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Sito ufficiale Ambasciata d'Italia a Washington
in connection with the International Festival of European Geopolitics in Venice-Mestre
the Embassy of Italy in Washington DC hosted the concluding event of the first year of the biennial twinning project between two Italian higher education institutions
Capellini-Sauro in La Spezia and Cambi-Serrani in Falconara Marittima (Province of Ancona)
Jackson-Reed High School in Washington and Oxon Hill High School in Prince George’s County
The project is promoted by the Managing Body (Ente Gestore) Casa Italiana Language School of Washington
As highlighted by the Consular Coordinator of the Embassy
the prestigious framework of the Geopolitics Festival – with the presence of the Director of the Regional Education Office of Veneto
Marco Bussetti – contributes “to promote a form of cultural collaboration – such as international exchange projects and partnerships between Italian and American schools – that the Embassy promotes with conviction
in line with the objectives of the Strategic Plan for the Promotion of the Italian Language in the United States”
as defined by the Education Director of the Embassy
allows students to acquire experiences and knowledge useful for the development of so-called “global citizenship”
offering them also a “geopolitical” key for understanding/interpreting the globalized world
The exploration of different and seemingly distant disciplines
as suggested by the theme of the twinning project: “Can Art
together with the mobility of students and teachers who have been able to visit the twinned schools overseas
are indeed valuable opportunities for intercultural exchange
The answer – evidently affirmative – to the question/theme of the project has emerged from a path of study and dialogue among students
also thanks to the involvement in the project itself of famous artists such as sculptor Dionisio Cimarelli and sculptor and art professor Davide Prete
such as Italian soccer players Leonardo Bonucci and Giorgio Chiellini
and the nutritionist doctor of the Italian national soccer team
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has installed a free off-grid photovoltaic shade for electric vehicle charging at no cost to users
The system has a capacity of 7 kW and includes a 10 kWh battery
From pv magazine Italy
The Italian municipality of Falconara Marittima has deployed a public off-grid photovoltaic shade to enable electric vehicle owners to recharge their cars for free
“The initiative is an unprecedented novelty,” Michele Massacesi
the owner of the company that developed the project
“There are three unique characteristics of this product: A self-supporting off-grid shade that rests on ballast
without requiring any excavation and therefore easily removable; electricity produced exclusively by the sun
therefore 100% sustainable; and free energy supply without any form of payment
These are unique features on the market today.”
The system is the result of an innovative technology patented by ML Green Srl and is marketed exclusively by Sistema X
as it is patented to simply be placed on the ground
“The patented system has a power of 7 kW and is supported by a 10 kWh storage system,” said Massacesi
the shade can recharge two cars simultaneously for at least 4.6 kW in just two hours
a time that doubles for the most advanced models.”
Sistema X has also built an energy community in Falconara Marittima
The company invested its own funds in the 84 kW project and the municipality offered its roof surfaces for free
More articles from Lara Morandotti
Beam Global makes free standing “ARC” off grid solar powered EV charging stations with battery storage
and the heavy base plate keeps it stable in up to 160 mph winds
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Partners in the venture are api anonima petroli italiana S.p.A
Api is the parent company of api raffineria di ancona S.p.A
which owns and operates the Falconara Marittima refinery
The refinery will supply the heavy residue for the gasifiers
This is one of the three IGCC plants planned for construction in Italy following the liberalization of the electricity production sector there and the introduction of specific government decrees that regulate the exchange and wheeling of electricity
approximately 1,300 mw of electricity produced by heavy residues with IGCC will be put on the Italian grid
Api Energia was set up in 1992 to first evaluate the feasibility of an IGCC power station
The Falconara Marittima refinery is based on thermal conversion (Fig. 2 [24209 bytes])
The production cycle is typical for refineries of this capacity
The distillate yield is more than 70%; the rest is high sulfur and low sulfur fuel oil (HSFO and LSFO)
The distillates are produced to meet stringent European quality specifications
or revamped over the past 10 years to maintain economical and technological competitiveness in the oil market while complying with safety and environmental criteria
The Falconara Marittima refinery is strategically located in an area where no other refinery is present
This gives it a significant local market advantage over competing Italian oil companies
