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Low-impact land use pathways to deep decarbonization of electricity

Environmental Research Letters, 2020
A growing number of jurisdictions are passing ambitious clean energy policies. Yet few studies have accounted for natural and agricultural land impacts of low-carbon pathways and how environmental siting constraints affect electricity costs and ...
Grace C Wu, Emily Leslie, Oluwafemi Sawyerr, D Richard Cameron, Erica Brand, Brian Cohen, Douglas Allen, Marcela Ochoa, Arne Olson   +8 more
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Strategic approach to urban and regional planning

, 2009
The debate on strategies for cities, their surrounding territory and the environment as well as for the organization of regional planning requirements has intensified over the last few years in Europe.
LUGONJA A., GRUMO, Rosalina
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Guiding the data collection for integrated Water-Energy-Food-Environment systems using a pilot smallholder farm in Costa Rica

Energy Nexus
Smart integration of water, energy, agriculture, and environmental systems can create synergies, increase socio-economic benefits, and minimize environmental impact. However, effective planning of integrated water-energy-food-environment systems (iWEFEs)
Julian Fleischmann, Christian Birkel, Philipp Blechinger, Lars Ribbe, Alexandra Nauditt, Silvia Corigliano, Werner Platzer   +6 more
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Offshore Renewable Energy Expansion, Marine Biodiversity Risk, and the Effectiveness of Marine Spatial Planning in Taiwan: A Spatial–Governance Assessment

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
By integrating ecological spatial data, offshore wind energy development zones, and the marine spatial planning (MSP) framework, it is possible to assess the relationship among Taiwan’s offshore renewable energy development, risks to marine biodiversity,
Chengyu Hu, Jiabin Lin, Yiche Shih
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CORE-D: county resolution energy demand projections for multi-scale modelling and multi-level governance dialogues in Kenya

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Transition
County-level energy planning within Kenya is becoming increasingly important and relevant following the evolving governance system and energy planning responsibilities.
Neve Fields, Michelle Akute, Leonhard Hofbauer, Martin Mutembei, Anne Nganga, Mark Howells, Ed Brown   +6 more
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A high spatial resolution suitability layers to support feasible power plant site selection in China

Scientific Data
China is undergoing significant energy system transitions to meet carbon neutrality targets, which requires the rapid deployment of new power plants, driven by the need for large-scale renewable energy expansion and increasing electricity demand ...
Jianxiang Shen, Rui Wang, Shihui Zhang, Jiachen Wang, Can Wang, Wenjia Cai   +5 more
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SDT4Solar: A Spatial Digital Twin Framework for Scalable Rooftop PV Planning in Urban Environments

Smart Cities
To sustainably power future urban communities, cities require advanced solar energy planning tools that overcome the limitations of traditional approaches, such as data fragmentation and siloed decision-making.
Athenee Teofilo, Qian (Chayn) Sun, Marco Amati   +2 more
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A Precision-Positioning Method for a High-Acceleration Low-Load Mechanism Based on Optimal Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Inertial Energy

Engineering, 2015
High-speed and precision positioning are fundamental requirements for high-acceleration low-load mechanisms in integrated circuit (IC) packaging equipment.
Xin Chen, Youdun Bai, Zhijun Yang, Jian Gao, Gongfa Chen   +4 more
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INTEGRATED DESIGN OF ALTERNATIVE ENERGY OPTIONS - A MULTICRITERIA APPROACH [PDF]

Energy planning has come a long way during the 20th century from an intuitive approach to a full-scale discipline, incorporating technological and economic dimensions.
Heracles Polatidis, Dias Haralambopoulos
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Channels of Synthesis Forty Years On: Integrated Analysis of Spatial Economic Systems [PDF]

Isard’s vision of integrated modeling that was laid out in the 1960s book Methods of Regional Science provided a road map for the development of more sophisticated analysis of spatial economic systems.
Suahasil Nazara, Chokri Dridi, Geoffrey J.D. Hewings   +2 more
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