Thursday – November 28, 2024

venue: Palazzo Bo – University of Padova 

14:00  – Registration

14:30-15:30  – Opening Welcome Address >>> VIDEO REGISTERED
(Aula Magna)   

Matteo Di Castelnuovo, Conference General Chair and  AIEE President    
Arturo Lorenzoni, Scientific Committee Chair, Professor of the University of Padua
Fabrizio Dughiero, Director of the Industrial Engineering Department, University of Padua 

Keynote speakers       
invited:
Alessandro Blasi, Special Advisor to the Executive Director, International Energy Agency – IEA >>> VIDEO >>> PRESENTATION
Francesco La Camera, Director General IRENA >>> VIDEO

15:45-16:45    Dual Plenary Sessions

Grid security and energy storage (Ancient Archive Hall) 
Chair: Luca Magnanelli, Head of Management Service of Axpo Servizi Produzione, Italy

Federico Gallo, Senior Consultant, En-creative, Italy – >>> PRESENTATION
Giuseppe Cicerani, Head of BD Energy Storage, Enel, Italy – >>> PRESENTATION
Daniele Castiglia, Head of Front Office – Energy Management & Sales DPT,  ERG, Italy – >>> PRESENTATION

Renewable energy, clean energy technologies and critical raw materials >>> VIDEO REGISTERED
(Aula Magna) 
Chair: Georg Erdmann, Professor, Institute for Energy Technology, Berlin University of Technology, Germany

Fereidoon Sioshansi, President  Menlo Energies, USA – >>> PRESENTATION
Ionut Purica, Professor Hyperion University, Member Academy of Romanian Scientists, Romania
Alberto Pasanisi, Director Research Development & Technological Innovation, Edison, Italy

18.00 -20.00 Welcome Cocktail – Caffè Pedrocchi

Friday – November 29, 2024

venue: “Levi Cases” Center for Energy Economy and Technology – Porta Portello

09.00 -10.30 – concurrent sessions  n.  1-4 (1h.30′ each)
 

1. Hydrogen: a “new” partner in a consolidated energy system
(DEI- Room “Merigliani” – 1st floor)
Chair: Alain Kfoury, IUSS – Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori di Pavia, Italy

Hydrogen-based technologies: limits and potentials of life-cycle cost approaches
Presenter: Agatino Nicita, CNR ITAE, Italy >>> PRESENTATION
Authors:Agatino Nicita, Gaetano Squadrito, Gaetano Maggio

Blue and green hydrogen in the European energy transition – a techno-economic analysis of competitive capacity investments
Presenter: Niels Nagel, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Norway >>> PRESENTATION
Authors:Niels Nagel, Eirik Ogner Jåstad

Techno-economics and process engineering analysis of introducing hydrogen in natural gas pipeline infrastructure: a case study for New Delhi, India
Presenter: Sukriti Sharma, Indian Institute of Technology – Ropar, India >>> PRESENTATION
Authors: Sukriti Sharma, Sukriti Sharma, Pragya Singh and Asad. H. Sahir

Economic and environmental sustainability of a photoelectrolysis cell for hydrogen production
Presenter: Mauro Giorgianni, CNR ITAE, Italy >>> PRESENTATION
Authors: Mauro Giorgianni, Agatino Nicita, Gaetano Maggio, Stefano Trocino

2. Innovations in RES
(GEO – Room 1E – 1st floor)
Chair: Antonio Geracitano, Professor, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy

The relationship between energy accessibility and income inequality in Latin America and Caribbean Countries
Presenter: Margarida Catalão-Lopes, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal >>> PRESENTATION
Authors: Karen Villarroel, Inês Carrilho-Nunes; Margarida Catalão-Lopes

Sustainable geothermal solution for the decarbonisation of the European islands: case of Vulcano island in Italy
Presenter: Dan Azimi Mohaman, University of Padova, Italy >>> PRESENTATION
Authors: Dan Azimi Mohaman, Monia Procesi, Eloisa Disipio, Giorgia Dalla Santa, Antonio Galgaro