The nearest refinery is more than 300 km (180 miles) away at Venice
the region is the poorest in Italy in terms of electric power production
With the construction of the IGCC plant and the completion of the desulfurization units, the refinery will become a "white refinery" with no high or low sulfur fuel oil production (Figs. 2 [24209 bytes] and Fig. 3 [13790 bytes])
Only a very-low sulfur fuel oil with 2,500 ppm sulfur will be produced while all the high sulfur heavy residues will be converted into clean syngas in the gasifiers of the IGCC plant
Api Energia will lease an area of approximately 47,000 sq m on the refinery's premises
the api Energia project development took place based on studies of the appropriate project configuration and financing
api Energia was the pioneering large independent power producer (IPP) in a country where electricity has always been a monopoly
Project financing schemes of this kind and proportions had never been applied
The complex structure of the project was put in place by developing the contractual framework through which all the involved parties
and consultants are now working to implement the IGCC plant
detailed design began and financial closure took place
Site preparation is under way and the mobilization on site of the engineering/procurement contractor will start soon
Plant construction is scheduled to start in the first quarter 1997
Mechanical completion is due in 30 months from financial closure in the second quarter 1999
The plant will be ready for commercial operation in the fourth quarter 1999
was formed in February 1992 in Rome as a joint venture
special purpose company by its shareholders the api group and ABB Sae Sadelmi
The project company was established to build
and operate the IGCC plant and to act as the borrowing vehicle
is the largest entirely private industrial group in the Italian oil sector and
with over US $3.5 billion consolidated annual revenues
is one of the main industrial groups in Italy
is a wholly owned subsidiary of ABB Italia S.p.A
which is a member of the ABB Asea Brown Boveri group
ABB Sae Sadelmi is one of the largest contractors in the global power business
The ABB Italia group includes 50 companies in Italy
It has 28 factories and annual revenues of more than US $2.5 billion
The main participants in the api Energia project and their functions are given in Table 1. [89873 bytes]
The api Energia IGCC plant is designed to gasify high-sulfur heavy oil produced by the Falconara refinery
The design feedstock is a vacuum visbroken tar from Arabian Heavy crude
The gasifiers are also able to process many other feedstocks
including tars produced by other crudes as well as other types of refinery residues
The plant has been divided into two main areas: the syngas manufacturing process plants (SMPP) and the combined cycle power plants (CCPP). Both areas are shown in Fig. 4 [20230 bytes]
The SMPP is designed to convert the heavy residues into a clean syngas by using technologies licensed by Texaco
the SMPP consumes approximately 58 ton/hr (1,400 ton/day) heavy residues to produce 130 ton/hr of clean syngas mainly composed of CO and H2
This gas is then mixed with 127 ton/hr of nitrogen to prepare a low-NOx fuel gas to be used in the gas turbine of the CCPP
this section produces a pretreated water blowdown (33 cu m/hr) and a liquid sulfur stream (4 ton/hr)
The core of the SMPP is the Texaco gasification system
Api Energia selected this technology because of its commercial experience and environmental capabilities
The Texaco-licensed section includes one feed preparation section
two quench gasification and scrubbing sections (each rated at 56% of the plant throughput requirement with Arab Heavy feedstock) one carbon extraction unit
api Energia selected the direct quench gasifier for its reliability
A major role in this decision was the forecast of the metal content of the gasification feedstock (up to 800 ppm)
This could have been a potential source of plugging in the waste heat boiler tubes
The syngas at the outlet of the two gasifiers is washed with water in the two scrubbers for the removal of solid particles (unconverted carbon and metals originating from the feed)
The carbon-extraction section is designed for the recovery and recycle of the unconverted carbon through naphtha extraction
The blowdown of this unit is a waste water stream containing metals
It is treated in the gray water treatment unit to prepare a final water blowdown suitable for the existing refinery biotreatment
A solid effluent in the form of a filter cake is also discharged from this unit and sent to external plants for the recovery of the metals
The gas-cooling section has been designed by ABB Lummus Global with the aim of recovering the medium/low temperature duty available in the syngas after water scrubbing
The waste heat is recovered by generation of steam at three pressure levels
a COS hydrolysis reactor is provided to convert the small amount of COS produced in the gasifier to H2S for removal in the acid gas removal unit
This section also includes a gas expander for the recovery of the pressure energy of the syngas (pressure in gasifiers is about 65 bar)
mainly because of its extensive and successful experience with Texaco syngas
