PRIN 2022 Research Project funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research
The project Compensation Rules Among Members of Heterogeneous Energy Communities, funded under the Italian PRIN 2022 programme (Ministry of University and Research – MUR), investigates the economic, regulatory and organizational mechanisms governing renewable energy communities, with particular emphasis on incentive allocation, investment decisions and community stability.
The research combines economic modelling, stochastic optimization, game-theoretic analysis and empirical investigation to study how heterogeneous agents — households, firms and local institutions — interact within renewable energy communities operating under evolving regulatory frameworks. A central objective is the identification of compensation and incentive-sharing rules capable of ensuring economic sustainability, fairness among members and consistency with public policy goals supporting the energy transition.
Specific research lines include the design of incentive allocation mechanisms, optimal investment decisions in distributed renewable generation, stochastic modelling of energy market uncertainty, and policy analysis of regulatory frameworks affecting community energy systems. Ongoing developments also extend the analytical framework toward the integration between renewable energy communities, energy markets and sustainable mobility systems.
The project is conducted jointly by research units at the University of Brescia and the University of Turin and contributes to the academic debate on energy economics, environmental policy design and the governance of decentralized energy systems.