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autoconsumo

English translation: own use/personal use

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Italian term or phrase:autoconsumo
English translation:own use/personal use
Entered by: Paul O'Brien

14:27 Dec 27, 2008
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Energy / Power Generation
Italian term or phrase: autoconsumo
"La “generazione distribuita” si basa sull’utilizzo diffuso di piccole centraline per la produzione di elettricità, generalmente destinata sia all’autoconsumo, sia alla cessione in rete".

"Gli impianti fotovoltaici possono essere autonomi (cioè funzionanti in isola, per l’autoconsumo) oppure collegati in parallelo alla rete elettrica pubblica".

Self-consumption is tempting, but in my understaning of the way the world works it would mean that you eat yourself, not consume electricity.
Paul O'Brien
Argentina
Local time: 10:56
own use/personal use
Explanation:
I've translated similar pieces - presumably about solar power or alternative energy
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Susanna Garcia
Local time: 14:56
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Summary of answers provided
5 +3own use/personal use
Susanna Garcia
3 +1home/private consumption
luskie
3home requirements/personal need/personal requirements
Regina Eichstaedter


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
own use/personal use


Explanation:
I've translated similar pieces - presumably about solar power or alternative energy

Susanna Garcia
Local time: 14:56
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  James (Jim) Davis: "own use" I would avoid "home" in some cases I think it can be industrial http://www.google.com/search?hl=it&q=feed-in electricity "ow...
15 hrs
agree  Mary Carroll Richer LaFlèche
16 hrs
agree  Emanuela Galdelli
1 day 2 hrs
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
home/private consumption


Explanation:
just a try... ciao pauley, buone feste :)

luskie
Local time: 15:56
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rossella Mainardis
6 hrs
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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
home requirements/personal need/personal requirements


Explanation:
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Note added at 36 mins (2008-12-27 15:04:10 GMT)
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tanti auguri per il Nuovo Anno!

Regina Eichstaedter
Local time: 15:56
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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