a circulating Selexol stream is used to selectively absorb the H2S formed in the gasifier and in the COS hydrolysis
Two Claus units licensed recover sulfur contained in the H2S of the Selexol acid gas
The units are followed by a tail gas treatment section that permits an overall sulfur recovery of 99.9%
This unit produces the oxygen required for the gasification and the Claus plant (70 ton/hr at NOC) and the nitrogen for syngas conditioning (127 ton/hr NOC)
It is based on conventional cryogenic air fractionation
ABB Power Generation designed the combined cycle plant
It mainly consists of a conventional cycle with a gas turbine (GT)
The main equipment of the CCPP is the ABB Type 13E2 Gas Turbine-Generator set designed for both syngas and backup diesel fuel operation
The machine is equipped with dry low-NOx burners
The CCPP has a wide range of operation due to the possibility of switching over from syngas to backup fuel
The gas turbine is able to operate from part load up to its saturation point
after which the excess syngas can be fired in the supplementary firing system
A major effort has been made by ABB to optimize the integration between the CCPP and the SMPP in order to maximize plant efficiency
There are steam extraction and admission devices in the steam cycle and in the ST for the integration with the gasification and with the refinery
The ABB 13 E2 machine is an advanced gas turbine with annular combustor chamber commercially proven in many applications
The axial compressor of the machine has 22 stages
and one row of variable inlet guide vanes that ensures high efficiency operation even at part load
The gas burned in the annular combustor expands in a five-stage turbine
equipped with an air-cooling system to protect rotor
The HRSG is the main equipment in the steam cycle
natural-circulation boiler with three steam pressure levels
It recovers the heat of the gas turbine exhaust
the high-pressure steam is superheated and is sent to the ST
The ST is a condensing-type turbine with two cylinders with process extraction and admission for the external steam
Live steam will pass through the high pressure/medium pressure (HP/MP) casing then cross over into the twin-exhaust
the steam turbine exports MPS and LPS to the refinery
An auxiliary steam generator (backup boiler) will be provided to ensure continuous steam export to the refinery even when the gas turbine is unavailable for operation
The IGCC complex will be equipped with all the necessary auxiliary systems
including cooling water (mixed system with an open seawater circuit for large users and a closed clean water circuit for the other users)
Table 2 [68263 bytes] gives the main plant data based on feedstock from 65% Arab Heavy and 35% Arab Light
it is possible to calculate an overall IGCC efficiency by including the equivalent theoretical electric power of the exported steam (see box)
is one of the cleanest systems today available for power production
and certainly the cleanest of all with heavy
high-sulfur fossil fuels such as coal or refinery residues
This was one of the reasons api Energia selected this technology
after the start-up of the IGCC plant the Falconara Marittima site will produce 280 mw instead of the 15 mw produced today with steam boilers
the overall refinery emissions will be reduced
Table 3 [18748 bytes] summarizes the main api Energia IGCC plant stack emissions
The api Energia IGCC plant is financed through a limited recourse project financing scheme
All the tasks related to the successful completion of the project financing have been completed
was achieved with a consortium of banks on Nov
This is significant because this is the first time that an IGCC plant is completely financed without using government funds or soft loans
This is true for all three Italian IGCC projects
the api Energia IGCC plant is a 100% commercial plant
and it represents the transition from demonstration phase to commercial operation of the IGCC technology for power production
all the tasks related to the implementation of this project have been discussed and solved with the loan providers in order to be granted financing
if the main economic indicators (internal rate of return
debt/coverage ratio) have acceptable values
the possibility to obtain a limited recourse project financing is substantially based on the recognition of the lenders that the forecast on that cash flow model is realistic and that the risks associated with it are sufficiently and proportionally carried by the project participants
The economic model has been intensely studied by the sponsors and takes into account all the peculiar conditions of the Italian market and legislation for this plant
it is worth mentioning the electricity sales price
It has often wrongly been considered as a substitute for government contribution to the economics of the plant
power production in Italy was a state monopoly
with ENEL acting as the only authorized power producer and distributor
obliging ENEL to buy independent power producer electricity according to specific tariffs
the average value for the 20 year project life is approximately U.S.6.4¢/kw-hr at today's rate of exchange
the tariff is approximately 8.3¢/kw-hr because it includes a component to take into account the repayment of the financing