Floating Offshore Wind: opportunities and challenges of the Italian energy framework
Presenter: Marco Cappellari, University of Padova, Italy >>> PRESENTATION
Authors: Marco Cappellari, Arturo Lorenzoni

3. Energy access: sharing experiences
(DEI- Room “Sala Riunioni”- 3rd floor)
Chair: Paola Valbonesi  Director, Department of Economics, University of Padua, Italy

Energy access in developing country: the role of electricity generation
Presenter: José Venal, University of Beira Interior, Portugal >>> PRESENTATION
Authors: José Venal, António Marques e Tiago Afonso

Latin America energy trilemma: perspectives on the energy transition
Presenter: Vitor Benfica, University of Beira Interior, Portugal >>> PRESENTATION
Authors: Vitor Benfica, António Marques

4. Reflection on the gas market
(GEO – Room 1F – 1st floor)
Chair: Reinhard Haas, Professor, Technical University of Vienna, Austria

Gas at the sunset? Persistent and transient impacts of the crisis on the Italian gas demand
Presenter: Barbara Antonioli Mantegazzini, Università della Svizzera italiana, Institute for Economic Research, Switzerland >>> PRESENTATION
Authors: Alessandra Motz, Andrea Tenconi, Leonardo Gottardi, Roberto Bianchini, Barbara Antonioli Mantegazzini

Liberalization and the volatility of gas prices: exploring their relation in times of abundance and scarcity
Presenter: Roberto Cardinale; University College London, UK
Authors: Roberto Cardinale

10.30 -11.30  – Dual Plenary Sessions  (1h each)

The energy security concerns in an ever-changing geopolitical context: The EU strategy
(GEO – Room 1F – 1st floor)
Chair: Patrizia Marin, Chairman, Marco Polo Experience. Professor of International Relations IULM University, UAE

Adnan Shihab-Eldin, Research Associate at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies >>> PRESENTATION
Gabriele Marchionna, Cyber Strategy & Technology Advisor Tech Geopolitics & Security Researcher,Italy >>> PRESENTATION
Maël Gouret, Energy Analyst CleanTech of Enerdata, France >>> PRESENTATION

Regulatory challenges for the electricity markets in a renewable-based energy system: the EU new market design
(GEO – Room 1E – 1st floor)
Chair: Jean Michel Glachant, Professor  EUI Florence School of Regulation, IAEE Past President

Derek Bunn, Professor of Decision Sciences, Management Science and Operations London Business School >>> PRESENTATION
Giordano Colarullo, Director General, Utilitalia, Italy >>> PRESENTATION
Fulvio Fontini,  Università del Salento, Italy >>> PRESENTATION
Silvia Piana, Head of Regulatory Synergies and Strategies, Enel, Italy

11.30 -13.00 – concurrent sessions n. 5-8 (1h.30′ each)

5. Methods and instruments to support knowledge in energy field
(DEI- Room “Merigliani” – 1st floor)
Chair: Linda Cerana, University of Padua, Italy

Exploring decarbonization strategies for Italy through machine learning and socio-economic analysis
Presenter: Linda Cerana, University of Padova, Italy >>> PRESENTATION
Authors:Linda Cerana, Giovanni Cappena, Marco Agostini, Arturo Lorenzoni, Stefano Moret, Francesco Baldi

Dynamic knowledge graph construction for oil market risk management
Presenter Daisong Wang, Beijing Institute of Technology, China >>> VIDEO
Authors: Daisong Wang, Lu-Tao Zhao

A soft-link TIMES Italia-Plexos approach to develop Italian transition pathway scenarios
Presenter: Marco Agostini, University of Padova, Italy >>> PRESENTATION
Authors: Marco Agostini, Umberto Giuliani, Francesco Gracceva, Chiara Bustreo, Bruno Baldissara, Vittoria Battaglia, Livio De Chicchis, Giuseppe Zollino

Socio-economic assessment of CCUS for the expansion of the circular bioeconomy, the CooCE project
Presenter: Diaz-Chavez Rocio, Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London, UK >>> PRESENTATION
Authors: Diaz-Chavez Rocio, Yara Evans

