we are imagined and in which we believe”. They are the words of mayor Marco Bucci during the event organized by E-Distribuzione”.
While John Toti, president of the Liguria Region underlined that one cannot speak of development without speaking of sustainability and that all the investments that will be made in the territory over the next few years (European, national and regional resources) will make it possible "to carry out strategic works, not only materials, at infrastructural, but also intangible, linked to technological innovation and, as in this case, to energy”. And that "thanks to services provided to citizens and businesses, they will also be more attractive for the establishment of new economic activities".
During the event, a work of street art created for the occasion, signed by Alberonero, was also presented. The artist has enhanced the Campi Primary Cabin, located on the Polcevera stream, by painting it with 40 color tones. On the other side of the river, on the Cabina Quadrivio, street art was created by the international artist Zedz.
Finally, the Genoese mayor declared that there are three ways to take to make the port city more sustainable: electrify the port e decarbonise buildings e public transport. “Our goal is to make all public buildings totally decarbonised. And we must do it soon, and then extend it to all the buildings in the city, through subsidies and concessions for private individuals. As far as civic properties are concerned, public buildings in Genoa will be autonomous from an energy point of view by 2030".
As for public transport: “By 2025 all public transport will be electric, and the new system designed on the four axes of force has been designed precisely to achieve these objectives. And to do this we will need ultra-modern remittances capable of recharging all vehicles during the night”, concluded Mayor Bucci during the conference organized by E-Distribuzione.