while in the remaining 12 (or more) years the tariff drops to about 5.2¢/kw-hr because it does not include that component
The other major topics discussed and accepted by the lenders have been the analysis of the risks related with the project and the guarantees to be provided by the participants
The main areas of risks include the maturity of the technology and its capability to be the base for a reliable plant
All of these issues are today covered by detailed contracts which include guarantees and liabilities
Audits on the refinery survivability over the next 25 years have been carried out by independent firms to verify the capability of the hosting industrial structure to maintain a competitive position in the Italian marketplace
thus providing the adequate support to the initiative over its minimum 20-years life
These studies highlight that the refinery is small to medium sized and therefore suffers some disadvantages in terms of economy of scale
But it has a large advantage based on its location and on the higher transportation costs that any competitor would have to incur in entering its market
the introduction of the IGCC plant will enhance the refinery profitability
The positive assessments of these studies have been an additional element provided to the lenders to positively judge on the bankability of the project
have been the basis for the successful financial closure of the api Energia IGCC project
The main economic data of the project are summarized in Table 4 [48673 bytes]
A number of contracts govern the api Energia IGCC project
The most important are briefly described in the following section
Api Energia will sell energy to ENEL under the terms defined by the Italian regulatory framework
which includes the signing of a standard power purchase agreement between ENEL and the IPP
Api Energia signed this agreement with ENEL in September 1993 and an integration agreement to cover issues typical of this project
and operate its substation and transmission line to the national grid
The integration agreement covers items such as the:
An agreement between api Energia and api anonima petroli italiana fixes quantity
and price of the feedstocks that api will supply to api Energia
It includes the main gasification feedstock (tar) and all the other auxiliary or start-up feedstocks such as diesel (turbine backup fuel)
low sulfur fuel oil (gasification start-up fuel)
Api will also ensure that each of the feedstocks is stored at the refinery and available to api Energia at all times according to fixed quantities
the total storage hold-up is 22 days at NOC
The engineering procurement construction contract is between api Energia and the ABB consortium
The leader of the ABB consortium is ABB Sae Sadelmi
The consortium is responsible for the process basic design
procurement and delivery of materials and equipment
The agreement between api Energia and Texaco Development Corp
provides for the supply of the gasification technology
Under the agreement between api Energia and api raffineria di ancona
the refinery will operate the plant and perform the planned and unplanned maintenance and inspection of the plant; supply the necessary personnel; have the responsibility for the safety of the plant and staff; provide assistance to the construction contractor during plant commissioning; prepare safety and administration procedures; and supply catalysts
Api raffineria will purchase from api Energia fixed amounts of oxygen
and steam (at three pressure levels according to refinery requirements)
Api Energia will purchase from api raffineria
utilities and services according to a utilities supply and services agreement that regulates characteristics (raw water
An agreement between api Energia and api raffineria di Ancona
will grant to api Energia the exclusive right to occupy and carry out works on the site
as required for the construction of the plant by api Energia
as well as all the easements required for the operation and maintenance of the plant
Api raffineria has to perform the following preliminary work and provide the new facilities
necessary to allow api Energia to construct and operate the plant:
The personnel fully dedicated to api Energia include one finance and administration manager and one operations manager
This staff presently works in api's Rome offices
The staff is supported on a continuous or spot basis by personnel of api and ABB
The technical support to the owner is guaranteed by a project group of Foster Wheeler Italiana in Milan
The ABB Consortium is organized with a consortium directorate (presently located in ABB Sae Sadelmi's office) led by a project director and his deputy
It also has responsibilities for quality assurance
Each of the three ABB companies working in the consortium has set up their own project groups in their home offices
Api raffineria is working in Falconara Marittima on the preparation and supporting activities necessary for the implementation of the IGCC plant in the refinery
Once a month a project review meeting is held in Rome by the various parties to check the progress of the activities and discuss problems
The introduction of the IGCC plant will represent an historical modification of the refinery configuration