6. cancelled

7. Energy poverty
(GEO – Room 1E – 1st floor)
Chair: Cecilia Camporeale, Technical and Strategic Support Unit of the Department for Sustainability, ENEA

Unveiling energy poverty in Southern Europe: indicators, vulnerability factors, and policy implications
Presenter: Roberto Barrella, ICAI School of Engineering, Comillas Pontifical University, Chair of Energy and Poverty & Institute for Research in Technology (IIT), Spain >>> PRESENTATION
Author:Clément Baumann,Roberto Barrella, José Carlos Romero

Institutional Quality: A hurdle or a catalyst to eliminating energy poverty in sub-Saharan Africa?
Presenter: Wizelle Kritzinger, University of Pretoria, South Africa >>> PRESENTATION
Authors: Roula Inglesi-Lotz, Jessika Bohlmann, Victoria Graham, Livingstone Senyonga, Wizelle Kritzinger

The role of digitalization in reducing energy poverty
Presenter: Inês Carrilho-Nunes, CEGIST, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Lisboa, Portugal >>> PRESENTATION
Authors: Teresa Magina, Inês Carrilho-Nunes, Margarida Catalão-Lopes

Energy poverty persistence: a cross-country analysis with a focus on gender
Presenter: Elisenda Jove, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain >>> PRESENTATION
Authors: Elisenda Jove, Carlotta Masciandaro and Machiel Mulder

8. Rethinking the contribution of nuclear and fossil fuels
(GEO – Room 1F – 1st floor)
Chair:  Fulvio Fontini, University of Salento, Italy

Costs and risks of decarbonization and nuclear power: a TEMOA-Europe- scenario analysis
Presenter: Valeria Di Cosmo, Open Energy Transition – University of Torino, Italy >>> PRESENTATION
Authors: Daniele Lerede, Valeria Di Cosmo

Valuing the contribution of an LNG terminal to the national security of supply
Presenter: Keyvan Rucheton, FTI Consulting, France >>> PRESENTATION
Author: Emmanuel Grand, Keyvan Rucheton, Luis Lopez, Mehdi Aïd, Grégoire Saison

13.00 -14.30 – Lunch break

14.30 -16.00 – Dual Plenary Sessions (1h.30 each)

The gas role in the transition: natural gas, hydrogen and other renewable gases (GEO – Room 1E – 1st floor)
Chair:  Carlo Di Primio, AIEE Past President and Managing Partner Horus Green Energy Investment, Italy

Reinhard Haas, Professor  TU Wien, Austria  >>> PRESENTATION
Carlo Andrea Bollino, Professor  LUISS University, Italy 
Guido Bortoni, President CESI, Italy >>> PRESENTATION
Umberto Berzero, Senior Manager Market Analysis and Energy Scenarios, SNAM, Italy >>> PRESENTATION
Andrea Qualiano, Head of Green Gas Origination & Gas Supply Portfolio Decarbonization, Edison, Italy >>> PRESENTATION

Sustainable mobility challenges for the transition targets
(GEO – Room 1F – 1st floor)
Chair:  Gabriele Grea, Expert Fellow at the Department of Institutional Analysis and Public Management,  Bocconi University,  lecturer in Urban Mobility

Amela Ajanovic, Assistant Professor & Senior Research Scientist, Energy Economics Group, Vienna University of Technology, Austria >>> PRESENTATION
Gabriele Grea, Expert Fellow at the Department of Institutional Analysis and Public Management,  Bocconi University,  lecturer in Urban Mobility >>> PRESENTATION
Franco Del Manso, International Environment Affairs manager of UNEM –  Unione Energie per la Mobilità, Italy >>> PRESENTATION
Francesco Naso, General Secretary, MOTUS‐E, Italy

16.00 -17.30 – concurrent sessions (1h.30′ each)

9. The issue of energy security
(DEI- Room “Merigliani” – 1st floor)
Chair: Claudio Agostini, Universidad Adolfo Ibañez, Chile

Developers’ perspective on barriers affecting distributed solar PV generations in Chile
Presenter: Claudio Agostini, Universidad Adolfo Ibañez, Chile >>> PRESENTATION
Author: Claudio Agostini, Shahriyar Nasirov, Carlos Silva, Jose Opazo, Paula Gonzalez

