Last update: May 18, 2009

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION


Environmental protection is an integral part underpinning corporate policies and guiding investment decisions for all Snam Rete Gas activities. Particular commitment is made to reduce energy consumption and atmospheric emissions, to protect nature and biodiversity and implementing high safety and environmental protection standards.

The most significant environmental aspects of our activities are the emissions into the atmosphere deriving principally from combustion processes and the temporary use of the soil during construction of new transmission infrastructure.

The use of natural gas as a principal source of energy makes it possible to minimise atmospheric emissions of sulphur oxides and particulate, carbon oxides and volatile organic compound. In order to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions caused by the combustion of natural gas in the gas turbines used in compressor stations, some existing turbines have been retrofitted and new ones have been installed with low-emission burner systems.

To curb energy consumption turbines with a high level of efficiency, are installed and specific software programs. make it possible the optimization of the gas transport.


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Environmental protection, extracted from Sustainability Report