Tamoil

In Cremona, Tamoil presented a project for the construction of a 5-6 megawatt photovoltaic park on the former area of ​​its refinery, converted into a warehouse about 13 years ago.The project, delivered to the Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security, according to some associations represents a strategy of the oil company to evade the commitment to clean up, exploiting regulatory gaps and thus leaving Cremona with a heavy unresolved environmental legacy. For the city and its inhabitants, the new photovoltaic park could therefore be a blunder:a promise of clean energy which however fails to dispel the shadows of pollution still present.The reconversion of the Tamoil area had already been outlined in 2011, when the company stopped processing crude oil.The agreement with the institutions and the social partners, signed at the then Ministry of Economic Development, provided for both economic support measures for employees with social safety nets and the start of reclamat...