Local impact of community renewable energy: A case study of an Orcadian community-led wind scheme

Waal, Esther van der

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2019.111193

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“…This affects the land surface, drainage systems and vegetation, causing changes in environmental dynamics that can reduce environmental quality and biodiversity [29]. The reaction caused by a wind farm is highly subjective, some view wind towers positively, as a symbol of clean energy, while others react negatively to the new landscape [38].…”

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Perception of Environmental Impacts of Wind Farms in Agricultural Areas of Northeast Brazil

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In recent years, wind power in Brazil has emerged as an alternative to diversify the country′s energy mix and minimize the emission of pollutants derived from fossil fuels. The state of Rio Grande do Norte, in the Brazilian Northeast, has considerable potential for the generation of wind energy due to the occurrence of strong winds in many areas along the coast and in the interior of the state, in places with higher altitudes. However, wind energy, despite being considered clean and renewable, can cause environmental impacts in those places. Thus, the present study analyzed the perception of environmental impacts caused by the installation of wind farms in the agricultural areas of Northeast Brazil. The study was carried out in the municipality of Serra do Mel, in the western region of the state of Rio Grande do Norte, based on a survey of local farmers. The study concluded that farmers live without major problems and without apparent conflicts with wind farms but have little knowledge about the environmental impacts. In the perception of most farmers, there are few negative environmental impacts, and those that exist are barely noticed or still do not cause damage to most farmers in the region.

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Perception of Environmental Impacts of Wind Farms in Agricultural Areas of Northeast Brazil

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“…Toward this matter, the resources have been gathered from reviews and empirical studies taking stock of localized renewable energy projects' impacts [29][30][31] [32]. [33] proposed a scheme to chronologically assess the impact projection by weighing community profile, project profile, and linked with the construction of theories of changes. The flow of assessing the project's feasibility and impact is as follows: 1.…”

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Study of Potential of Cascade Direct Use to Utilize Exhaust Steam from Back Pressure Turbine at Ulumbu Geothermal Power Plant

Ahmad

Lafkin

Utami

et al. 2022

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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The Indonesian government has fixated Flores Island for geothermal utilization due to its potential to reach about 776 MW. Of these potentials, one that has been utilized is at PLTP Ulumbu with a 10 MW energy reservation. 2 backpressure units at PLTP Ulumbu generate power 2×2.5 MW. The exhaust on the backpressure unit of the PLTP Ulumbu has an average temperature of 99°C with enthalpy ranging from 2,430 to 2,435 kJ/kg. Instead of releasing the steam to the environment, it would be wiser to utilize the brine’s heat through cascade direct use based on Lindal Diagram. The cascading system will be arranged from high to low temperature to use excessive energy efficiently. The direct use application is selected based on the best potential-for-fit commodities and the energy of the heat source. This paper aims to perform a feasibility study of cascade direct use of geothermal energy that uses an exhaust steam backpressure turbine at Ulumbu geothermal power plant. The Ulumbu area will be transformed as the center of agricultural, stockbreeding, factory, and geothermal tourism. From potential commodities, the four applications selected are coffee bean drying, egg-hatching incubator, brick factory, and new tourism site. Additionally, several preliminary scenarios are available regarding plant development components (e.g., stakeholder and partnership type). Hence, the comprehensive determination of the ‘best scenario’ will be discussed in terms of feasibility and economic attractiveness.

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“…With respect to energy self-consumption, Van der Waal [18] carried out a case study on the Scottish island of Shapinsay in the Orkney archipelago, assessing the local impacts of a community self-consumption wind energy project.…”

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Development of a Territorial Planning Model of Wind and Photovoltaic Energy Plants for Self-Consumption as a Low Carbon Strategy

Santana-Sarmiento

Velázquez-Medina

2021

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Energy self-consumption is one of the strategies used for the optimization of renewable energy integration in electrical systems within a framework of sustainable energy policy development. Renewable energy self-consumption additionally contributes to the promotion of distributed generation. The aim of the present study is to develop a hybrid territorial planning model for the siting of areas suitable for the joint exploitation of wind and solar energy targeted principally at self-consumption. The methodology employed was based on the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and geographical information systems (GIS), and the general area considered was the island of Gran Canaria (Spain). This island has an isolated electrical system. The case study involved locating areas close to populated settlements which are generally cut off from areas commonly marked out for large-scale wind and solar energy exploitation. The areas located with the model were differentiated according to the municipality they were in. The model that has been developed can be applied to any territory. The results obtained with the model can then be incorporated into territorial planning documents and/or national and regional and/or municipal files with the aim of optimizing the integration of renewable energy for self-consumption and advancing distributed electrical energy systems.

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Local impact of community renewable energy: A case study of an Orcadian community-led wind scheme

Cited by 30 publications

References 30 publications

Perception of Environmental Impacts of Wind Farms in Agricultural Areas of Northeast Brazil

Perception of Environmental Impacts of Wind Farms in Agricultural Areas of Northeast Brazil

Study of Potential of Cascade Direct Use to Utilize Exhaust Steam from Back Pressure Turbine at Ulumbu Geothermal Power Plant

Development of a Territorial Planning Model of Wind and Photovoltaic Energy Plants for Self-Consumption as a Low Carbon Strategy

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