Islands "Smart Energy" for eco-sustainable energy a case study "Favignana Island"

Abstract

The term "Smart" in the last decade has often flanked other words to express a new and intelligent way of living in a modern society where you cannot separate the two synergic aspects: Energy and Sustainability. These latter two aspects flow into the new way of managing an isolated territory that often presents difficulties because of no interactions with the surrounding area; to remedy these difficulties has been developed in recent years the "Smart-Island" project, which involves many European countries and several sponsors. The concept of "SmartIsland" defines a way of life in an isolated environment, such as that of these islands, can solve independently, with the use of renewable and sustainable sources the energy needs of the island, with some projects that take into account the preservation and the wealth of the territory. In this paper, after a brief review of what has been proposed in some islands of the world, it will develop a case study, represented by the island of Favignana, which has particular characteristics in relation to its energy dependence.

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“…Valcea, ICSI Energy Department. This work has already achieved results in some "smart city" examples in Europe [14]. It aimed to approach the concept of a polygeneration solar system, which involved the possibility of obtaining several forms of useful energy from solar resources: electricity, thermal energy (heat), mechanical work produced by steam, chemical energy in the form of hydrogen (fuel), cooling energy, light flux, etc.…”