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	[[File:Schuko.jpg\|right\|thumb\|Bipasso socket (#1) and Italian adapted Schuko (#2) in a modern installation.]]		[[File:Schuko.jpg\|right\|thumb\|Bipasso socket (#1) and Italian adapted Schuko (#2) in a modern installation.]]
	Electricity in Venice, as in all of Italy, comes out of wall sockets at 220 volts and alternating at a rate of 50 cycles per second. This is in comparison to electricity in the United States, which leaves wall sockets at 110 volts and a rate of 60 cycles per second, in addition to having significantly different layouts for wall sockets. This means that American visitors to Venice need to be careful when using wall outlets and often will need adapters or converters.		Electricity in Venice, as in all of Italy, comes out of wall sockets at 220 volts and alternating at a rate of 50 cycles per second. This is in comparison to electricity in the United States, which leaves wall sockets at 110 volts and a rate of 60 cycles per second, in addition to having significantly different layouts for wall sockets. This means that American visitors to Venice need to be careful when using wall outlets and often will need adapters or converters.
	~~== History ==~~

	== Electrical Grid ==		== Electrical Grid ==

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Green Energy from Algae

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	In 2009 proposals were made to establish the [[Port of Venice]] as the first self sufficient, algae powered port in the world, with completion of the new power plant expected to be completed in 2012. The 200 million Euro plant will be only the third of it's kind in Europe and is being built in collaboration with renewable energy company, Enalg. Algae collected from Venice's [[Lagoon]] is placed in plastic containers where it is mixed with water and carbon dioxide and placed in sunlight, triggering photosynthesis. The resulting biomass is then further treated, producing a fuel used to turn turbines<ref>{{cite web \|url= http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/03/24/us-venice-algae-idUSTRE52N59E20090324 \|title= Venice seaport eyes algae to fuel energy needs}}</ref>.		In 2009 proposals were made to establish the [[Port of Venice]] as the first self sufficient, algae powered port in the world, with completion of the new power plant expected to be completed in 2012. The 200 million Euro plant will be only the third of it's kind in Europe and is being built in collaboration with renewable energy company, Enalg. Algae collected from Venice's [[Lagoon]] is placed in plastic containers where it is mixed with water and carbon dioxide and placed in sunlight, triggering photosynthesis. The resulting biomass is then further treated, producing a fuel used to turn turbines<ref>{{cite web \|url= http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/03/24/us-venice-algae-idUSTRE52N59E20090324 \|title= Venice seaport eyes algae to fuel energy needs}}</ref>.

	This experimental plant is intended to initially produce only 500KW of energy, compared to the Port's usage of 7MW. If the project is considered successful, the plant could quickly be scaled up and made capable of producing some 50 MW of electricity, 50% of Venice's total energy needs.		This experimental plant is intended to initially produce only 500KW of energy, compared to the Port's usage of 7MW. If the project is considered successful, the plant could quickly be scaled up and made capable of producing some 50 MW of electricity, 50% of Venice's total energy needs<ref>{{cite web \|url= http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2011/09/algal-energy \|title= Venice turns green}}</ref>.

	==Locations==		==Locations==

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	== Future of the Network ==		== Future of the Network ==
	===Hydrogen Fuel Cell Park===		===Hydrogen Fuel Cell Park===
	Italian Energy provider, ENEL, has made strides in proposing new type of green energy in an effort to better serve the Venetian populace. A consortium has recently proposed hydrogen fuel cells be used in the area of the Venetian [[lagoon]] and that a "hydrogen park" be established on the mainland across from Venice, at the [[Porto Marghera]]. The use of hydrogen fuel cells by ENEL to provide local electricity would make Venice the first city to be powered entirely by hydrogen fuel cells and is a suggested solution to the massive power outages that Italy has recently experienced, such as the 2003 Power Outage which effected 55 million people. Hydrogen Fuel Cells would be used to produce electricity, in addition to being used for the heating of homes and powering buses, cars and vaporetti.<ref>~~Hydrogen to power Venice's future; Europe~~ http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA113616802&v=2.1&u=mlin_c_worpoly&it=r&p=AONE&sw=w&asid=ceda148bf0f3a50fa9a90354d2f39bf2</ref>		Italian Energy provider, ENEL, has made strides in proposing new type of green energy in an effort to better serve the Venetian populace. A consortium has recently proposed hydrogen fuel cells be used in the area of the Venetian [[lagoon]] and that a "hydrogen park" be established on the mainland across from Venice, at the [[Porto Marghera]]. The use of hydrogen fuel cells by ENEL to provide local electricity would make Venice the first city to be powered entirely by hydrogen fuel cells and is a suggested solution to the massive power outages that Italy has recently experienced, such as the 2003 Power Outage which effected 55 million people. Hydrogen Fuel Cells would be used to produce electricity, in addition to being used for the heating of homes and powering buses, cars and vaporetti.<ref>{{cite web \|url= http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA113616802&v=2.1&u=mlin_c_worpoly&it=r&p=AONE&sw=w&asid=ceda148bf0f3a50fa9a90354d2f39bf2 \|title= Hydrogen to power Venice's future; Europe}}</ref>