the two major goals will be the elimination of high-sulfur fuel oil production and the capability of processing heavy
European refineries face the huge problem of a drastic reduction in the production of high-sulfur fuel oils because its use as power station fuel is rapidly declining due to environmental regulations
If a large investment cannot be sustained by the refinery owner
the only alternative to reduce this production is to process low-sulfur
The result is that the refinery margins and flexibility will decrease to a level at which the refinery cannot survive
The alternative to this condition is to make large investments in deep conversion units or in a IGCC plant
It has been estimated that the api refinery margins will increase about $0.70-0.80/bbl when the IGCC plant is in operation
the long-term contracts related to the IGCC plant
as well as the utility integrations between the IGCC plant and the refinery
will be the main reasons for this improvement
This estimation has been confirmed by independent consultants
Studies indicate that refinery performances as measured according to worldwide accepted indices will measurably improve in several areas
This will allow the api refinery to reach higher positions in the international refinery ratings
The integration of the api Energia IGCC plant in the existing and well-established api refinery will represent a mutual benefit for both the IGCC plant and the refinery
Consideration Relevant to Project Financing of IGCC Projects," 13th EPRI Conference
"The Gasification Process Associated to Electrical Production: a New Alternative to Refineries Deep Conversion
Api ENERGIA 250 MW Commercial Plant in Italy," WEFA Energy Workshop
"Advances in Gasification Power Plant Technology" Power-Gen Europe
"IGCC Projects in Italy" 13th EPRI Conference
"Gasification converts a variety of problem feedstocks and wastes," OGJ
is the parent company of raffineria di Ancona
owner and operator of the Falconara Marittima refinery (all the companies in the api group use lower case letters in their names)
Api has a European network of over 1,700 service stations and a total domestic market share of over 4%
is conveniently situated to sell in the Italian regions of Marche
It gets its crude via an offshore platform 9 km from the coast that can receive 400,000 dwt tankers
One of the lines to the refinery permits heating the crude to 65° C
allowing the off loading of crudes with high freezing points and viscosity
The refinery is currently completing a major modernization program that began in 1995
It is aimed at bringing its products in line with future European Union and national standards
A 3,000 ton/day desulfurization unit being installed will enable the refinery to produce 0.05% sulfur gas oils and 0.03% heating oil
Overall IGCC Efficiency Net (theoretical) power production 233,500 + 6,200 + 5,400 = 245,100 kw-hr Tar consumption in kw-hr/hr 57,200 kg/hr x 9,100 kcal/kw-hr/860= 605,260 kw-hr Net IGCC efficiency 245,100/605,260 x 100 = 40.5% Similarly
the cogeneration (power plus heat) efficiency could be calculated by considering the steam enthalpy instead of the equivalent power; in this case the calculation is as follows: Net power production 233,500 kw-hr Heat generation in kw-hr 31,000 kg/hr MPS x 712 kcal/kg/860 kcal/kw-hr + 34,000 kg/hr LPS x 662 kcal/kg/860 kcal/kw-hr = 51,840 kw-hr Tar consumption
in kw-hr 57,200 kg/hr x 9,100 kcal/kg/860 kcal/kw-hr = 605,260 kw-hr Net cogeneration efficiency (233,500 + 51,840) / 605,260 x 100 = 47.2% The AuthorsRoberto Del Bravo is project director of the ABB Consortium formed by ABB Sae Sadelmi (Italy)
and construction of the api Energia 280 mw IGCC project
Before his appointment as ABB project director
Del Bravo was employed for 18 years at Sadelmi Cogepi SpA (a GE company) as director of Infrastructure division
with worldwide responsibility for projects
Del Bravo was a professor at Rome University in the early 1970s
He graduated from Rome University in 1971 as an electrotechnical engineer
Del Bravo is a registered professional engineer in Italy
Francesco Starace is vice-president of power plant sales for ABB Sae Sadelmi
He is a member of the board of directors of api Energia
After a short period in Ansaldo (NIRA) on reactor safety analysis
focusing on engineering and construction activities
Following a year in GE Gas Turbine division
Starace performed project functions within teams operating on power plant projects in Saudi Arabia
Upon the incorporating of Sae Sadelmi within ABB
Starace has performed proposal manager and project manager functions in power plant projects in the Emirates and Egypt
he was appointed general manager of operation of SOIMI Group
He graduated from Politecnico di Milano University in 1980 as a nuclear engineer
Chellini is project developer for anonima petroli italiana on the api Energia project
Chellini has followed the development of the project since 1992
being involved in the environmental impact assessment procedure
He graduated from Rome University in 1992 as a nuclear engineer
Chiantore is an engineer in the industrial activity department of api
The department is responsible for projects development
