citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . april 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message enel green power s.p.a. type societ per azioni industry energy founded december 2008 headquarters rome italy key people alberto de paoli chairman 1 2 francesco venturini ceo products wind power solar energy geothermal energy hydroelectricity biomass revenue 2 996 million 2014 3 operating income 1 021 million 2014 3 profit 528 million 2014 3 number of employees 3 609 end 2014 3 parent enel website www.enelgreenpower.com enel green power s.p.a. is an italian multinational renewable energy corporation headquartered in rome . the company was formed as a subsidiary of the power generation firm enel in december 2008 grouping its global renewable energy interests . enel green power has operations in over 16 countries across europe north america and south america . it generates energy from hydroelectricity wind solar power geothermal electricity biomass and incineration sources . at the end of september 2011 the company s total worldwide installed capacity was 6 490 mw which it intends to increase to 10 400 mw by 2015 . a 30.8 % stake in the company was floated on the borsa italiana and bolsa de madrid in november 2010 raising 2.6 billion and marking the largest initial public offering in europe since that of iberdrola renovables in december 2007 . 4 in 2014 the company was presented with a european solar prize by eurosolar . 5 contents 1 history 2 operations 2.1 electricity production 2.2 technology 2.2.1 geothermal 2.2.2 geothermal biomass hybrid 2.2.3 solar geothermal hybrid 2.2.4 photovoltaic and solar thermal 2.2.5 solar thermal and csp concentrated solar power 2.2.6 hydropower 2.2.7 wind power 2.2.8 wind solar hybrid and cogeneration 2.2.9 marine energy 3 international presence 3.1 europe 3.1.1 italy 3.1.2 iberian peninsula 3.1.3 eastern europe 3.1.4 france 3.1.5 greece 3.2 north america 3.3 latin america 3.4 recent events 4 references 5 external links history edit enel green power was founded on 1 december 2008 to concentrate all of enel s activities in the production of renewable energy . at the time of its establishment enel green power was the largest european company in the field of renewable energy both in terms of installed capacity and international presence . 6 following its foundation the activities of the renewable energy branch which were until then held by enel produzione spa in italy and those belonging to enel investment holding abroad enel latin america bv erelis enel endesa have been gradually transferred to enel green power . 6 in november 2010 following enel s acquisition of endesa june 2009 the company made an initial public offering of 30.8 % of enel green power in the italian stock exchange and the bolsa de madrid earning the company 2.6 billion . in italy and spain the ipo of enel green power was handled by pricewaterhousecoopers and involved about 340 thousand investors generating a demand of about 1 260 million shares of which 520 million subscribed of institutional investors . 7 the company is listed on the stock markets of milan and madrid and on the regional stock exchanges of barcelona bilbao and valencia . operations edit enel green power is engaged in the production of electricity from renewable sources at a global level in march 2015 with 735 active power plants it is present in 4 continents europe north america south america africa . in every country the activity is managed through a national division . the production mix includes geothermal energy hydropower solar energy biomass and wind power with a total production capacity of 9 789 mw . 8 electricity production edit wind power was the highest percentage in the breakdown of production for 2014 . a total 5 860 mw of wind power is produced yearly just under 60 % of the total energy produced globally by enel green power . hydropower generated 2 624 mw 26.8 % of the total ; geothermal energy 833 mw 8.5 % of the total ; solar power 433 mw 4.4 % of the total ; and energy from biomass 39 mw 0.4 % of the total . 8 the hydropower production is concentrated mainly in europe where in 2014 enel green power produced 60 % of its hydropower . 8 in 2014 europe also produced the highest percentage of photovoltaic power 60 % of which came from enel green power s solar energy production and geothermal power 91.5 % . the entire european production of the latter is located in italy . 8 summary table for the production of electricity in mw 8 country wind power hydropower geothermal solar energy biomass and other total europe italy 720 1 512 761 122 3 115 bulgaria 42 42 greece 200 20 88 308 romania 498 36 534 spain 1 615 43 13 39 1 710 portugal 126 126 north america canada 103 103 usa 1 563 317 72 28 1 980 south america brazil 283 93 376 chile 381 92 136 609 costa rica 24 31 55 mexico 305 53 408 panama 300 300 guatemala 163 163 africa south africa 10 10 total 5 860 2 624 833 433 39 9 789 technology edit geothermal edit enel green power runs 34 geothermal power plants in tuscany with a total capacity of about 875.5 mw that are able meet more than 26 % of the regional consumption . 9 10 amongst those the plant of larderello built in 1904 is currently one of the largest in the world . 11 12 13 in the united states enel green power operates three power plants one of which is a solar geothermal hybrid . two of them are located in churchill county nevada and one is near cove fort utah . 14 15 16 in turkey where the company has been in partnership with uzun since 2011 it leads surveys to identify areas for the production of geothermal energy . 