Optimization of energy planning strategies in municipalities: Are community energy profiles the key to a higher implementation rate of renewable energies?

Jens-Phillip Petersen

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    Abstract

    The paper evaluates the current status of community energy planning in northern Europe via a review of literature, practice and the performance of a barrier analysis for successful community energy planning. Main findings of the paper are that current community energy planning lacks a systematic approach, suffers from insufficient information, tools and resources. Municipalities are often unable to take on a steering role in community energy planning. To overcome these barriers and guide municipalities in the pre-project phase, a decision-support methodology, based on community energy profiles (CEP), is presented. The methodology was applied in a case study in Germany. With CEPs, a possibility to merge qualitative data from local settings into generic energy modelling is shown, which could contribute to improved community energy strategies.
    Original languageEnglish
    Publication date2016
    Number of pages12
    Publication statusPublished - 2016
    EventInternational Conference on Sustainable Built Environment 2016 - Hamburg, Germany
    Duration: 8 Mar 201611 Mar 2016

    Conference

    ConferenceInternational Conference on Sustainable Built Environment 2016
    Country/TerritoryGermany
    CityHamburg
    Period08/03/201611/03/2016

    Keywords

    • Community energy planning
    • Infrastructure and energy concepts
    • Implementation of renewable energies
    • Community energy profiles

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