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Francesca Andreolli

Senior Researcher Energy and Buildings

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Francesca Andreolli is a Senior Energy and Efficiency Researcher at ECCO.

After graduating with honors in Construction Engineering and Architecture from the University of Padua in 2017, Francesca earned her PhD in Engineering Management and Real Estate Economics, with a thesis on household investment decisions in renewable energy. She was also a visiting PhD scholar at the Department of Econometrics and Operations Management at Tilburg University, with a project exploring the development of renewable energy communities and the potential of households trading energy through peer-to-peer trading. 

Before joining ECCO, Francesca worked as a teaching assistant in environmental economics and resource assessment and worked in the Interdepartmental Center for Energy Economics and Technology “Giorgio Levi Cases” as a research fellow, contributing to a project related to the decarbonisation of the energy system in Italy. 

Her research interests include energy economics, energy markets, investment decisions under uncertainty and multi-criteria decision aid. She is a member of the European Working Group on Multicriteria Decision Aiding. Since 2018, Francesca has published in academic journals, with contributions on investment decisions in renewable technologies, storage systems and energy communities. She has also participated in several national and international conferences. 

Articoli di Francesca Andreolli

Pubblicazioni di Francesca Andreolli

National Energy and Climate Plan: Progress Report

October 2024
As a party to the Paris Agreement and as a member of the European Union, Italy’s national contribution is linked with that of other member states and, together, they are legally obliged to achieve a 55% reduction in net emissions, compared to 1990 levels, by 2030. The National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP) provides a national framework for countries to implement their emissions reduction commitments. A Plan that openly falls short of some of the objectives set by the Fit for 55 proposals.

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The state of gas: What infrastructure does Italy require?

February 2024
This analysis aims to identify the minimum gas infrastructure Italy requires to ensure national energy security, after the consequences of the Russian invasion of Ukraine have shaped the European market and considering the progress on climate targets. The study was carried out using an optimisation model that simulates the balance between gas demand and supply in the European market for Italy with a daily granularity for 2030, 2040, and 2050.

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Energy without Russia: Country report Italy

September 2023
The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the energy crisis which came in its wake have produced significant impacts on the energy sector in many EU countries, including Italy. This study shows that customers reacted to high gas prices by reducing consumption over and above the European target of 15%, with gas consumption dropping 18.6% from August 2022 to January 2023, in the absence of structural measures.

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How much investment is needed for the decarbonisation of the Italian economy?

September 2023
WRITTEN BYMario Noera et al.
A propaedeutic analysis for the revision of the National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP). Estimates of the total investment that Italy needs in order to align with the new European Fit-for-55 targets range between an average of EUR 122 and EUR 134 billion per year. The additional investments needed are therefore EUR 30-42 billion per year higher than estimated in the NECP (2019), and 2-3 times higher than the amount allocated in the NRRP for the green transition in the 2021-26 five-year period (an average of EUR 14.4 billion per year).

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