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Vincenzo Frazitta

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Supplying small islands with solar, wind and sea wave. An economic approach to find the best energy share

2019

The progressive installation of power plants based on renewable energy sources is improving the sustainability of the energy sector. Despite the availability of commercial solutions, most of the small islands in the world are nowadays affected by a deep dependence on fossil fuels. In this context, the paper investigates the feasibility of an energy mix composed by solar, wind and sea wave, suggesting a sizing approach based on the minimization of the Levelized Cost of Electricity of the entire energy mix. As case study, the Aeolian Islands are presented.

business.industryNatural resource economics020209 energyFossil fuelContext (language use)Energy mix02 engineering and technology010501 environmental sciences01 natural sciencesSizingRenewable energySustainability0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineeringEnvironmental scienceAeolian processesbusinessCost of electricity by source0105 earth and related environmental sciencesOCEANS 2019 MTS/IEEE SEATTLE
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Improvement of a low-cost buoy for the measurement of the sea wave weather

2021

This article presents the result of an experimental meteorological buoy designed by the Department of Engineering of the University of Palermo, characterized by low costs and great versatility, and equipped with industrially certified measuring and detection instruments. This buoy can measure the parameters of the water column and continuously transmit the data to a remote acquisition centre. Maintenance requirements are very limited.

Sea wave software buoy marine technologySettore ING-INF/04 - AutomaticaSettore ING-IND/32 - Convertitori Macchine E Azionamenti ElettriciOCEANS 2021: San Diego – Porto
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Desalination in small islands: the case study of Lampedusa (Italy)

2018

Desalination represents a common solution to overcome the water scarcity in small island. A case study is presented, considering the island of Lampedusa, located at south of Sicily (Italy). As many small islands in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, Lampedusa presents a small standalone electrical grid, entrusted to old diesel engines. For more, the renewable energy sources are extremely underdeveloped in this territory. Lampedusa is regularly affected by water scarcity, so freshwater is produced by desalination plant and sometimes transported by boat from Sicily. As sustainable solution, the paper firstly analyses the energy demand for desalination and then proposes the installation of a…

Energy demandbiologybusiness.industry020209 energy02 engineering and technologybiology.organism_classificationDesalinationElectrical gridRenewable energyWater scarcityMediterranean seaElectricity generationEnvironmental protection0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineeringEnvironmental sciencebusinessLampedusaOCEANS 2018 MTS/IEEE Charleston
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