Claudio F. Nicolosi

University of Catania | UNICT · Department of Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering (DIEEI)

Climate and climate change can impact present and future energy production and demand. In light of this issue, this paper conducts climatological analyses focused on the following meteorological quantities: shortwave downward irradiance (SDI), precipitation (Pr), relative humidity (RH), air temperature (Ta), 10 m wind speed (v10), and diurnal tempe...

Currently, European national power systems are facing operational challenges due to an increasingly intermittent supply of electricity given by the growing penetration of renewable plants and the current energy price crisis. As a consequence, cross-border cooperations are becoming increasingly important. For this cooperation to be implemented, it i...

The increasing presence of non-programmable renewable energy plants increases the intermittency of the electricity supply and thus threatens the adequacy of a power system. Hydropower can solve this problem due to its flexibility. This paper applies statistical approaches to assess water availability in the context of hydropower generation and adeq...

Reducing carbon dioxide emissions caused by the production of electrical energy has made the decommissioning of coal-fired power plants a priority. The decommissioned fossil-fueled power plants are therefore being replaced by renewable energy sources (RES) plants and other technologies useful to energy transition, such as storage power plants. Howe...

Climate change due to the greenhouse effect will affect meteorological variables, which in turn will affect the demand for electrical energy and its generation in coming years. These impacts will become increasingly important in accordance with the increasing penetration of renewable, non-programmable energy sources (e.g., wind and solar). Specific...

In an ever more complex, deregulated and challenging electrical energy environment, new technical and economic solutions must be investigated to ensure the stability and reliability of power systems. In this context other resources such as renewable power plants and electrical loads should be involved to provide ancillary services on the basis of n...