Multicriteria roof sorting for the integration of photovoltaic systems in urban environments

Thebault, Martin; Clivillé, Vincent; Berrah, Lamia; Desthieux, Gilles

doi:10.1016/j.scs.2020.102259

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“…The main characteristics, which affect the use of the roof for the installation of PV panels, are the roof shape, architectural characteristics, morphological context, building codes, and regulations. According to the literature review [18][19][20][21][22][23], the criteria identified in this work to evaluate the roof suitability for the installation of PV panels are:…”

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Towards Energy Self-consumption and Self-sufficiency in Urban Energy Communities

Todeschi¹,

Marocco²,

Mutani³

et al. 2021

IJHT

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In Europe, 70% of citizens live in urban areas and consume around 75% of the primary energy supply. In order to reduce the impact of energy consumption and improve the competitiveness of local energy systems, Energy Communities may help to address the challenges of urban sustainability and energy security through local energy production and self-consumption. Solar, biomass and wind are the main sources of renewable energy that are generally used in cities. However, not all the sources available in urban environment are usable, due to the limited availability, or other technical or non-technical limits and constraints. In order to promote renewable energy technologies in buildings it is necessary to consider architectural, cultural, energy, technical and economic feasibility. This work defines a methodology for the optimal design of grid connected PV-battery systems in urban environments. The model was applied to two districts located in the city of Turin with the aim of evaluating the technical feasibility of combining multiple residential users at city level. The purpose of this work is to promote self-consumption and self-sufficiency from the network, using the integration of solar energy with PV-battery systems, and to reduce electrical losses in favor of both the single user and the distribution system. Results show that different values of self-sufficiency and self-consumption can be reached depending on the shape and dimension of each building. It was shown that it is possible to satisfy the current requirements to become an Energy Community in an urban environment with good levels of self-sufficiency.

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Section: Input Data Processingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards Energy Self-consumption and Self-sufficiency in Urban Energy Communities

Todeschi¹,

Marocco²,

Mutani³

et al. 2021

IJHT

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“…However, research teams from Geneva (Switzerland) [61] and Valencia (Spain) [62], almost in parallel, proposed their methods for including shading in the calculations. In addition, it was considered important to classify roofs according to their suitability for the installation of photovoltaic systems [34]. The study area was once again Geneva.…”

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Towards a Renewable Energy Source Cadastre—A Review of Examples from around the World

Bieda

Cienciała

2021

Energies

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In the age of the impending climate crisis, and further forecast ecological catastrophes, humankind has begun to think with growing interest about replacing existing energy sources with renewable ones. An increasing number of people have begun to discuss the need to implement registries that collect information about the energy potential of specific parts of the environment we live in. Additionally, the simultaneous registration of installations used for obtaining energy from alternative sources is desirable. In addition to quantitative attributes, such databases should also contain comprehensive spatial information. Since, in the era of globalization, the creation of such databases ought to be standardized, the purpose of this study is to indicate the directions in which the cadastre of renewable energy sources should be developed by: (i) reviewing the solutions of renewable energy sources that have been described in the scientific literature; (ii) analyzing the content of selected geoportals containing data on renewable energy sources. The literature review was preceded by a detailed bio-metric analysis, whereas the content analysis of the geoportals led to the creation of a flow chart containing a proposal for a renewable energy source cadastre, and a ranking of the analyzed portals. Nevertheless, the conceptual work was limited to the solar cadastre only.

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“…Finally, a decision tree is used to find the optimal match between RE generation and electricity demand of the municipality. Regarding pure spatial assessment at urban scale, with no temporal dimension, Thebault et al [6] have developed a multicriteria sorting tool in order to assess the suitability of a roof to host solar PV systems. The authors combine GIS with the ELECTRE TRI methodology according to predefined weighted criteria such as superstructure constraints, economic feasibility or yearly solar irradiation in order to sort roofs of a given area with respect to its degree of suitability.…”

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Optimizing operational costs and PV production at utility scale: An optical fiber network analogy for solar park clustering

Pillot¹,

Al-Kurdi²,

Gervet³

et al. 2021

Applied Energy

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Multicriteria roof sorting for the integration of photovoltaic systems in urban environments

Cited by 44 publications

References 45 publications

Towards Energy Self-consumption and Self-sufficiency in Urban Energy Communities

Towards Energy Self-consumption and Self-sufficiency in Urban Energy Communities

Towards a Renewable Energy Source Cadastre—A Review of Examples from around the World

Optimizing operational costs and PV production at utility scale: An optical fiber network analogy for solar park clustering

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