The Board of Directors of Enel S.p.A. (“Enel” or the “Company”), chaired by Patrizia Grieco, acting upon the favourable opinion of the Board of Statutory Auditors, today appointed Alberto De Paoli as the officer responsible for the preparation of the corporate financial reports of Enel S.p.A.. starting from November 12th, 2014, when he will replace Luigi Ferraris as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company.
As of November 12th, Mr. Ferraris will replace Ignacio Antonanzas Alvear as the head of Latin America area operations and will also become Gerente General of the Chilean subsidiary Enersis.
The Board of Directors of Enel expressed its appreciation to Ignacio Antonanzas Alvear for his efforts over the last several years and the important results he achieved at the helm of Endesa’s operations in Latin America.
The Board of Directors of Enel also agreed a number of changes in the composition of the board of directors (“Directorio”) of Enersis, specifically the appointments of Jorge Rosenblut (designated as the new Chairman), Carolina Schmidt and Alberto De Paoli to replace the resigning directors Pablo Yrarrázaval Valdes (the outgoing Chairman), Leonidas Vial Echeverria and Luigi Ferraris.
Francesco Starace, CEO of the Enel Group, said: “I am very pleased to be able to appoint Luigi Ferraris, the most senior member of my executive team, at the helm of our Latin America operations. This appointment underscores our commitment to the plans we have for the Latin American region, and the importance we attach to the region as one of the building blocks of our future strategy. Chile is a hub for the Group in a region where we will invest heavily to drive sustainable growth, and we will boost innovation through the use of the technology to further strengthen our relationships with customers and communities.”
Graduated in Economics at Genoa University, he began his professional career at Price Waterhouse. Afterwards, he held several managerial positions worldwide, working for leading industrial companies such as Piaggio, Sasib Beverage and Elsag Bailey Process Automation, a NYSE-listed company. Mr Ferraris joined the Enel Group in 1999 to take up the role of Chief Financial Officer at Eurogen, Elettrogen and Interpower. In 2002 he became Head of Planning, Control, Administration and Services of the ‘Infrastructure and Networks’ and ‘Market’ Divisions. In 2004 Mr Ferraris became Head of Planning and Control and in 2005 he became Head of the Administration, Planning and Control Area. In 2009, he took the position of Chief Financial Officer of the Enel Group. Mr Ferraris is also Chairman of the Board of Directors of Enel Green Power as well as Board Member of Endesa and Enersis.
Graduated in Economics at “La Sapienza” University of Rome, from 1993 to 2008 he has been working in the telecoms sector where he held several managerial positions in Telecom Italia, Wind Telecomunicazioni (including that of Head of Planning and Control, Head of Strategies and Mergers and Acquisitions, Chief Financial Officer as well as Executive Assistant to the CEO). Again in the telecoms sector, Mr De Paoli has been working for Tiscali, where he was Head of Strategies, Mergers and Acquisitions as well as Business Development. At Enel Green Power, he held the position of Chief Financial Officer from April 2008 to April 2012. As Chief Financial Officer of EGP, he led the start-up and listing of the Company. Up until today since May 2012, Mr De Paoli has been Head of Group Strategy at Enel.
Slovenské elektrárne, an Enel group company, has reached another milestone in the completion of Mochovce Nuclear Power Plant Unit 3 and 4 by successfully completing installation of cabinets panels for Unit 3 Main Control system.
Installation activities took several months, involving work in the Main, Emergency and Common control rooms of Unit 3. The last step was the installation of control panels in the Unit 3 Main Control room, i.e. the command centre of the power plant from which it will be possible to control all systems, components and equipment of the power plant. It is the plant's "brain", which is able to of simultaneously monitoring over 35,000 signals by using the most up-to-date technology available on the market. The system was designed and supplied by the Areva-Siemens Consortium.
Earlier works included completion of the Common Control room, which will monitor selected systems of the Units 3 and 4, and the Emergency Control room, which will function as a back-up control room in case the Main Control room becomes uninhabitable.
Slovenské elektrárne, an Enel Group company, opened today Energoland, an unique information centre situated in front of the main entrance to the Mochovce nuclear power plant. The project is equipped with the state of the art interactive and display technologies providing visitors of all ages with an attractive story of the world of energy since the beginning of the universe creation until the near future.
“Our aim is to explain the origin, generation and use of energy in an attractive and competent way. In a non-biased approach we also present the pros and cons of all energy resources, so that every visitor can make his own opinion on an ideal energy mix, sustainable for future generations,“ said Michele Bologna, the head of external relations of Slovenské elektrárne.
Energoland offers as many as 33 interactive sections that are guided through by a virtual guide. Right at the beginning, each visitor will become familiar with his/her own energy by the means of the large scale thermal mirror. The exposition further consists of the energy competition in an interactive LED floor. An additional energy can be supplemented by viewing the Energy Odyssey in an unmanned 3D cinema with the capacity of 30 seats. What types of energy were used by the mankind in the past, and how the fear to survive contributed to the population growth on the Earth will be shown to visitors in the section titled the Time Machine. The part of the exposition titled Watts provides visitors with an answer to their question of how much energy is necessary to supply various appliances – from a small bulb up to a space shuttle.
