Italy
Authored By: D. Cassidy
Italy has incorporated short rotation woody crops through copice regeneration methods into their biomass supply for several years now. The nation has 35 biomass powered plants with a capacity of 297 MW and 41 district heating plants with a capacity of 193 MW.
Harvests of the poplar species used for the short rotation plantations are being paid 40 Euros per ton green or 80 Euros per ton dry. The nation has also adopted a recent national subsidy that pays landowners 45 Euros per hectare per year for growing energetic cultivations.
Contact: Luigi Pari, ISMA, ismapari@uni.net
Encyclopedia ID: p1198