Cost of energy system security: the Romanian case
Presenter: Ionut Purica, Consultative Council for Sustainable Development of Romania (CCDD), Romania >>> PRESENTATION
Authors: Ionut Purica, Mircea Munteanu and Munizer Purica

What is the cost of energy autonomy? — Assessing import independence for a multi-modal, climate-neutral European energy system
Presenter: Jens Schmugge, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Networked Energy Systems, Germany >>> PRESENTATION
Authors:Jens Schmugge, Hans Christian Gils, Hedda Gardian

Emerging security and economic challenge within renewable energy communities: cost comparative analysis against cybersecurity issues in the evolving recs scenario
Presenter: Christian Mari, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Gestionale, Politecnico di Milano, Italy >>> PRESENTATION
Authors:Christian Mari, Silvia Ricciuti, Simona Stolklin, Massimiliano Zanichiello, Francesca Giuliano

10. Grid and RES development: some evidences
(GEO – Room 1E – 1st floor)
Chair: Valeria Di Cosmo, University of Torino,  Italy

Future electricity grids in energy islands – a scenario analysis with cyber security implications
Presenter: Johan Granberg, RISE – Research Institutes of Sweden, Sweden >>> PRESENTATION
Author:Johan Granberg

The impact of utility-scale RES power production on the Italian electricity prices
Presenter: Fulvio Fontini, University of Padova, Italy >>> PRESENTATION
Authors: Fulvio Fontini, Cinzia Bonaldo and Damiano Alessi

The impact of a Dunkelflaute event on a decarbonized energy system
Presenter: Léo Coppens, VITO – UMONS, Belgium >>> PRESENTATION
Authors: Andrea Moglianesi, Léo Coppens, Das Partha, Duchêne François, Marenne Yves

Impact of grid innovations on electricity price volatility in Italian island markets
Presenter: Marina Bertolini, University of Padua, Italy >>> PRESENTATION
Authors: Marina Bertolini, Pierdomenico Duttilo, Francesco Lisi

11. Energy communities: some cases
(GEO – Room 1F – 1st floor)
Chair: Angelo Facchini, IMT Lucca, Italy

Renewable energy sources planning at the regional level: a case study in Italy
Presenter: Angelo Facchini, IMT Lucca, Italy >>> PRESENTATION
Author: Angelo Facchini, Daniele D’Armiento; Rossana Mastrandrea, Diego Garlaschelli, Alessandro Rubino

Rural Electricity and Children’s Educational Attainment: Evidence from Ethiopia
Presenter: Abreham Adera, University of Brescia and Italian Energy Poverty Observatory (OIPE), Italy >>> PRESENTATION
Authors: Abreham Adera, Raffaele Miniaci, Luciano Lavecchia

Investments in hybrid renewable energy systems in mountain communities
Presenter: Anna Carozzani, University of Padua, Italy >>> PRESENTATION
Authors:Anna Carozzani, Chiara D’Alpaos, Michele Moretto

12. Electricity market: some fundamental elements (I)
(DEI- Room “Sala Riunioni”- 3rd floor)
Chair: Matteo Di Castelnuovo, AIEE, SDA Bocconi University, Italy

Why underlying market structure matters for the implementation of cross-border financial transmission rights in Europe
Presenter: Diyun Huang, University of Leuven, Belgium >>> PRESENTATION
Authors: Diyun Huang, Geert Deconinck

Sensitivity Analysis of Load Profiles: Implications for Resource Adequacy in Future Power System
Presenter: Valentin Satgé, CEA I-tésé, France >>> PRESENTATION
Author: Valentin Satgé

The Mean Reverting Behaviour of Italian zonal energy price: An analysis of the long-term merit order effect
Presenter: Marta Moretto, Bocconi University, Italy >>> PRESENTATION
Author: Marta Moretto, Matteo Di Castelnuovo

18.00 -20.00 Gala Cocktail – Caffè Pedrocchi

Saturday – November 30, 2024

09.00 -10.30  –  concurrent sessions  n. 13-16   (1h.30′ each)

