Thursday – November 28, 2024

venue: Palazzo Bo’- University of Padova

14:00  – Registration

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

Matteo Di Castelnuovo, Conference General Chair and  AIEE President
Arturo Lorenzoni, Scientific Committee chair , Professor of the University of Padua

Keynote speakers        

15:45-16:45    Dual Plenary Sessions

Grid security and energy storage
Renewable energy, clean energy technologies and critical raw materials

17.00 -19.00  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

Chair:
Hydrogen-based technologies: limits and potentials of life-cycle cost approaches
Presenter: Agatino Nicita, CNR ITAE, Italy
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
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
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  
Authors: Mauro Giorgianni, Agatino Nicita, Gaetano Maggio, Stefano Trocino

2. Innovations in RES

Chair:

Innovation ecosystem in the offshore wind sector: an analysis of the Brazilian case
Presenter:Thauan Santos, Escola de Guerra Naval (EGN) – Naval War College, Brazil
Authors:Thauan Santos, Gabriel Ralile de Figueiredo Magalhães, Jorcelino Rinalde de Paulo and Diogo Velasco

Sustainable geothermal solution for the decarbonisation of the European islands: case of Vulcano island in Italy
Presenter: Dan Azimi Mohaman, University of Padova, Italy
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
Authors: Marco Cappellari, Arturo Lorenzoni

3. Energy access: sharing experiences
Chair:

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

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

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

4. Reflection on the gas market

Chair:

The Impact of the 2022 Gas Crisis on LNG Trade and Market Integration in the Baltic, CEE, and Balkan Regions
Presenter: Milan Hudak, The Prague University of Economics and Business (VŠE), Czech Republic
Author: Milan Hudak

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
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

Estimating Short-Term price elasticities and market dynamics in the U.S. natural gas market: a Bayesian structural VAR approach
Presenter: Markos Farag, University of Cologne, Germany
Author: Markos Farag

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

The energy security concerns in an ever-changing geopolitical context: The EU strategy

Regulatory challenges for the electricity markets in a renewable-based energy system: the EU new market design

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

5 . Methods and instruments to support knowledge in energy field
Chair:

Exploring decarbonization strategies for Italy through machine learning and socio-economic analysis
Presenter: Linda Cerana, University of Padova, Italy
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
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
Authors: Marco Agostini, Umberto Giuliani, Francesco Gracceva, Chiara Bustreo, Bruno Baldissara, Vittoria Battaglia, Livio De Chicchis, Giuseppe Zollino

6. Financial challenges for RES development
Chair:

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

Financial Requirements of Carbon Neutrality in the Power Sector of the ASEAN: Perspectives from An Integrated Power Trade Model
Presenter: Youngho Chang, Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore
Authors: Youngho Chang

Empowering Green Startups: The crucial role of Digital Finance training in supporting green startups’ success in the emerging green economy
Presenter: Racha Abdrabbo Haffar, Digital Excellence Bridge, UAE
Authors: Racha Abdrabbo Haffar

7. Energy poverty
Chair:

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
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
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
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
Authors: Elisenda Jove, Carlotta Masciandaro and Machiel Mulder

8. Rethinking the contribution of nuclear and fossil fuels
Chair:

Costs and risks of decarbonization and nuclear power: a TEMOA-Europe- scenario analysis
Presenter: Valeria Di Cosmo, Open Energy Transition – University of Torino, Italy
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
Author: Emmanuel Grand, Keyvan Rucheton, Luis Lopez, Mehdi Aïd, Grégoire Saison

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
Authors: Diaz-Chavez Rocio, Yara Evans

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
Sustainable mobility challenges for the transition targets

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

9 . The issue of energy security
Chair:

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

Energy security and governance – Revisiting a methodological analysis of the energy trilemma index
Presenter: Philip Walsh, Toronto Metropolitan University, Center for Urban Energy, Canada
Authors: Philip Walsh, Lez Rayman-Bacchus

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
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
Authors:Christian Mari, Silvia Ricciuti, Simona Stolklin, Massimiliano Zanichiello, Francesca Giuliano

10. Grid and RES development: some evidences
Chair:

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

The impact of utility-scale RES power production on the Italian electricity prices
Presenter: Fulvio Fontini, University of Padova, Italy
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
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
Authors: Marina Bertolini, Pierdomenico Duttilo, Francesco Lisi

11. Energy communities: some cases
Chair:

The adoption of Renewable Energy Communities in Italian Municipalities
Presenter: Kimberly Celestiano, Ionian Department of Law, Economics and Environment – University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy
Authors: Kimberly Celestiano, Antonio Fuso, Alessandro Rubino

