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La società a costo marginale zero
2014
La tecnologia sarà il driver attraverso cui il mondo autorisolverà i suoi problemi politici, economici e sociali, concludendo la trasformazione postnovecentesca? In The zero marginal cost society Jeremy Rifkin immagina che la fine del capitalismo moderno, la cui fisionomia è stata mutata dalla globalizzazione e dalla scomparsa del suo opposto socialista, trovi una conclusione inevitabile nella cooperazione e in una società dell’abbondanza.
A Test Bench for a Blockchain-based Management of Smart Prosumers' Flexibility
2022
To date, the European regulatory framework requires the development of new energy policies at the national level that can reduce overall consumption and support the implementation of customer-focused control and management systems. Therefore, it is necessary to study the feasibility of the various strategies available, especially for the involvement of residential users in services that can contribute to the management of the electricity grid. The advent of blockchain technology has enabled the development of new business models for the electricity market, opening this world to end users who previously did not have the opportunity to participate in energy trading and allowing the implementa…
Promoting the Flexibility of Thermal Prosumers Equipped with Heat Pumps to Support Power Grid Management
2023
The increasing share of renewable energy sources in energy systems will lead to unpredictable moments of surplus/deficit in energy production. To address this issue, users with heat pumps can provide support to power grid operators through flexible unit operation achieved via Demand Response programs. For buildings connected to low-temperature heating networks with ensured third-party access, further room for flexibility can be explored by investigating the production of surplus heat that can be sold to the network. A key aspect lies in the identification of the energy pricing options that could encourage such flexible operation of a heat pump by “thermal prosumers”. To this aim…
Piattaforme digitale e tutele: dal consumer al prosumer
2022
Lo sviluppo dei rapporti negoziali su piattaforme digitali sta contribuendo a superare la tradizionale distinzione tra professionista e consumatore. Nei rapporti c.d. peer-to-peer la formale parità delle parti non esclude situazioni di sostanziale asimmetria informativa. Ciò è quanto accade nei casi in cui il consumatore non si limiti a essere il destinatario passivo di beni e servizi, ma assume anch’esso un ruolo attivo partecipando alla produzione e allo scambio di beni e servizi. Ipotesi significative di questo fenomeno si rinvengono sia nell’ambito della c.d. economia collaborativa sia nel settore dell’autoproduzione energetica. Si afferma così una figura intermedia, quella del prosumer…
Exergoeconomics as a Cost-Accounting Method in Thermal Grids with the Presence of Renewable Energy Producers
2022
Thermal grids are efficient, reliable, and sustainable technologies for satisfying the thermal demands of buildings. The capability to operate at a low temperature allows not only for the integration of heat produced by renewable energy sources but also for the storage of surplus electricity from the grid via “power to heat” technologies. Besides, in the future, heat consumers are expected to behave increasingly as “prosumers”, supplying in some periods heat produced by renewable energy plants on site. In this scenario, it is important to propose a method for the cost allocation among producers connected to the grid. In this regard, this paper proposes Exergoeconomic…