Energy Economics
We investigate the cost and price dynamics of photovoltaic systems, the grid parity and fuel parity regimes, and analyze how they are influenced by technology, policy, social and economic factors.
Publications and Presentations
Fermeglia M, Lughi V, Massi Pavan A, “How to avoid the perfect storm: the role of energy and photovoltaics”, MRS Energy & Sustainability 7 (2020)
M Scorrano, R Danielis, S Pastore, V Lughi, A Massi Pavan, “Modeling the Total Cost of Ownership of an Electric Car Using a Residential Photovoltaic Generator and a Battery Storage Unit—An Italian Case Study”, Energies 13 (10), 2584 (2020)
G. Mauro, V. Lughi, "Mapping land use impact of photovoltaic farms via crowdsourcing in the Province of Lecce (Southeastern Italy)", Solar Energy 155, 434-444 (2017)
A Massi Pavan, G Sulligoi, V Lughi, F Pauli, R Miceli, V Di Dio, F Viola, "Leading the way toward fuel parity in photovoltaics: The utility-scale market in Sicily, Italy", IEEE 16th International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering (EEEIC), June 2016
Fraleoni Morgera A, Lughi V, “Small Scale Electric Energy Storage Systems for dedicated coupling with Renewable Micro Sources”, 4th International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications, Palermo (Italy), November 2015
Pauli F, Sulligoi G, Lughi V, Massi Pavan A., “Grid Parity in the Italian Domestic PV Market – A Sensitivity Analysis”. ICRERA - 4th International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications, Palermo (Italy), November 2015
Massi Pavan A, Lughi V, “Photovoltaics: Grid parity in the electricity market”. ECo MaTech - European Conference on Materials and Technologies for Sustainable Growth, Bled 19th – 21st September 2013 (oral presentation)
Massi Pavan A, Lughi V, “Grid parity in the Italian commercial and industrial electricity market”, Clean Electrical Power (ICCEP), 2013 International Conference on, 332-335
Massi Pavan A, Lughi V, “Photovoltaics in Italy: Toward grid parity in the residential electricity market”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Microelectronics, ICM , art. no. 6471415, 2012
Quaia S, Lughi V, Giacalone M, Vinzi G. "Technical-economic evaluation of a Combined Heat and Power Solar (CHAPS) generator based on concentrated photovoltaics", SPEEDAM 2012 - 21st International Symposium on Power Electronics, Electrical Drives, Automation and Motion , art. no. 6264581 , pp. 1130-1135, 2012
Lughi V, Massi Pavan A, Quaia S, Sulligoi G, “Economical analysis and innovative solutions for grid connected PV plants”, SPEEDAM 2008 - International Symposium on Power Electronics, Electrical Drives, Automation and Motion, pp. 211-216 , 2008