13. Innovation in energy storage
(DEI- Room “Merigliani” – 1st floor)
Chair: Carlo Andrea Bollino, Professor, University of Perugia, Italy

Optimal investment in storage in a distributed renewable energy system
Presenter: Chiara D’Alpaos, Department of Civil Environmental and Architectural Engineering – University of Padova, Italy >>> PRESENTATION
Authors:Marta Castellini, Chiara D’Alpaos, Fulvio Fontini, Michele Moretto

Storage valuation: investigating the link between benchmark pricing dynamics and economic fluctuations
Presenter:Carlo Andrea Bollino, KAPSARC, Saudi Arabia >>> PRESENTATION
Author:Jennifer Considine, Philipp Galkin, Carlo Andrea Bollino, Abdullah Al Dayel

Long-Duration Energy Storage for power system services and industrial heat decarbonization. Technology assessment of power-to-heat applications
Presenter: Federico Santi, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Italy >>> PRESENTATION
Authors: Federico Santi

14. Electricity market: some fundamental elements (II)
(DEI- Room “Sala Riunioni”- 3rd floor)
Chair: Riccardo Camboni, Department of Economics, University of Padua, Italy

Effects of a systematic variation of load profiles on a climate neutral electricity system in Germany
Presenter: Clara Fuhrer, University of Stuttgart, Germany >>> PRESENTATION
Author: Clara Fuhrer

Wholesale electricity price index formulas and volatility
Presenter:Alessandro Sapio, Parthenope University of Naples, Italy >>> PRESENTATION
Authors: Alessandro Sapio

15. Decarbonization in EU
(GEO – Room 1F – 1st floor)
Chair: Arturo Lorenzoni, University of Padua, Italy

Evolution of consumption in the city of Milan
Presenter: Lorenzo Monga, A2A Spa,  Italy >>> PRESENTATION
Authors: Lorenzo Monga, Davide Della Giustina,  Antonio Di Giovanni, Gornati Stefano Angelo, Bartolomeo Greco

The role of structural changes for the reduction of energy intensity: does offshoring matter? Empirical evidence from OECD countries
Presenter: Claudia Amadei, Department of Economics and Management & Interuniversity Research Centre on Public Economics (CRIEP), University of Padova, Italy >>> PRESENTATION
Authors: Claudia Amadei, Cesare Dosi, Francesco Jacopo Pintus

16. Energy efficiency and DSM
(GEO – Room 1E – 1st floor)
Chair: Francesco Castellani, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

The energy system impacts of electric heating in Northern Europe under variable historic weather scenarios
Presenter: Seikh Hayatul Haque, Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway >>> PRESENTATION
Author: Seikh Hayatul Haque, Niels Oliver Nagel, Ian M. Trotter, Erik Trømborg, Eirik Ogner Jåstad

Assessing the Impact of Energy Efficiency on Real Estate Values: A Hedonic Analysis in Padua, Italy
Presenter:Carolina Bonardi Pellizzari, University of Padua, Italy >>> PRESENTATION
Authors: Carolina Bonardi Pellizzari, Cristiano Franceschinis, Tiziano Tempesta, Mara Thiene, Daniel Vecchiato

Decarbonization through electrification of public historic buildings: the case study of National Gallery of
modern and contemporary art in Rome
Presenter: Francesco Castellani, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy >>> PRESENTATION
Author: Francesco Castellani

Integrating BMS and BIM to improve interoperability between simulation and energy management environments
Presenter: Federico Rossi, University of Padua, Italy >>> PRESENTATION
Author: Federico Rossi, Beatrice Maria Toldo, Carlo Zanchetta

10.30 – 12.00  –  concurrent sessions  n. 17-20   (1h.30′ each)

17. The future of sustainable transport
(DEI- Room “Merigliani” – 1st floor)
Chair: Silvia Orchi, ENEA, Italy

Research on the effect of policy implementation in test demonstration zones on the commercial operation of autonomous driving —Verification Based on DID Model
Presenter: Ruiyu Feng, Beijing Jiaotong University, China >>> PRESENTATION
Authors: Yingqi Liu, Ruiyu Feng

