Electrified Public Maritime Transport in ItalianSmaller Islands Context: Potentials and Criticalities

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Electrified Public Maritime Transport in ItalianSmaller Islands Context: Potentials and Criticalities

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Electrified Public Maritime Transport in ItalianSmaller Islands Context: Potentials and Criticalities

The content presents a study relating to the hypothesis of adopting a vessel for public transport use connecting the mainland with a smaller island. The approach includes the introduction of a methodology for assessing the impact of the charging operation on the island on the existing electricity grid.

The electrification of vessels represents at the same time an initial and innovative phenomenon to achieve national and international targets in terms of environment and air quality protection.

In Italy, most of ports are not connected to the national electricity grid, relying on diesel generation. A new heavy electric load, consisting of the recharging of an electrified vessel, could add destabilizing elements which deserve investigation. This situation can be particularly serious for areas where they already suffer from difficult topological conditions, such as smaller islands not interconnected to the national transmission network.

A methodology for the estimation of the impact on the electricity grid of a smaller island is established. The technical analysis of the interaction between a smaller island’s electricity grid and a hypothetical retrofitted vessel (based on a real diesel powered one), carried out based on the timetable of service, consumption, and associated recharge requirements is selected as case study.

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Electrified Public Maritime Transport in ItalianSmaller Islands Context: Potentials and Criticalities

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Electrified Public Maritime Transport in ItalianSmaller Islands Context: Potentials and Criticalities

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