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creators_name: Valori, Luca
creators_name: Giannuzzi, Giovanni Luca
creators_name: Squartini, Tiziano
creators_name: Garlaschelli, Diego
creators_name: Basosi, Riccardo
creators_id: 
creators_id: 
creators_id: tiziano.squartini@imtlucca.it
creators_id: diego.garlaschelli@imtlucca.it
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title: Complex Networks Approach to the Italian Photovoltaic Energy Distribution System
ispublished: pub
subjects: QC
divisions: EIC
full_text_status: none
pres_type: paper
abstract: One problem in the study of the Italian electric energy supply scenario is determining the ability of
photovoltaic production to provide a constant and stable energy background over space and time. Knowing
how the photovoltaic energy produced in a given node diffuses on the power grid is of crucial importance. A
smart grid able to face peaks of load must be designed. Approached here from a complex systems point of
view, the network of energy supply might be represented by a graph in which nodes are Italian municipalities
and edges cross the administrative boundaries from a municipality to its first neighbours. Using datasets
from ISTAT, GSE and ENEA, the node production and attraction of photovoltaic energy have been estimated
with high accuracy. The attraction index was built using demographic data, in accordance with medium per
capita energy consumption data. Moreover, the energy produced in each node could be determined using
data on the installed photovoltaic power and on local solar radiation. The available energy on each node was
calculated by running a distributive model assuming that the energy produced in one node which diffuses to
its first neighbours is proportional to the attraction index of the latter. Therefore the available energy at each
node is the sum of many contributions, coming from topological paths involving all the other nodes across
the network. The availability of cross temporal data on the photovoltaic power installed on the Italian territory
also make it possible to understand the evolution of the available photovoltaic energy landscape over time.
date: 2012
date_type: published
publisher: Firenze University press
pagerange: 72-89
event_title: 25th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization and Simulation of Energy Conversion Systems and Processes
event_location: Perugia
event_dates: 26-29 June, 2012
event_type: conference
refereed: TRUE
isbn: 978-88-6655-322-9
book_title: Proceedings of the 25th ECOS 2012 International Conference, Perugia, Italy, June 26th to June 29th, 2012
official_url: http://www.fupress.com/catalogo/ecos-2012/2407
citation:   Valori, Luca and Giannuzzi, Giovanni Luca and Squartini, Tiziano and Garlaschelli, Diego and Basosi, Riccardo  Complex Networks Approach to the Italian Photovoltaic Energy Distribution System.  In: 25th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization and Simulation of Energy Conversion Systems and Processes, 26-29 June, 2012, Perugia pp. 72-89.  ISBN 978-88-6655-322-9.      (2012)