Economic Valuation of Green Electricity

Paolo Polinori is a Professor of Economics at University of Perugia. His current Teaching Activities are: Economics (Undergraduate) and Regulatory Economics (Graduate) Faculty of Political Science, Energy and Environmental Economics (PhD course). His research interests concern: electricity markets; economic valuation of renewable energy sources; economics and policy transport, and the analysis of the Agri-Food Institutions and Organization. He has coordinated research project units at the national level (Italy) in the fields of Regional Economics, Economic analysis of Energy markets and Efficiency in the public sector. He also participated in European Union research projects in the field of Agri-Food Institutions and Organization. He has published over 40 articles inseveral international journals such as Energy Policy, Journal of Cleaner Production, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Review, The Energy Journal and Journal of Policy Modeling.Simona Bigerna (Ph.D.) is Professor of Economics at the University of Perugia (Italy), where she teaches International Economics. Since April 2017, she has been Full Professor of Applied Economics. Her current research activity is focused on the electricity markets, economic evaluation of renewable energy sources, transport economics and internationalization of SME’s. She is involved in international research projects. She has published over 40 articles of her work in several international journals such as Energy Policy, Journal of Cleaner Production, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Review, and The Energy Journal.

• Chapter1: Citizens vs. consumers’ attitudes towards renewable electricity. What literature tells us in a contingent valuation framework.- Chapter2: Evaluating an onshore wind farm enlargement project: A contingent valuation study in the Center of Italy.- Chapter3: Consumers’ willingness to pay for renewable electricity in Italy: A comparative analysis.