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Exploring the local and regional dimensions of the Renewable Energy Communities’ activation in diverse European institutional contexts

European Journal of Spatial Development
Energy transition is a pivotal challenge for urban and regional development across European territories. Integrating this issue into local policy agendas and spatial planning tools is essential to foster effective engagement of public authorities and ...
Maurizio Pioletti, Francesca Blanc, Gilles Desthieux   +2 more
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GIS-AHP-Based Site Suitability Assessment for Green Hydrogen Production: A Case Study of Lüderitz, Namibia

Energies
Namibia’s vast renewable energy potential positions it as a strategic location for green hydrogen production, a key vector in advancing global decarbonization objectives.
Ernesto T. O. Samuel, Tom Wanjekeche, Andreas Ndapuka   +2 more
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A modelling approach for allocating land-use in space to maximise social welfare - exemplified on the problem of wind power generation [PDF]

Land-use conflicts arise if land is scarce, land-use types are mutually exclusive, and vary in their effects with regard to more than one incongruent policy objective.
Ohl, Cornelia, Meyerhoff, Jürgen, Drechsler, Martin, Monsees, Jan, Eichhorn, Marcus   +4 more
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Integrated assessment of environmental suitability and water-energy conflict for optimizing solar energy in Northwest China's desert regions

Environmental and Sustainability Indicators
This study evaluates the environmental suitability and water resource impact of photovoltaic (PV) and concentrated solar power (CSP) systems in the desert regions of Northwest China.
Weike Zhao, Zhangxinyue Zhao, Wenjuan Hou, Dezheng Jiang, Kaijin Zhang, Xueliang Zhang   +5 more
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Roll Out of Sustainable Solar Energy in Spatial Planning: A Focal Lens of Maseru, Lesotho [PDF]

The global energy crisis disproportionately affects Sub-Saharan Africa, with Maseru, Lesotho, facing rising urban energy demand, unregulated spatial growth, socio-economic inequalities, and reliance on imported electricity. Despite high solar potential,
Gumbo, Trynos, Mbatha, Siphiwe, Nthunya, Jonase, Kalaoane, Retsepile   +3 more
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From buildings to crops: a techno-economic and environmental analysis of DAC-HVAC integration for CO2 enrichment in agricultural greenhouses

Energy Conversion and Management: X
Arid regions face dual pressures of food security and decarbonization amid high cooling demand in buildings and built environment. This study presents an integrated techno-economic and life cycle environmental assessment of a carbon capture and ...
Ikhlas Ghiat, Aliya Banu, Namra Mir, Abdulkarem I. Amhamed, Tareq Al-Ansari, Yusuf Bicer   +5 more
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Optimal Distribution Network Planning in an Integrated Energy System

, 2021
The energy transition is driving extensive changes to global energy systems, including the electrification of heating and mobility, increased renewable electricity generation, and a shift towards sustainable gases like green hydrogen.
Harmsen, Sangitha (author)
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Spatial Dynamic Modeling and Urban Land Use Transformation: [PDF]

Assessing the economic impacts of urban land use transformation has become complex and acrimonious. Although community planners are beginning to comprehend the economic trade-offs inherent in transforming the urban fringe, they find it increasingly ...
Schunk, Daniel, Deal, Brian
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Power System Transition Planning: A Planner-Oriented Optimization Model

Energies
This paper presents a comprehensive power system transition-planning model positioned between conventional generation and transmission expansion planning (GTEP) formulations and broader macro-energy system (MES) tools.
Ahmed Al-Shafei, Nima Amjady, Hamidreza Zareipour, Yankai Cao   +3 more
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Building Scenarios in Urban Energy Transition: A trans-disciplinary method for integrated spatial energy design

, 2017
Within an energy transition process in the urban environment, a successful implementation of strategies requires the capacity of communities to develop and explore various visions and make decisions within an uncertain and complex context.
Maiullari, D. (author), van Timmeren, A. (author)   +1 more
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