Italy electricity generation

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Since 1958, however, the results of a study carried out in Italy and sponsored by the World Bank (IBRD) were presented at the second Geneva conference. The study predicted the cost of nuclear-generated electricity becoming competitive with that of oil-generated electricity within a few years. Hence, on the basis of this study, Italy was granted a loan by the World Bank for the construction, by means of international tender, of a 150-MW nuclear power plant. 

Underground heat in the form of steam, hot water, or hot rock used to produce steam has been employed as an energy resource for about a century and can be regarded as largely renewable. This energy was first harnessed for the generation of electricity at LardereUo, Italy, in 1904, and has since been developed in Japan, Russia, New Zealand, the Philippines, and at the Geysers in northern California. 

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