Smart port: Exploiting renewable energy and storage potential of moored boats

T Lamberti, A Sorce, L Di Fresco… - OCEANS 2015 …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a statistical and techno-economic feasibility study for the exploitation of
renewable energy generators and energy storage devices typically installed onboard …

Tourists' attitudes for selecting accommodation with investments in renewable energy and energy saving systems

KP Tsagarakis, F Bounialetou, K Gillas… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper aims at providing useful insights into tourists' preferences for choosing to stay in
hotels equipped with Energy Saving Installations (ESI) and Renewable Energy Sources …

Estimating the benefits of vehicle-to-home in islands: The case of the Canary Islands

A Colmenar-Santos, C de Palacio-Rodriguez… - Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper presents a cost-benefit analysis for the bi-directional functionality of plug-in
electric vehicle charging, often called vehicle-to-grid. Plug-in electric vehicles represent an …

From green-energy to green-logistics: A pilot study in an Italian port area

F Arena, G Malara, G Musolino, C Rindone… - Transportation Research …, 2018 - Elsevier
An ongoing two-year research is performing with the general objective to assess the
feasibility of a system integrating the production of green-energy and its consumption inside …

Sustainable mobility and energy resources: A quantitative assessment of transport services with electrical vehicles

AI Croce, G Musolino, C Rindone, A Vitetta - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2019 - Elsevier
The mobility of people and goods represents an essential activity that influences
sustainability owing to energy consumption. Generally, electrical mobility problems concern …

Tourists' willingness to pay for Blue Flag's new ecolabel for sustainable boating: the case of whale-watching in Iceland

I Lissner, M Mayer - Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Despite its positive image boat-based marine wildlife tourism, including whale-watching,
endangers animals' habitats and populations. This highlights the importance of transitioning …

Floating away: The impact of hydroelectric power stations on tourists' experience in Iceland

AD Sæþórsdóttir, CM Hall - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
It is of vital importance that nature-based tourist destinations maintain their natural resources
in a sustainable way. Nature and wilderness are the main attractions for tourism in Iceland …

Cost/benefit analysis of alternative systems for feeding electric energy to ships in port from ashore

T Coppola, M Fantauzzi, S Miranda… - 2016 AEIT …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The development of maritime transportation has increased the territorial role and the socio-
economic relevance of harbors. But, at the same time, it has worsened the environmental …

Can business and leisure tourism spending lead to lower environmental degradation levels? research on the eurozone economic space

G Halkos, G Ekonomou - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study aims to investigate the impacts and identify the causal links between tourism
expansion and the environment among countries of the Eurozone from 1996 to 2019 in the …

Renewables portfolio, individual preferences and social values towards RES technologies

A Kontogianni, C Tourkolias, M Skourtos - Energy Policy, 2013 - Elsevier
The massive deployment of renewable energy sources represents a high priority for Greece
in order to comply with the Directive 2009/28/EC on the promotion of the use of energy from …