The project designer developed also several interactive thematic games. In the game called the Electric Grid Operator, a player has to supply electricity for a town avoiding the grid collapse, i.e. the blackout. In addition, the Energopolis is a tactic game aiming at building a town and by constructing power plants there to supply energy necessary for the town every day life. A super motor bike is another attraction by the means of which players can travel into the past. For passing to the next level, they have to answer correctly quiz questions.
A special part of the exposition is devoted to the nuclear energy. The bigger part of is inside a special pressurized inflatable structure – the first of its kind in the world representing the containment, i.e. a protective skin around the nuclear power plant. After climbing the uranium stairs, the visitors will get all important information about functioning of nuclear power plants. Moreover, they can see here ionising radiation inside a cloud chamber or be a reactor operator for a while.
Using their smart phones or tablets, the visitors can enter into the virtual world of the augmented reality and reveal much more about each part of the exhibition.
Slovenské elektrárne has thus introduced its Centre of Excellence where the company can connect the industrial the academic world.
The Enel Group, through its distribution subsidiary Enel Distribuzione SpA, and Hubject GmbH announced the signature of a cooperation agreement whereby both parties will work together for the development of an Europe-wide “eRoaming” framework. Through eRoaming, electric vehicle drivers are enabled to charge on facilities that are not owned nor operated by the utility they are customers of. The common goal of the cooperation will be to enable electric vehicle drivers to charge their cars on around 5,000 facilities across an area spanning from Sicily to Lapland with each recharge being automatically billed to their utility customer accounts back at home.
The Enel Group is one of the largest operators of recharge facilities in Europe with more than 1,600 charging points installed in Italy and, through its subsidiary Endesa, in Spain. In Slovakia, Enel has installed seven of its charging stations. To foster eRoaming across Europe, Enel has developed EMM, the “electric mobility management" system, an eRoaming platform supporting the Group’s charging points as well as those recharge facilities owned or operated by other players in Spain, Italy, Romania and Greece. Altogether, EMM supports over 2,000 charging points.
Hubject operates an European eRoaming platform since May 2013. Over 120 European platform participants share the aim to provide their customers with barrier-free access to public charging points for electric vehicles throughout Europe. Almost 3,000 European recharge facilities are already accessible via Hubject’s eRoaming platform and identifiable through the “intercharge” logo, the common European compatibility symbol of customer-friendly electric vehicle recharging and billing. Alongside Italy and Germany, several partners from Austria, the Benelux states, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland are part of the intercharge family.
The cooperation between Enel and Hubject in the eRoaming domain is one of the main outcomes of Green eMotion, the EU research project on electric mobility grouping 43 partners from industry, the energy sector, electric vehicle manufacturers, municipalities, universities as well as research institutions.
“We are well aware of the need for user-friendly electric vehicle recharge both domestically and cross national borders,” commented Livio Gallo, Director of Enel’s Global Infrastructure and Networks Division. “Within the framework of the current agreement Enel and Hubject will mutually exchange information, know-how and expertise with the aim to make EMM and intercharge compatible. Enel and Hubject will therefore accelerate the interconnection of recharge infrastructures across Europe, with a view to creating a new European electric mobility model greatly enhancing driver comfort and, ultimately, promoting an eco-friendly travel culture.”
“Starting point for our collaboration with Enel was the research project Green eMotion,” said Andreas Pfeiffer, CEO of Hubject GmbH. “We see that intercharge is turning the vision of a commonly accepted framework into reality. Together with our partners we have achieved major steps in the direction of a customer-friendly European charging network. With Enel we have found another strong and experienced partner to work with in order to accelerate the growth of the interoperable charging infrastructure in Europe.”
Enel is Italy’s largest power company and Europe’s second listed utility by installed capacity. It is a leading integrated player in the power and gas markets of Europe and Latin America, operating in 32 countries across 4 continents overseeing power generation from over 95 GW of net installed capacity and distributing electricity and gas through a network spanning around 1.9 million km to serve approximately 61 million customers.
Enel Group subsidiary Enel Distribuzione SpA is the second largest distribution system operator (DSO) in Europe, with over 32 million customers and more than 1.1 million km lines. With 32 million smart meters installed at its customer premises, all remotely operated, Enel Distribuzione is at the forefront in the development and roll-out of smart grid technologies. In the electric mobility domain, Enel Distribuzione operates the eRoaming platform and the Italian electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
Hubject GmbH is a Berlin-based joint venture formed by car-manufactures, energy and technology companies. The company operates a cross-industry business and IT platform connecting charging infrastructure, service and mobility providers. intercharge is a compatibility sign and framework currently used by more than 120 European partners enabling a customer-friendly recharging and billing process for charging electric vehicles. For further information please visit www.intercharge.eu or www.hubject.com.
