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Photovoltaics in Italy, Mechanisms of Promotion: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Italian “Conto Energia” and Evaluation of Externalities

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Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2013 (ICCSA 2013)

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Italy is currently one of the fastest growing photovoltaic markets worldwide. The introduction of the feed-in-tariff mechanism called “Conto Energia” has raised and developed the market, contributing to the reduction of GHGs emissions and to increase the diffusion of the smart grid model.

This study aims develop a cost-benefit analysis of the “Conto Energia” feed-in-tariff mechanism, by measuring all costs and benefits of electric energy produced by photovoltaics in Italy, from 2006 up to 2020. Particular attention has been given to the analysis of the fast increase of photovoltaic power installed capacity in Italy by the end of 2010.

The analysis measures costs and benefits associated to “Conto Energia” system (the principal Italian photovoltaic policy support) and assesses the support profitability for the entire society by giving a monetary value to the socio-economic benefits of PV electricity promotion.

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  1. CIRPS, Sapienza University of Rome, Piazza San Pietro in Vincoli, 10, 00184, Rome, Italy

    Marco Lucentini & Diego Di Palma

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  1. L-I.S.U.T. - D.A.P.I.t. Facoltà Ingegneria, Università degli Studi della Basilicata, Viale dell’Ateneo Lucano, 10, 85100, Potenza, Italy

    Beniamino Murgante

  2. Covenant University, Canaanland, OTA, Nigeria

    Sanjay Misra

  3. Partimento di Scienze e Tecnologie per LAgricoltura, le Foreste, la Natura e lEnergia, Università degli Studi della Tuscia, Via S. Camillo de Lellis, snc, 01100, Viterbo, Italy

    Maurizio Carlini

  4. Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Ingegneria Civile e dell’Architecttura, Politecnico di Bari, Via Orabona, 4, 70125, Bari, Italy

    Carmelo M. Torre

  5. International University VNU-HCM, Quarter 6, Linh Trung, Thu Duc, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

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  6. School of Business Systems, Monash University, 3800, Clayton, VIC, Australia

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  7. Department of Intelligent Informatics, Kyushu Sangyo University, 2-3-1 Matsukadai, Higashi-ku, 813-8503, Fukuoka, Japan

    Bernady O. Apduhan

  8. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Perugia, Via Vanvitelli, 1, 06123, Perugia, Italy

    Osvaldo Gervasi

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Lucentini, M., Di Palma, D. (2013). Photovoltaics in Italy, Mechanisms of Promotion: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Italian “Conto Energia” and Evaluation of Externalities. In: Murgante, B., et al. Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2013. ICCSA 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7972. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39643-4_25

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