Chiantore was employed for 9 years at the process department of CTIP
Compagnia Tecnica Internazionale Progetti in Rome
Chiantore has participated in the development and design of several projects mainly based on gasification of coal and residues
He graduated from Rome University in 1986 as a mechanical engineer
the entrance to the Adriatic highway 16 heading north
at the height of Falconara Marittima (AN)
shows us a less controversial as emblematic skyline
day clarity concrete plant refining API no
a night of brilliant play of lights that shine in the night bringing in our imagination an imaginary metropolis of the twenty-first century
From the sea the dramatic relationship is even more evident
with an initial area of 700 000 square meters was born in 1950
is caught between the mouth of the river Esino NW
with the suburbs of Falconara Marittima SE and ending with the Bologna - Ancona railway
State Road 16 and the International Airport "Raffaello Sanzio" Ancona - Falconara SW
without erasing the signs that man in the leaves
driven by the need of various types that are often in conflict with each other
it excludes the total demolition of the site industrial
The project proposal is to recover and of his conversion
intended to be covered by the raw returns to be traveling at the same time and place of observation unusual
one of a kind used as a new interpretation of the industrial site
To make the new system object of reflection are introduced plant species such as to emphasize the contrasting and often conflittuoso relationship between nature and machine
the plant species are now being given freedom to regain their own space
the sections of pipes and steel silos are insufficient to meet the new conditions
so they are reinforced in an appropriate manner
Da molti anni l’ingresso alla strada statale adriatica 16 direzione nord
all’altezza di Falconara Marittima (AN)
ci mostra un emblematico quanto meno controverso skyline
di giorno la chiarezza concreta dell’impianto di raffinazione API n
di notte un brillante gioco di luci che splendono nella notte riportando nel nostro immaginario una fantomatica metropoli del XXI secolo; il luogo risulta nello stesso tempo
Dalla parte del mare il rapporto drammatico appare ancora più evidente
con una superficie iniziale di 700 000 mq nato nel 1950
è incastrato tra la foce del fiume Esino a NO
con la periferia urbana di Falconara Marittima a SE e per finire con la ferrovia Ancona-Bologna
la strada statale 16 e l’aeroporto internazionale "Raffaello Sanzio” Falconara-Ancona a SO
L’IDEA L’idea è quella di tramandare
i segni che l’uomo lascia nell’ambiente
spinto da necessità di vario tipo che spesso sono in conflitto tra loro; pertanto in controtendenza è esclusa la demolizione totale del sito industriale
La proposta progettuale è quella del recupero e della sua conversione
torna ad essere percorrenza ed allo stesso tempo posto di osservazione inedito
unico nel suo genere utilizzato come nuova interpretazione del sito industriale
A rendere il nuovo sistema oggetto di riflessione
vengono introdotte essenze vegetali tali da sottolineare il rapporto contrastante e spesso conflittuoso tra natura e macchina; alle essenze vegetali viene ora data libertà di riconquistare il proprio spazio
Così come è concepita l’idea
le sezioni delle tubazioni e dei silos in acciaio sono insufficienti a soddisfare le nuove condizioni di esercizio
quindi vengono rinforzate in maniera adeguata
a fire broke out in the Api refinery in Falconara Marittima
followed by a fire which has spread rapidly within the refinery Falconara Marittima Bees
causing concern among residents and requiring immediate rescue intervention
The 118 vehicles, the Carabinieri and the fire brigade teams from Jesi, Senigallia and Ancona intervened on site. The fire it was tamed and
while the police have closed Via Flaminia for security reasons
According to initial information provided by the firefighters
the flames developed in the section dedicated to diesel processingThe systems involved had been reactivated a few days earlier
“The fire has been extinguished and has not involved the tanks
The most important confirmation is that there are no injuries
I am present on site together with the Council
our Local Police and all the law enforcement agencies
I immediately spoke with the Director of the Sciascia plant and the Vice Prefect
The activities in the other plants continue regularly
The competent authorities have been informed and checks are underway to ascertain the causes”
According to initial reconstructions, the fire could have been triggered laid down by the pipe or valve breakage
causing the flames to spread to a high-pressure system
The intensity of the fire generated massive tongues of flame and a dense column of smoke visible for miles around
the incident remained confined to the operational area without involving the tanks
which is why it was not necessary to activate the external emergency plan
the police and specialized technicians will continue in the next few hours with the surveys and investigations to determine precisely the causes of the incident
Notizie.it is a newspaper registered with the Court of Milan n.68 on 01/03/2018
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