Ansaldo Energy relaunches of Genoa – Il Sole 24 Ore

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This article was published on February 21, 2016 at 13:36.
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Ilva gives Ansaldo Energia some outside areas of the Genoa Cornigliano site, to enable the company led by Giuseppe Zampini (also President of Confindustria Genova) assemblarvi of large gas turbines.

The Ilva extraordinary administration and the Genoese company leaders have signed a framework agreement for the sale of Ansaldo Energia, on an exclusive basis, for the year of acquisition of the surface rights of two outdoor areas to Ilva Cornigliano plant: an area currently used for parking for the staff of the steel and a neighboring space with the dock, creek side Polcevera, granted functional autonomy to Ilva by the port Authority of Genoa. The value of the agreement would amount to little more than one million euro.
“The agreement between the two companies – said in a statement – promotes the development of the industrial area concerned and allow Ansaldo Energia to keep in Genoa investment plan (which otherwise risked being moved to areas in Marina di Massa, ed) and to build the hangar for assembly of gas turbines manufactured at Ansaldo Energia in Genoa fields. “
These are the activities the Genoa-based company has “inherited” by Alstom, after the acquisition by General Electric. Which he had to proceed with the sale of that production on the recommendation Antitrust Brussels.

With a service contract, in addition, Ilva will provide skilled labor for the loading and unloading of the company led by Zampini will make along the quayside and from which will ship by sea, the turbines. The agreement also provides for the creation, edited and Ansaldo Energia expenses (which is 40% owned by Shanghai Electric), two road junctions, “the first between the shed and the affected quay by the investment project; the second between the shed and the new public road system that will be built by the City of Genoa. ” In the coming days, he tells Ansaldo Energia, will start “the inspections and of geological and environmental audits, and any other preparatory activities to obtaining permits, licenses, certificates and permits necessary for the construction of the hangar and the subsequent initiation of industrial activities. ” It remains the uncertainty of what will emerge from the excavations (planned up to eight meters), to determine whether, and to what extent, the land in question require remediation. But on this, at the time, in Ansaldo’s optimism.

Problem solved, however, that the air cone (the area is situated near the airport of Genoa), which prevents’ installation of high crane to load the turbines on ships. “Even if it is more expensive – said Zampini – decided, provisionally, to use barges on which to load the turbines, to carry them to the nearby Messina terminal and, from there, ferry them on ships.”

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