Integrated energy planning in cities and territories: A review of methods and tools

Although the integrated energy and environmental planning processes of cities and territories with more than 50,000 inhabitants differ, previous studies suggest that long-term, model-based energy planning processes have a common scheme that can also be used as a framework for reviewing the methods a...

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Published in:Renewable & sustainable energy reviews 2013-06, Vol.22, p.289-297
Main Authors: Mirakyan, Atom, De Guio, Roland
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
cities
City
energy
Energy planning
Methods
Modeling
planning
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Summary:Although the integrated energy and environmental planning processes of cities and territories with more than 50,000 inhabitants differ, previous studies suggest that long-term, model-based energy planning processes have a common scheme that can also be used as a framework for reviewing the methods and the tools that are used in the integrated energy planning of these cities and territories. This paper first presents a generic integrated energy planning procedure in which the planning activities are divided into four main phases. Second, the methods and the tools that are used for these diverse planning tasks are mapped to the suggested generic planning procedure tasks. Finally, the combined use of these methods and tools in the scope of integrated energy planning are briefly discussed from a mapping point of view.
ISSN:1364-0321
1879-0690
DOI:10.1016/j.rser.2013.01.033