The renewable energy potential in the agricultural sector, at farm-level, is not yet fully exploited and opportunities are foreseen to develop interesting solutions in this area.
The thesis will analyze the feasibility of developing renewable energy technologies in the context of farms. Best practices and the most advanced renewable-based farm configurations will be reviewed at the EU level. Different case studies (in terms of farm scale, type and location) will be investigated at the Italian level (possibility to collaborate with a real farm to be verified). Energy storage solutions for reducing the effect of non-dispatchability of renewable sources, while increasing the self-use of electricity and heat at the farm scale, will be considered. Moreover, the efficient use of energy resources and the application of new energy technologies and digital tools will be studied.

Reference teacher: Prof. Manuele Gatti – manuele.gatti@polimi.it