The role of electric railway in the transport decarbonization
Presenter: Silvia Orchi, ENEA, Italy >>> PRESENTATION
Authors: Silvia Orchi, Alessandro Ruvio

Unveiling Consumer Choices for Renewable Methane in Private Transportation: A Discrete-Choice Experiment Approach
Presenter:Benedikt Rilling, Nuertingen-Geislingen University, Germany >>> PRESENTATION
Authors:Benedikt Rilling, Carsten Herbes

Which type of vehicle mileage tax is the public most willing to accept?
Presenter: Ofir Rubin, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel >>> PRESENTATION
Authors:Ofir Rubin, Aviv Steren, Stav Rosenzweig

18. The challenge for industrial sector: reducing emissions
(GEO – Room 1E – 1st floor)
Chair: Carlo Di Primio, AIEE and Horus Energy Investment, Italy

Enhancing off-grid energy security trough reversible solid oxide cell systems economic analyses of case studies and business models
Presenter: Marco Kunz, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU), Switzerland >>> PRESENTATION
Authors: Emre Avci, Oliver Woll, Marco Kunz

Carbon Giants: Exploring the Top 100 Industrial CO2 Emitters in the EU
Presenter: Simon Sturn, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria >>> PRESENTATION
Authors: Simon Sturn, Xenia Miklin, Thomas Neier, Klara Zwickl

European decarbonisation and refineries: analyzing the conditions for a profitable adoption of clean hydrogen
Presenter:Tommaso Bonini, Technical University of Munich, School of Management, Centre for Energy Markets, Germany >>> PRESENTATION
Authors: Tommaso Bonini, Svetlana Ikonnikova

A Model of U-Shaped Relationship of Corporate Performance and ESG Behavior
Presenter: Akira Maeda, The University of Tokyo, Japan >>> PRESENTATION
Authors: Akira Maeda, Hiroshi Ishijima

19. Pathway for zero emission in Africa regions
(DEI- Room “Sala Riunioni”- 3rd floor)
Chair: Federico Santi, Professor, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Italy

Interplay of fossil fuel usage, environmental concern, and economic growth
Presenter: Sabiu Bariki Sani, Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Abuja, Nigeria >>> VIDEO >>> PRESENTATION
Author: Sabiu Bariki Sani

Evaluating the cost-competitiveness of decentralised green fertilizer production in Sub-Saharan Africa
Presenter: Marco Schamel, Technical University of Applied Sciences (OTH) Regensburg, Germany
Authors: Marco Schamel

Energy transition and barriers from dominant fossil players in SADC
Presenter: Querubim Capimolo Lucamba, University of Beira Interior, Portugal >>> VIDEO
Authors: António Cardoso Marques, Diogo Santos Pereira, Querubim Capimolo Lucamba

20.  Elements for the future: bioeconomy and CRM
(GEO – Room 1F – 1st floor)
Chair: Marzia Sesini, Florence School of Regulation – EUI, Italy

Sectoral and economy-wide implications of reducing implicit subsidies to electricity sector in Ethiopia
Presenter: Amsalu Woldie Yalew, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy >>> PRESENTATION
Author: Amsalu Woldie Yalew

Unlocking European biogas and biomethane: Policy insights from comparative analysis
Presenter: Marzia Sesini, Florence School of Regulation – EUI , Italy >>> PRESENTATION
Authors: Marzia Sesini, Anna Cretì, Olivier Masso

Enhancing the CO2 potential as a bioeconomy enabler
Presenter: Sara Giarola, Imperial College London, UK >>> PRESENTATION
Author:Sara Giarola, Pablo Basterrechea-Roca, Nilay Shah, Yara Evans, Rocio Diaz-Chavez

Evaluating how the availability of critical raw materials may affect the security of future energy systems: a case study for Italy
Presenter: Matteo Nicoli, Politecnico di Torino, Italy >>> PRESENTATION
Author:Matteo Nicoli, Alessio Vai, Gianvito Colucci, Laura Savoldi

12.30 –  Light lunch

Conference Closing

13. 30 – VENICE BOAT TOUR – for the Conference participants