Location data enabling urban sustainable energy planning

Overview of the EULF Energy Pilot UC4: • Goal: To support policy makers to design and implement Energy Efficiency driven renovation plans of building stock at urban level. • Description: Use of existing models, from bottom-up to top-down approach, for the estimation of energy needs at urban level, based on real energy consumption data of a sample of buildings: • for building stock renovation planning and prioritization of interventions, e.g. by class of buildings and/or geographical area of interventions (e.g. in areas having energy distribution networks or in historical centres); • to enable Public Authorities (e.g. Municipalities) to assess the energy saving potential related to the building stock and to local conditions (e.g. climate); • to allow reuse of scaling- up models (from building to urban level) in different climatic conditions and with different characteristics of the building stock

Editorial - International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management Volume 25

This editorial introduces the 25th volume of the International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management. This volume presents research on low-temperature district heating in China, prospects for energy savings in Aalborg, Denmark, and impacts on heating systems, offshore wind power and electricity interconnection in the Baltic sea, integration of electricity markets in the United States, and finally the modelling of renewable energy systems both on the remote island of Bonaire and in Chile

Editorial - International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management Vol 28

This editorial introduces the 28th volume of the International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management probing into the actors engaged in energy renovation, rural district heating, and hydropower in Sulawesi. Other work address power-to-gas technology, pine needles as a source of biomass in Himalaya and finally how adaptive pricing can impact electricity demand and thus energy system performance

Editorial - International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management Vol 30

This editorial introduces the main findings from the 30th Volume of the International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management. This volume probes into analyses of the technical interactions between multi-energy carrier energy hubs and the role and feasibility of cogeneration of heat and power in a Portuguese context. It moves on to analyse the framework for implementing photo voltaic technology and decision processes for implementing PV technology. Lastly, it presents work on the role of renewable energy sources in meeting carbon dioxide emission reduction goals in Iran

Corrigendum to “Transition toward a fully renewable-based energy system in Chile by 2050 across power, heat, transport and desalination sectors”

This is a corrigendum to the article Transition toward a fully renewable-based energy system in Chile by 2050 across power, heat, transport and desalination sectors published by the International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management with DOI: http://doi.org/10.5278/ijsepm.338

Elevating decision management in sustainable energy planning through spherical fuzzy aggregation operators

This article introduces a novel paradigm for enhancing the administration of decisions regarding sustainable energy planning. This is achieved by deploying novel spherical fuzzy aggregation operators that have been meticulously tailored to address the inherent complexities of uncertainty and imprecision prevalent in energy planning datasets. These operators vastly increase the precision and efficacy of decision-making processes, thereby transforming the entire sustainable energy landscape. This study focuses predominantly on the complex domain of multi-attribute decision-making (MADM), in which the interplay of parameters is characterized by a discernible hierarchy of importance. This method generates aggregation operators based on the assignment of non-negative real values to clearly defined priority echelons, a framework known as priority degrees. This effort results in the development of two notable prioritized operators: the “spherical fuzzy prioritized averaging operator with priority degrees” and the “spherical fuzzy prioritized geometric operator with priority degrees”. The efficacy of these conceptual frameworks is vividly demonstrated through the application of extensive case studies, in which observable results clearly demonstrate their superiority over conventional methodologies. The empirical findings unequivocally demonstrate the superiority of the proposed operators, resonating with substantial performance and efficiency improvements. This study not only adds a seminal dimension to the field of sustainable energy management but also reveals a revolutionary application of spherical fuzzy aggregation operators at the forefront of effective decision-making paradigms. The seamless fusion of theoretical innovation and practical utility outlines a path forward, with transformative prospects and far-reaching implications for the sustainable energy landscape

System Thinking-System Dynamics for Sustainable Energy Planning in the Developing Economy

This article describes the importance of System Thinking (ST)/System Dynamics (SD) in addressing the complex sustainable energy planning issues with special focus to Developing Economy (DE). Many DE are undergoing dramatic changes in socio-economic policies such market liberalisation, financing and the incorporation of grounded externalities such as the environmental implications of energy projects. The article articulates the inherent limitations of traditional energy planning tools and reviews the underlying dynamics of Sustainable Energy Development (SED) in the DE. It argues that the traditional energy policy formulation that focuses on the present decision without identifying how past policies created the present complexities fail to guide future decisions. It position that the past energy development trends witnessed in the developed nations contradict the notion of SED. The major impediments to SED in the DE are inappropriate technology; complex social organisation; environmental (energy) and resource degradation, inadequate and confused investment directions amongst others. The proposed methodological approach analyses the dynamic forces that impinge on energy systems and seeks to improve the decision making process. This article fills an important gap in the literatures by pinpointing the pertinent issues that need addressing for SED in the DE

New Developments in 4^th generation district heating and smart energy systems

This editorial introduces the 27th volume of the International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management, which reports some of the latest developments in energy systems analyses of smart energy systems as well as district heating. The issue looks into district heating in Estonia and Norway – as part in a renewable energy transition and flexibility-providing measure. Other analyses look into future prices of renewable energy-based power production systems and optimal design of carbon-neutral energy systems combing EnergyPLAN and EPLANOpt

Sustainable Energy Planning as a co-creative governance challenge. Lessons from the Zero Village Bergen

Sustainable energy transition implies different, but interlinked strategies, technologies and policy interventions, implying a complex array of overlapping systems that are shaped by the intervention of diverse actors. The formal mechanisms of transition to sustainability are ill equipped to address and conform with the political and power dimensions. Furthermore, there is no determined blueprint for sustainability transitions and the existing governance systems hitherto have been inefficient and implicated in unsustainability. This paper argues that energy transition requires conceptualization of co-creative governance, and the dynamic interplays between power relations in the face of conflict of interests. Thereby, this paper goes beyond the traditional division of governance network between private, public and academia to investigate the political structure underpinning the functionality of governance. To assess how sustainable energy transitions can be materialized, the aim is to understand how different multilevel governance systems deal with the competing interests, asymmetrical power and mobilization of resources for goal achievement in the case of Zero Village Bergen. It describes how the latent conflict between different involved actors’ interests has led to prolongation, recurring controversies, stagnation, and moments of adaptation. The purpose is to shed light on political and institutional challenges that are common to other sustainable transition initiatives. The method used is semi-structured interviews with private and public actors. The contribution is to theory building in sustainable energy planning from a governance lens