Francesco Colelli
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Francesco Colelli

Francesco is a PhD student in the “Science and Management of Climate Change” program at Ca’ Foscari University and the Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC).

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Francesco Colelli

Francesco is a PhD student in the “Science and Management of Climate Change” program at Ca’ Foscari University and the Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC). His research focuses on the relationship between energy demand and climate change adaptation strategies.
From 2016 to 2019 he has been a Junior Researcher at the Institute of Energy and Environment Economics and Policy (IEFE) and at the Centre for Research in Geography, Resources, Environment, Energy and Networks (GREEN) at Bocconi University, conducting research projects on green finance and on green economy business models in different sectors (e.g. energy efficiency, waste management, last-mile logistic).
He holds a Master's Degree in Environmental and Development Economics at Roma Tre University and a MSc in Economics and Policy of Energy and the Environment at University College London. He is passionate about freediving and hiking.

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Alice Di Bella, Francesco Pietro Colelli

Mitigation strategies can alleviate power system vulnerability to climate change and extreme weather: a case study on the Italian grid

Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability , https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2634-4505/ada308 - 2026

Alice Di Bella, Francesco Pietro Colelli, Johannes Emmerling et al.

Demand-side policies can significantly reduce emissions from energy use in buildings and transport: Energy policy

Nature Energy , https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-025-01721-z - 2025

Francesco Pietro Colelli, Enrica De Cian et al.

How do domestic solar PV users respond to price and temperature shocks? Evidence from Italy between 2021–2022

Energy Economics , https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140988325006401?viaihub - 2025

Alberto Sergio, Francesco Colelli

Weather-induced power plant outages: Empirical evidence from hydro and thermal generators in Europe

Energy Economics , https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140988325003731?viaihub - 2025

Colelli F.P., Witkop D., De Cian E., Tavoni M.

Power systems' performance under high renewables' penetration rates: a natural experiment due to the COVID-19 demand shock

Environmental Research Letters , Volume 16, Number 6 - 2021