scholarly journals The Impact of Public Acceptance on Cost-Efficiency and Environmental Sustainability in Decentralized Energy Systems

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jann Michael Weinand ◽  
Russell McKenna ◽  
Max Kleinebrahm ◽  
Fabian Scheller ◽  
Wolf Fichtner
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Cost Efficiency ◽  
Energy Systems ◽  
Public Acceptance ◽  
Decentralized Energy Systems ◽  
Decentralized Energy ◽  
The Impact

Quantifying the trade-off between public acceptance and cost efficiency in decentralized energy systems

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jann Weinand ◽  
Russell McKenna ◽  
Max Kleinebrahm ◽  
Fabian Scheller
Keyword(s):  
Transmission Lines ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Energy Systems ◽  
Public Acceptance ◽  
Onshore Wind ◽  
Optimal Energy ◽  
Energy Technologies ◽  
Quantitative Basis ◽  
Decentralized Energy Systems ◽  
Decentralized Energy

<p>Renewable energy technologies are most economical when planned at a large scale in a coordinated manner. But local resistance often hinders developments, especially for onshore wind. In these decentralized energy systems, the beauty of landscapes is particularly relevant for acceptance of wind turbines or transmission lines. Thus, by using the scenicness as a proxy for public acceptance, we quantify its impact on optimal energy systems of around 11,000 municipalities. In municipalities with high scenicness, it is likely that onshore wind will be rejected, leading to higher levelized costs of energy up to about 5 €-cent/kWh. Onshore wind would be replaced mainly by solar photovoltaics and the cost-optimal energy systems would be associated with higher CO<sub>2</sub> emissions of up to about 120%. The quantitative basis that we have created can be used to first identify municipalities where public resistance to onshore wind could be particularly high. Second, the results regarding the increase in costs and CO<sub>2</sub> emissions can be used to convince the citizens in these municipalities towards accepting onshore wind installations.</p>

scholarly journals Supply Mix Optimization for Decentralized Energy Systems

2013 ◽  
Vol 03 (02) ◽  
pp. 5-11
Author(s):  
J. K. Gruber ◽  
J. L. Mínguez Fernández ◽  
M. Prodanovic
Keyword(s):  
Energy Systems ◽  
Decentralized Energy Systems ◽  
Decentralized Energy

The Bioceanic Amazon Corridors: An Opportunity for Development of Sustainable Energy System

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro Mendoza G. ◽  
Maximiliano Arroyo Ulloa ◽  
Vincenzo Naso
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Energy ◽  
Energy Systems ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Renewable Sources ◽  
Energy Technologies ◽  
Local Resources ◽  
Decentralized Energy ◽  
Sustainable Energy System ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Principal Energy

The bioceanic Amazon corridor represents a development opportunity for the Peruvian and Brazilian economy but this economic evolution is linked to the production and use of energy. Energy is a conditioning factor of economic growth and development and the application of conventional (or alternative) energy systems is strongly influenced by both quantitative and qualitative trends in energy consumption. Decentralized production of energy is necessary, and new decentralized energy technologies based on renewable sources could provide additional income opportunities, decreasing environmental risk along Amazon corridor, and providing clean fuel and electricity. It’s necessary that the bioceanic Amazon corridors call for the application of energy systems related to the renewable local resources in coast, mountain and forest. In Peru, firewood is the principal energy source for cooking and heating and this fuel is used in inefficient combustion system that increases the impact on ecosystems. Typical Peruvian biomass source are wood, agricultural residues, agro industrial waste and municipal solid waste. The most obvious it’s the availability of agricultural and agro industrial residues that could be used as a biomass fuel source in modern plant to produce electricity. Today, there is a growing interest for ethanol production from sugar cane, but it couldn’t be applied along bioceanic corridors; therefore it is necessary to integrate other renewable sources.

scholarly journals Clean Energy Storage Workshop

Proceedings ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Ala-Juusela ◽  
Zupančič ◽  
Gubina ◽  
Tuerk
Keyword(s):  
Energy Systems ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Renewable Energy System ◽  
Storage Solutions ◽  
Decentralized Energy Systems ◽  
Decentralized Energy ◽  
And Storage ◽  
Roll Out ◽  
Energy Package

The Clean Energy Package foresees a strong roll out of decentralized energy systems with renewable generation and storage. The STORY project has designed and tested six different storage solutions for a decentralized renewable energy system. In the workshop organised in the frame of SP19 conference, we highlighted some of the economic, social and technical barriers to storage in Europe and how these have been addressed.

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