EnergyScope Pathway: a model to optimize Italy’s energy transition

Given the urgency of the climate crisis, Italy’s energy transition requires robust tools to analyze and guide system evolution. Many existing models simulate long-term scenarios but often overlook the detailed Pathway and hourly dynamics needed to integrate intermittent renewables effectively. In th...

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Autor: Piñana Adell, Joan
Formato: tesis de maestría
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/445592
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/445592
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Energy transition
Renewable energy sources
Transició energètica
Energies renovables
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Energies
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Resumo:Given the urgency of the climate crisis, Italy’s energy transition requires robust tools to analyze and guide system evolution. Many existing models simulate long-term scenarios but often overlook the detailed Pathway and hourly dynamics needed to integrate intermittent renewables effectively. In this work EnergyScope Pathway for Italy is developed, an open-source model that optimizes both long-term investment decisions and hourly operation across the entire energy system. Applied to the Italian context, the model helps identify consistent strategies based on energy efficiency, electrification, and renewable integration. The aim is not to propose a new method, but to demonstrate how a transparent and adaptable modelling framework can support the analysis of national energy transitions with greater clarity and reproducibility.