Publications de Mélanie Guittet

Evaluation and recommendation of a subsidy instrument for new large hydropower plants, use case of Switzerland

Daniel Favrat, Massimiliano Capezzali, Mélanie Guittet

2018

Assessing the sustainability of biofuel production from camelina in Spain, results of the ITAKA project - analysis of GHG emissions

Purpose With the rapid growth and increased consumption of biofuels worldwide, and the multitude of policy decisions supporting this expansion, growing concerns about the biofuels sustainability have arisen. Therefore, the European project ITAKA, aiming at ...

2018

Study of the drivers and asset management of pumped-storage power plants historical and geographical perspective

François Avellan, François Richard Vuille, Ludovic Gaudard, Massimiliano Capezzali, Mélanie Guittet, Franco Romerio

PSP (Pumped-storage power plants) represent the only mature option for large-scale electricity storage, and offer a wide range of grid management services, ranging from peak power production to ancillary services. This technology has undergone drastic prog ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2016

Le Jatropha : une plante écologique et un biocarburant durable?

Massimiliano Capezzali, Mélanie Guittet

La culture du Jatropha pour la production d’agrocarburants a suscité beaucoup d’espoir dans les années 2005 à 2008. Malheureusement, malgré les nombreuses opportunités de marché, la filière souffre de graves problèmes de fond. Aussi, en octobre 2014, les m ...

2015

Management of urban energy systems

Mélanie Guittet

In industrialized countries, more than two-thirds of the energy is consumed in urban areas. Hence, energy sobriety calls for special attention to urban planning, especially regarding energy aspects. ...

2012