The electricity generating sector is the single largest source of climate altering pollution. A country aiming to meet its targets for a net-zero economy needs therefore to radically reduce the emissions stemming from this sector. Charging carbon emissions is the preferred market-friendly policy...

The fast deployment of renewable energy in Italy by 2030, according to the National Energy and Climate Plan, will lead to renewable electricity surplus mainly in Southern Italy where adequate energy storage is not currently available. In this paper, a Power to Green Hydrogen followed by a...

Italy promoted one of the most generous renewable support schemes worldwide which resulted in a high increase of solar power generation. We analyze the Italian day-ahead wholesale electricity market, finding empirical evidence of the merit-order effect. Over the period 2005-2013 an increase of 1...