The thesis will be to analyze the current market of mini-hydroelectric power in Italy, and its possible future developments in a dynamic environment, as is the electricity market, and in the constraints of environmental protection and the safeguarding of a valuable good like the water. Hydropower was the first renewable source to be used on a large scale throughout the world, particularly in Italy is an important resource for the national demand of electricity; despite this, the potential of additional basins to create large installations by several tens of MW was practically depleted. Therefore different companies are increasingly shifting the focus to the market of mini-hydropower plants with sizes that can range from a few kW to MW, using small or medium courses, through the insertion of-river plants. The thesis will explore the available technologies and the unique characteristics of each of them, to go up to analyze the costs associated with them. It will analyze the strategies adopted by the legislature with a view to authorization procedures and tariffs, and will return the feedback received from companies, which have a business deeply influenced by the choices of the legislature. Then, it will be analyzed the evolution of the market and mini-hydroelectric plants in terms of installed power and number of plants, then go to look at the composition of the Italian industry in the field of mini-hydroelectric and extrapolate its characteristics. In parallel to the analysis, some space will be reserved in interesting new business models, emerging on the inclusion of systems of irrigation canals and pipelines for water supply. Finally it will be analyzed potential future scenarios in this business and the investment analysis for different types of systems.
La tesi andrà ad analizzare l’attuale mercato mini-idroelettrico in Italia e i suoi possibili sviluppi futuri, nel contesto dinamico del mercato elettrico e nei vincoli della tutela ambientale e la salvaguarda di un bene prezioso come l’acqua. L'energia idroelettrica è stata la prima fonte rinnovabile ad essere utilizzata su larga scala in tutto il mondo, in particolare in Italia costituisce un importante risorsa per il fabbisogno nazionale di elettricità; nonostante ciò, la possibilità di sfruttare ulteriori bacini per realizzare grandi impianti da diverse decine di MW si è praticamente esaurita. Ecco quindi, come diverse aziende, stanno sempre più spostando l’attenzione al mercato del mini-idroelettrico con impianti di taglie che possono andare da pochi kW fino al MW, sfruttando piccoli o medi corsi, tramite l’inserimento di impianti ad acqua fluente. La tesi andrà quindi ad esplorare le tecnologie disponibili e le caratteristiche peculiari di ognuna di esse, fino ad andare ad analizzare i costi ad esse associati. Si andrà ad analizzare le strategie adottate dal legislatore in ottica di processi autorizzativi e tariffe incentivanti e si riporterà diversi feedback ricevuti da aziende del settore, le quali hanno un business profondamente influenzato dalle scelte del legislatore. Si andrà poi ad analizzare l’evoluzione del mercato idroelettrico e mini-idroelettrico in termini di impianti istallati e potenze istallate, per poi andare ad osservare la composizione della filiera italiana nel settore del mini-idroelettrico ed estrapolarne le peculiarità. Parallelamente verrà riservato spazio all’analisi di nuovi interessanti modelli di business emergenti, riguardanti l’inserimento di impianti su canali irrigui e condotte di acquedotto. Infine verrà proposta un analisi sui possibili scenari futuri in tale business ed delle analisi di investimento per diverse tipologie di impianto.
Il mini-idroelettrico in Italia. Analisi della filiera industriale e delle opportunità di investimento nel contesto normativo del D.M. 6 Luglio 2012
DELL'AIRA, ANDREA
2013/2014
Abstract
The thesis will be to analyze the current market of mini-hydroelectric power in Italy, and its possible future developments in a dynamic environment, as is the electricity market, and in the constraints of environmental protection and the safeguarding of a valuable good like the water. Hydropower was the first renewable source to be used on a large scale throughout the world, particularly in Italy is an important resource for the national demand of electricity; despite this, the potential of additional basins to create large installations by several tens of MW was practically depleted. Therefore different companies are increasingly shifting the focus to the market of mini-hydropower plants with sizes that can range from a few kW to MW, using small or medium courses, through the insertion of-river plants. The thesis will explore the available technologies and the unique characteristics of each of them, to go up to analyze the costs associated with them. It will analyze the strategies adopted by the legislature with a view to authorization procedures and tariffs, and will return the feedback received from companies, which have a business deeply influenced by the choices of the legislature. Then, it will be analyzed the evolution of the market and mini-hydroelectric plants in terms of installed power and number of plants, then go to look at the composition of the Italian industry in the field of mini-hydroelectric and extrapolate its characteristics. In parallel to the analysis, some space will be reserved in interesting new business models, emerging on the inclusion of systems of irrigation canals and pipelines for water supply. Finally it will be analyzed potential future scenarios in this business and the investment analysis for different types of systems.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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