	===Green Energy from Algae===		===Green Energy from Algae===

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Green Energy from Algae

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	===Green Energy from Algae===		===Green Energy from Algae===
	In 2009 proposals were made to establish the [[Port of Venice]] as the first self sufficient, algae powered port in the world, with completion of the new power plant expected to be completed in 2012. The 200 million Euro plant will be only the third of it's kind in Europe and is being built in collaboration with renewable energy company, Enalg. Algae collected from Venice's [[Lagoon]] is placed in plastic containers where it is mixed with water and carbon dioxide and placed in sunlight, triggering photosynthesis. The resulting biomass is then further treated, producing a fuel used to turn turbines.		In 2009 proposals were made to establish the [[Port of Venice]] as the first self sufficient, algae powered port in the world, with completion of the new power plant expected to be completed in 2012. The 200 million Euro plant will be only the third of it's kind in Europe and is being built in collaboration with renewable energy company, Enalg. Algae collected from Venice's [[Lagoon]] is placed in plastic containers where it is mixed with water and carbon dioxide and placed in sunlight, triggering photosynthesis. The resulting biomass is then further treated, producing a fuel used to turn turbines<ref>{{cite web \|url= http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/03/24/us-venice-algae-idUSTRE52N59E20090324 \|title= Venice seaport eyes algae to fuel energy needs}}</ref>.

	This experimental plant is intended		This experimental plant is intended to initially produce only 500KW of energy, compared to the Port's usage of 7MW. If the project is considered successful, the plant could quickly be scaled up and made capable of producing some 50 MW of electricity, 50% of Venice's total energy needs.

	==Locations==		==Locations==

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Green Energy from Algae

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	===Green Energy from Algae===		===Green Energy from Algae===
			In 2009 proposals were made to establish the [[Port of Venice]] as the first self sufficient, algae powered port in the world, with completion of the new power plant expected to be completed in 2012. The 200 million Euro plant will be only the third of it's kind in Europe and is being built in collaboration with renewable energy company, Enalg. Algae collected from Venice's [[Lagoon]] is placed in plastic containers where it is mixed with water and carbon dioxide and placed in sunlight, triggering photosynthesis. The resulting biomass is then further treated, producing a fuel used to turn turbines.

			This experimental plant is intended

	==Locations==		==Locations==

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Citations

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	*[[Utilities]]		*[[Utilities]]

	==~~Citations~~==		==References==
	<references/>		<references/>

	[[Category:Utilities]]		[[Category:Utilities]]

DBossalini: /* See Also */

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	*[[Streets]]		*[[Streets]]
	*[[Utilities]]		*[[Utilities]]

			<references/>

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	== Future of the Network ==		== Future of the Network ==
	===Hydrogen Fuel Cell Park===		===Hydrogen Fuel Cell Park===
	Italian Energy provider, ENEL, has made strides in proposing new type of green energy in an effort to better serve the Venetian populace. A consortium has recently proposed hydrogen fuel cells be used in the area of the Venetian lagoon and that a "hydrogen park" be established on the mainland across from Venice, at the Porto Marghera. The use of hydrogen fuel cells by ENEL to provide local electricity would make Venice the first city to be powered entirely by hydrogen fuel cells and is a suggested solution to the massive power outages that Italy has recently experienced, such as the 2003 Power Outage which effected 55 million people. Hydrogen Fuel Cells would be used to produce electricity, in addition to being used for the heating of homes and powering buses, cars and vaporetti.		Italian Energy provider, ENEL, has made strides in proposing new type of green energy in an effort to better serve the Venetian populace. A consortium has recently proposed hydrogen fuel cells be used in the area of the Venetian [[lagoon]] and that a "hydrogen park" be established on the mainland across from Venice, at the [[Porto Marghera]]. The use of hydrogen fuel cells by ENEL to provide local electricity would make Venice the first city to be powered entirely by hydrogen fuel cells and is a suggested solution to the massive power outages that Italy has recently experienced, such as the 2003 Power Outage which effected 55 million people. Hydrogen Fuel Cells would be used to produce electricity, in addition to being used for the heating of homes and powering buses, cars and vaporetti.<ref>Hydrogen to power Venice's future; Europe http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA113616802&v=2.1&u=mlin_c_worpoly&it=r&p=AONE&sw=w&asid=ceda148bf0f3a50fa9a90354d2f39bf2</ref>

	===Green Energy from Algae===		===Green Energy from Algae===
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	==Locations==		==Locations==
	Map of Venice's Electrical Grid		Map of Venice's Electrical Grid

			== See Also ==
			*[[Street Pavement]]
			*[[Street]]
			*[[Streets]]
			*[[Utilities]]

			[[Category:Utilities]]

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	[[Category:Utilities]]		[[Category:Utilities]]