Campania, Edison latest generation power plant, 450 million euros invested

Edison inaugurated in Campania a new latest-generation combined cycle thermoelectric power plant.

The new plant is located in Presenzano, in the province of Caserta and, together with its twin plant in Porto Marghera inaugurated last year, it is among the most advanced and efficient plants in the world, the most efficient in Italy.

The construction required an investment of over 450 million euros and almost four years of work, with the involvement of over 1.200 workers and 130 supplier companies, 50% of which came from the Campania region.

The plant has an installed capacity of 770 MW and is able to satisfy the equivalent annual needs of over 1.500.000 families.

The plant uses a high-efficiency GT36 class H natural gas turbine, developed by Ansaldo Energia, which allows for an energy efficiency of approximately 63%, ensuring a reduction in specific carbon dioxide emissions of up to 30% compared to the average of the current Italian thermoelectric park.

Furthermore, the plant has very high environmental performance, guaranteeing nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions that are more than 60% lower than existing plants of similar size, as well as limited use of water resources thanks to the adoption of air cooling systems.

The plant is named after Flavio Crescentini, an Edison manager who passed away prematurely and who played a crucial role in the start-up and commissioning of the previous combined cycle plants developed by Edison starting in 1992.

During the works for its construction, during the excavation phases that involved the area of ​​the power plant and the routes of the methane pipeline and the power line, several archaeological finds were discovered dating back to both the Bronze Age and the period between the 6th and 5th centuries BC.

The collection, cataloguing and restoration were carried out by the Superintendency of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape for the provinces of Caserta and Benevento. Some of these findings are preserved inside the same plant in a space dedicated to them.