17 geothermal biomass hybrid edit enel green power is currently working on the construction of cornia 2 in castelnuovo val di cecina pisa tuscany . cornia 2 is the world s first geothermal biomass hybrid plant where the biomass which comes from agriculture and related activities within 70 km from the plant itself contribute to heat the geothermal steam up to over double its usual temperature from 150 160 c to 370 380 c thus increasing the electricity production capacity by 5 mw on top of the current 13 mw . 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 solar geothermal hybrid edit enel green power has designed and built the first solar geothermal hybrid plant that combines the two sources of energy thus increasing the electricity production capacity . the first power plant of this kind stillwater geothermal solar power plant is located in fallon nevada usa and has received 40 million in tax relief under the american recovery and reinvestment act . 27 28 in the first half of 2014 work began to integrate a solar thermal power plant to the structure which will add an additional capacity of 17 mw to the current net capacity of 33 mw . 29 30 31 in the second half of 2014 enel green power has partnered with the national renewable energy laboratory nrel and the idaho national laboratory inl under the supervision of the us department of geothermal technologies office gto via a cooperative research and development agreement in order to use the data of the stillwater plant to further develop the technology . 32 33 photovoltaic and solar thermal edit enel green power also owns enel.si a company that operates in the photovoltaic sector with a market share of about 15 % in the italian market . enel.si is also active on the solar thermal market where it operates directly and through a franchising network of 400 installers . citation needed solar thermal and csp concentrated solar power edit the company also operates in the solar thermal and csp concentrated solar power participating in research and development activities along with enea . based on the studies of nobel laureate carlo rubbia in 2010 enel green power built the archimede solar power plant in priolo gargallo syracuse sicily that has a total capacity of 5 mw . in the plant parabolic mirrors focus the sun s heat on a fluid of molten salts that reaches temperatures of over 500 c 932 f and is able to retain heat for several hours turning water into steam that then activates the traditional steam turbines system to produce electricity . the objective is to increase the efficiency of this type of plants so as to make them competitive compared to other sources . 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 hydropower edit in panama the company runs the plants of fortuna in chiriqu which produces 300 mw and covers about 25 % of the entire national production of electricity . the plant is located in the fortuna forest reserve . citation needed wind power edit enel green power s experience with wind power dates back to 1984 when enel built the first italian wind farm in sardinia . in october 2008 in kansas us the plant of smoky hills with a capacity of 250 mw came into service while in january 2008 in snyder texas enel green power completed the installation of 21 3 mw wind turbines . citation needed wind solar hybrid and cogeneration edit in 2014 in ollag e chile enel green power began the construction of a mini hybrid solar wind cogeneration plant for the production of both electricity and hot water which runs independently from the national electricity system and is able to meet the average need of 150 families with an average capacity of 232 kw . citation needed marine energy edit at the end of 2014 enel green power and dcns were appointed by corfo corporaci n de fomento de la producci n in chile to research and develop new technologies for the use of marine energy . the marine energy research and innovation centre meric was built to carry out the assignment . citation needed international presence edit europe edit italy edit more than half of enel green power s plants are located in italy for a net installed capacity of around 2 830 mw . the production mix includes geothermal electricity hydroelectricity wind solar power whose development had a strong boost in 2011 and will be emphasized in the coming years . enel green power is also a leader in geothermal with 34 power plants located in tuscany representing a capacity of 728 mw and providing an annual production of over 5 billion kwh . the company is a world reference for this technology . it initiated its first center in the area of larderello in tuscany as early as the beginning of last century . wind energy has had the greatest growth in italy since the beginning of the 21st century including enel facilities . in the field of solar energy enel green power developed the franchisee model in italy of enel green power retail . in addition a thin film photovoltaic panels factory was inaugurated in 2011 in catania through a joint venture with sharp and st microelectronics . the generation of electricity from solar energy is coming from 67 mw installed in 2011 data as of the end of september . iberian peninsula edit enel green power has facilities in the iberian peninsula thorough a total installed capacity of 1 707 mw and 120 plants . this presence is the result of the integration of renewable energy activities of enel and endesa . the wind technology with about 90 plants for a net installed capacity of 1 530 has the biggest share . the production mix includes mini hydro with about 10 plants for 57 mw solar with 3 plants for 14 mw and cogeneration and biomass with 20 plants