A regional-scale assessment of local renewable energy resources in Cumbria, UK

Gormally, Alexandra; Whyatt, J. Duncan; Timmis, Roger; Pooley, Colin G.

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2012.07.015

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“…In the context of our study there are several recent studies on energy planning and renewable resource assessment, spanning from local (Palaiologou et al, 2011), (Quinonez-Varela et al, 2007), (Gormally et al, 2012), (Miller and Li, 2014), (Calvert and Mabee, 2015) national studies (Siyal et al, 2015), (Sahai, 2013), (Bekele and Tadesse, 2012), (Aydin et al, 2013) to regional studies (Sørensen and Meibom, 1999), (ESMAP, 2015), , (IRENA, 2014), (Archer and Jacobson, 2013) taking the spatial dimension into account. However, these studies do not consider explicitly the spatial effects.…”

Section: Gis For Energy Systems and Energy Planningmentioning

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The benefits of geospatial planning in energy access – A case study on Ethiopia

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Access to clean and affordable modern energy is crucial to fostering social and economic development and to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Efficient policy frameworks and effective electrification programs are required in order to ensure that people are electrified in a sustainable manner. These programs differ from country to country depending on geographic and socioeconomic conditions. Electrification planning process must consider the geographical characteristics of the resources as well as the spatial dimension of social and economic drivers of energy demand in order to find the most optimal energy access solution. Geographical theory and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in particular can play a significant role in electrification planning, since they are capable of managing the data needed in the decision making process and may integrate and assess all possible options. This paper focuses on considering these characteristics by applying a recently developed GIS based methodology to inform electrification planning and strategies in Ethiopia. The paper illustrates two major aspects of energy planning; 1.) how the optimal electrification mix is influenced by a range of parameters -including population density, existing and planned transmission networks and power plants, economic activities, tariffs for grid-based electricity, technology costs for mini-grid and off-grid systems, and fuel costs for consumers and 2.) how the electrification mix differs from location to location. For a certain level of energy access, ongrid connections would be optimal for the majority of the new connections in Ethiopia; grid extension constitutes the lowest cost option for approximately 93% of the newly electrified population in this modelling effort with 2030 as time horizon. However, there are some remote areas with low population density where a mini-grid (ca. 6%) or a stand-alone solution (ca. 1%) are the most economic options. Depending on local resource availability, these systems deploy varied combinations of solar, wind, hydro and diesel technologies.

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Section: Gis For Energy Systems and Energy Planningmentioning

confidence: 99%

The benefits of geospatial planning in energy access – A case study on Ethiopia

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“…Connolly et al [5] and Manfren et al [6] reviewed computer tools that can be used to analyze the integration of renewable energy, including the currently untapped (and diffuse) sources of city energy. Some of the tools are GIS-based and applicable at the local community scale [7][8][9][10], but their target is mainly electricity (solar, wind, and biomass burning). Gils et al [11] introduced a methodology for a GIS-based analysis of district heating potential.…”

Section: Urban Energy Planningmentioning

confidence: 99%

Fusion Study of Geography and Environmental Engineering

Ichinose¹

2018

Spatial Analysis, Modelling and Planning

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The author focuses on urban area and shows case studies on urban energy planning and urban climate induced by concentrated human activities like energy use based on geographic information like land use data and numerical climate model linked to geographic information system (GIS). (1) In finding the candidate places to settle district heat supply facilities that make effective reuse of heat obtained from sewage, the usage of GIS gives the reasonable solution in scientific view point. (2) The spatiotemporal data in high resolution on human activity like energy consumption in urban area enable us to evaluate the impact of anthropogenic heat to urban climate by a numerical simulation model of the local climate. (3) The recent precise geographic information of urban vegetation cover derived from remote sensing (RS) data enables us to evaluate the contribution of urban green to cool our community with higher accuracy. (4) The author's approach is available not only to evaluate the current urban environment but also to evaluate the past one. If a certain scenario of future's urban land use and urban activity, this approach will be available for the future prediction. Thus, these outputs will give some sustainable urban design in viewpoint of climate change (mitigation and adaptation).

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“…This approach combines a range of technologies including hydropower, wind-power, solar photovoltaic and bioenergy. Spatial analysis of satellite and aerial images together with existing map layers encompass a mix of localized renewable energy developments (Gormally et al, 2012). GIS can support multicriteria analysis and assessment for siting wind and solar farms (Janke, 2010) and biomass plants (Perpina, et al, 2013;Hohn et al, 2014;Zhang et al, 2011;Ahamed et al, 2011).…”

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Multicriteria analysis for sources of renewable energy using data from remote sensing

Matějı́ček

2015

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.

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ABSTRACT:Renewable energy sources are major components of the strategy to reduce harmful emissions and to replace depleting fossil energy resources. Data from remote sensing can provide information for multicriteria analysis for sources of renewable energy. Advanced land cover quantification makes it possible to search for suitable sites. Multicriteria analysis, together with other data, is used to determine the energy potential and socially acceptability of suggested locations. The described case study is focused on an area of surface coal mines in the northwestern region of the Czech Republic, where the impacts of surface mining and reclamation constitute a dominant force in land cover changes. High resolution satellite images represent the main input datasets for identification of suitable sites. Solar mapping, wind predictions, the location of weirs in watersheds, road maps and demographic information complement the data from remote sensing for multicriteria analysis, which is implemented in a geographic information system (GIS). The input spatial datasets for multicriteria analysis in GIS are reclassified to a common scale and processed with raster algebra tools to identify suitable sites for sources of renewable energy. The selection of suitable sites is limited by the CORINE land cover database to mining and agricultural areas. The case study is focused on long term land cover changes in the 1985-2015 period. Multicriteria analysis based on CORINE data shows moderate changes in mapping of suitable sites for utilization of selected sources of renewable energy in 1990, 2000, 2006 and 2012. The results represent map layers showing the energy potential on a scale of a few preference classes (1-7), where the first class is linked to minimum preference and the last class to maximum preference. The attached histograms show the moderate variability of preference classes due to land cover changes caused by mining activities. The results also show a slight increase in the more preferred classes for utilization of sources of renewable energy due to an increase area of reclaimed sites. Using data from remote sensing, such as the multispectral images and the CORINE land cover datasets, can reduce the financial resources currently required for finding and assessing suitable areas.* Corresponding author. This is useful to know for communication with the appropriate person in cases with more than one author.

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A regional-scale assessment of local renewable energy resources in Cumbria, UK

Cited by 22 publications

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The benefits of geospatial planning in energy access – A case study on Ethiopia

The benefits of geospatial planning in energy access – A case study on Ethiopia

Fusion Study of Geography and Environmental Engineering

Multicriteria analysis for sources of renewable energy using data from remote sensing

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