Renewable energy sources planning at the regional level: a case study in Italy
Presenter: Angelo Facchini, IMT Lucca, Italy
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
Authors: Abreham Adera, Raffaele Miniaci, Luciano Lavecchia

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

12. Electricity market: some fundamental elements (I)
Chair:

Why underlying market structure matters for the implementation of cross-border financial transmission rights in Europe
Presenter: Diyun Huang, University of Leuven, Belgium
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
Author: Valentin Satgé

Continuous Intraday Market Analysis on the Hellenic Energy Exchange
Presenter:Eleni Ntemou, School of Economics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and Hellenic Association for Energy Economics (HAEE), Greece
Authors: Eleni Ntemou, Filippos Ioannidis, Kyriaki Kosmidou, Kostas Andriosopoulos

Saturday – November 30, 2024

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

13. Innovation in energy storage
Chair:

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
Authors:Marta Castellini, Chiara D’Alpaos, Fulvio Fontini, Michele Moretto

Drivers for innovation in energy storage technologies
Presenter: Margarida Catalão-Lopes, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Authors: Ana Sofia Pascoal, Inês Carrilho-Nunes; Margarida Catalão-Lopes

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

14. The mechanisms of certificates to support RES development
Chair:

Volatility in Solar Renewable Energy Certificates: Jumps and Fat Tail
Presenter: Charles Mason, University of Wyoming, USA
Authors:Charles Mason, Neil A. Wilmot

Green Signals: Assessing price dynamics in the European green electricity certificate market
Presenter: Johannes Bösch, Technical University Munich, Germany
Authors: Johannes Bösch

Advancing Green Electricity Claims: The Shift to Granular Energy Attribute Certificates
Presenter:Hanna Friederike Scholta, TUM School of Management, Chair of Management Accounting, Germany
Authors: Hanna Friederike Scholta

15. Decarbonization in EU
Chair:

The EU decarbonation policy in the post war in Ukraine era: challenges and opportunities for the armed forces
Presenter: Savvas Papasavvas, University of Cyprus/ Phaethon Center of Excellence, Cyprus
Authors: Savvas Papasavvas

European carbon prices: Does it impact electricity prices in France?
Presenter: Francois Benhmad, University of Montpellier, France
Authors: Francois Benhmad, Jaques Percebois

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
Authors: Claudia Amadei, Cesare Dosi, Francesco Jacopo Pintus

16. Energy efficiency and DSM
Chair:

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
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
Authors: Carolina Bonardi Pellizzari, Cristiano Franceschinis, Tiziano Tempesta, Mara Thiene, Daniel Vecchiato

Preferences for measures of demand side management and value of lost load: a multi-country discrete choice experiment
Presenter: Anna Alberini, University of Warsaw, Poland
Author: Milan Ščasný, Anna Alberini, Mikolaj Czajkowski

Integrating BMS and BIM to improve interoperability between simulation and energy management environments
Presenter: Federico Rossi, University of Padua, Italy
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
Chair:

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
Authors: Yingqi Liu, Ruiyu Feng

The role of electric railway in the tr trfgtstansport decarbonization
Presenter: Silvia Orchi, ENEA, Italy
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
Authors:Benedikt Rilling, Carsten Herbesl

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

18. The challenge for industrial sector: reducing emissions
Chair:

Enhancing off-grid energy security trough reversible solid oxide cell systems economic analyses of case studies and business models
Presenter: Emre Avci, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU), Switzerland
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, Austr
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
Authors: Tommaso Bonini, Svetlana Ikonnikova

19. Pathway for zero emission in Africa regions
Chair:

Transitioning towards a Zero-emission electricity sector in a Net Zero pathway for Africa delivers contrasting energy, economic and sustainability synergies across the region
Presenter: Mustafa Dagbasi, Cyprus international University, Cyprus
Authors: Mustafa Dagbasi, Humphrey Adun

Impact of Zero-Emission Electricity in Africa’s Net-Zero Strategy
Presenter: Humphrey Adun, Cyprus international University, Cyprus
Authors:Mustafa Dagbasi, Humphrey Adun

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

20.  Elements for the future: bioeconomy and CRM
Chair:

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

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

Enhancing the CO2 potential as a bioeconomy enabler
Presenter: Sara Giarola, Imperial College London , UK
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
Author:Matteo Nicoli, Alessio Vai, Gianvito Colucci, Laura Savoldi

12.00 – 13.00  –  concurrent sessions  n. 20-22   (1h each)

21. Electricity market: some fundamental elements (II)
Chair:

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

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

22. The ESG implication
Chair:

Energy sector ESG measures – subsector bias and geographical location effect
Presenter: Patrycja Chodnicka-Jaworska, University of Warsaw, Polandy
Author: Patrycja Chodnicka-Jaworska

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

13.00 –  Light lunch

Conference Closing