Vincenzo Motola
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Vincenzo Motola has a total of 7 co-authors. Here are the top co-authors by number of shared publications:
- Alessandro Giocoli
ENEA—Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, 00196 Rome, Italy
1 shared publication - Amalia Zucaro
ENEA, Division Resource Efficiency, Department for Sustainability, Research Centre of Portici, 80055 Portici, Italy
1 shared publication - Antonietta Cerbone
ENEA, Division Resource Efficiency, Department for Sustainability, 00196 Rome, Italy
1 shared publication - Caterina Rinaldi
Laboratory Tools for Sustainability and Circularity, Circular Economy Division, Department for Sustainability, ENEA—Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, 40121 Bologna, Italy
1 shared publication - Gabriella Fiorentino
ENEA, Division Resource Efficiency, Department for Sustainability, Research Centre of Portici, 80055 Portici, Italy
1 shared publication - Giuliana Ansanelli
ENEA,Italy
1 shared publication
Latest Publications
- Open Access
The Contribution of Biogas to the Electricity Supply Chain: An Italian Life Cycle Assessment Database
The transition towards energy efficiency measures and green energy sources is strongly fostered by the European Union. Italy is among the EU countries that have heavily invested in renewable energy sources, more than doubling their share in gross final energy consumption. In particular, biogas has a pivotal role in the generation of electricity and can also be upgraded into biomethane, with a higher and more stable energy content. In this study, the sustainability of the supply chain of electricity from biogas in Italy has been thoroughly analyzed in the broader framework of the ARCADIA (Life Cycle Approach in Public Procurement and Italian LCA Database for Resource Efficiency) project. The environmental assessment, carried out by means of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), provides a two-fold perspective. Firstly, it allows us to identify the main hotspots of the investigated system, such as the cultivation of dedicated crops, and to provide useful insights for improving environmental performance. Furthermore, a focus on the modeling of the dataset related to the production of electricity from biogas within the Italian electricity mix represents a step ahead in the LCA research, filling the lack of site-specific databases for reliable LCA results.
Open AccessThe Contribution of Biogas to the Electricity Supply Chain: An Italian Life Cycle Assessment Database
The transition towards energy efficiency measures and green energy sources is strongly fostered by the European Union. Italy is among the EU countries that have heavily invested in renewable energy sources, more than doubling their share in gross final energy consumption. In particular, biogas has a pivotal role in the generation of electricity and can also be upgraded into biomethane, with a higher and more stable energy content. In this study, the sustainability of the supply chain of electricity from biogas in Italy has been thoroughly analyzed in the broader framework of the ARCADIA (Life Cycle Approach in Public Procurement and Italian LCA Database for Resource Efficiency) project. The environmental assessment, carried out by means of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), provides a two-fold perspective. Firstly, it allows us to identify the main hotspots of the investigated system, such as the cultivation of dedicated crops, and to provide useful insights for improving environmental performance. Furthermore, a focus on the modeling of the dataset related to the production of electricity from biogas within the Italian electricity mix represents a step ahead in the LCA research, filling the lack of site-specific databases for reliable LCA results.