INNOVATIVE MODEL OF PRODUCT CERTIFICATION WITHIN THE ENERGY DEREGULATED MARKET. EXAMPLE OF APPLICATION TO A SMART ENERGY AREA IN THE SECTOR OF LOCAL TRANSPORT SERVICE

This thesis reports some demonstrative cases to give evidence to the smart proprieties of the model and the potentiality of the energy smart system, that was chosen as an ideal pattern of complex and flexible energy area, particularly suitable to be an objective of the proposed certification scheme. In the demonstrative applications the operator's operational strategy aims to gain maximum profit by best coordinating of the available energy resources, within the limits deriving from the activities both of the SUG, representing the users, and the DSO, representing the Distribution Network (DN).In the last part of the thesis, an exemplification of the new procedure for Voluntary Product Certification Program (VPCP) was performed, considering the energy area represented by the referential case study. This thesis consists of 8 chapters, as follows. In the first chapter, an overview of certification and accreditation is presented. Then, the state of the art of the certification is explained in the second ones, giving particular attention to the energy sector, on which the present work is centered. The third and fourth chapters consist in a dissertation of the recent evolution of power systems physical structure and technologies, as well as on the certification services needs within the energy market. The proposal of a new energy Voluntary Product Certification Program is presented in the chapter 5. The case study and pertaining applications is explained in the chapter 6 and 7, they are related to a metro- funicular transportation system and its neighborhood. Finally, in chapter 8 the model proposed in chapter 5 is imp