BRACCO S.

In the transportation sector, multimodal hubs are more and more widespread to manage the needs of many passengers that use different means of transport. A hub has to be designed in order to guarantee a mobility service that allows people to move in the most effective way, providing them an efficient network of means of transport, and permitting...

The objective of the present paper is the definition of an optimization model for the upgrade of a smart energy infrastructure, which involves photovoltaic fields, electrical storage systems, loads and integrates new electric mobility services such as e-buses and electric car sharing services. The optimization model is solved in order to...

The integration of electric mobility with energy systems based on renewable sources represents one of the main pillars of sustainable cities and, in particular, of Local Energy Communities. This leads to reduce the environmental impact in urban areas and contributes to the implementation of the microgrid concept. Electric mobility services...

In this paper, an optimization model is defined for the design of a smart energy infrastructure integrating different technologies to satisfy the electrical demand of a given site. The considered smart energy infrastructure includes a photovoltaic plant, electrical storage systems, electric vehicles (EVs), and charging stations. The objective...

In this chapter we present the fundamentals of the Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOEn) focusing on renewable power plants and multi-vector energy systems. After having introduced the basic formulation for the LCOEn, we extend its definition to polygeneration systems, hybrid systems (generators working in parallel with energy storage devices as a...

The deployment of Energy Communities can help to increase the provision of sustainable energy from renewable energy sources at urban, industrial, and commercial levels, granting benefits to all the community members. Their effective integration in the form of microgrids (and nanogrids) will undoubtedly help to decarbonize the energy sector and,...

Energy Communities can help to satisfy our energy needs in a more sustainable and efficient manner. Since 2019, the European Union is strongly promoting their development; amoung the European countries, Spain and Italy are taking a leading role in this paradigm change. However, additional regulatory and technical steps must be carried out to...

In this chapter we present the results of the calculation of the LCOEn for three representative case studies. The first case study is the Smart Polygeneration Microgrid (SPM) at the Savona Campus of the University of Genoa (Italy), a low voltage microgrid which includes both thermal and electrical generators and loads. The second case study is...

The evolution of the transportation sector enabled by the diffusion of smart roads represent a valuable opportunities for all the stakeholders involved, starting from and users (i.e. drivers) themselves and companies at the different stages of the value chain. Such evolution is driven not only by technology development, but also by the...

The usage of photovoltaic (PV) systems has been rapidly increasing in recent years to generate green electricity. Anomaly detection in PV systems is essential to improve reliability, ensure electricity production and equipment safety, and decrease their negative impact on the economy of the operation system. This paper proposes an effective...

The integration of renewable energy systems in buildings leads to a reduction in energy bills for end users and a reduction in the carbon footprint of such buildings, usually referred to as prosumers. In addition, the installation of charging points for the electric vehicles of people working or living in these buildings can further improve the...

The paper proposes a Mixed-Integer Linear Programming (MILP) optimization model used to define an Energy Management System (EMS) to daily operate two Renewable Energy Source (RES) power plants and an Electric Vehicle (EV) charging station installed in a building. The analysed case study refers to a building located in a small town on an island...

The goal of the present paper is that of presenting the main research activities carried out at the Savona Campus of Genova University in the electric mobility and microgrid sector, with a particular focus on vehicle-to-grid (V2G) and vehicle-to-building (V2B) projects. The infrastructures of the E-Mobility Microgrid Laboratory are described...

We investigate the optimal operation of multi-energy systems deploying geothermal energy storage to deal with the seasonal variability of heating and cooling demands. We do this by developing an optimization model that improves on the state-of-the-art by accounting for the nonlinearities of the physical system, and by capturing both the short-...

The paper presents a methodology to estimate the energy consumptions of a full electric bus in different traffic and operating conditions. Starting from driving cycles, evaluated through a simulation model developed in Aimsun, the Matlab/Simulink energy model of the bus calculates the main electrical and mechanical performance indicators such...