20.500.12556/DiRROS-23684 An innovative approach to implementing advanced energy projects in urban areas from comprehensive simulation to actual implementation An innovative approach to implementing advanced energy projects in urban areas: from comprehensive simulation to actual implementation The recent energy crisis has once again confirmed that energy and resource efficiency, combined with the use of renewable-energy sources, must be the backbone of future sustainable development across all sectors. It is also clear that achieving climate neutrality by 2050, or sooner, will require new approaches. At the implementation level, the social, technical and financial realities of local energy projects demand solutions that appeal to a variety of stakeholders, including utilities, energy service companies, banks, and end users, who must collaborate to bring projects from the idea to a practical implementation. Presented here is a methodical approach to establishing advanced energy communities in complex urban environments and implementing advanced projects with a common energy infrastructure. The outcomes of the first use case clearly indicate that investing in an energy community is beneficial from multiple perspectives. Detailed simulations enabled an accurate assessment of additional renewable-energy potential, revealing that the company in question has the capacity to install another 11,000 kWp of PV in Ljubljana and other locations across Slovenia. This would increase the share of renewable energy in its total electricity consumption to 31 %, which is in line with the national target for 2030. In the second use case, a significant potential for utilizing excess heat from a data room was identified. An economic analysis showed that the excess-heat utilization project has a payback period of 2.5 years, a net present value of over EUR 47,000 and an internal rate of return of 40 %. energy communities excess heat odvečna toplota modeliranje true false true Elsevier Nizozemska Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik © 2025 The Author(s). Neznano 2025-09-24 14:19:58 2025-09-24 14:19:58 2025-10-24 03:54:50 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2025 0 0 Nasl. z nasl. zaslona; Soavtorji: Edvard Košnjek, Marko Đorić, Fouad Al-Mansour, Marko Matkovič, Tomaž Damjan; Opis vira z dne 22. 4. 2025; str. 1-14 Vol. 62, [article no.] 103594 Jun. 2025 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 2025-02-14 2025-04-11 2025-04-17 621.31 2451-9049 10.1016/j.tsep.2025.103594 233464579 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451904925003841?via%3Dihub 1 caab7059-9940-11f0-9bb7-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=35084 RAZ_Sucic_Boris_2025.pdf RAZ_Sucic_Boris_2025.pdf 1 8F57046B55EA0D4BDE4E89DDF2CEC6B7 2d6a7a6a53440d0d2f4c863f03ab1b4b2da2c8be4833ee5e72242ac109cad61c 2b824951-9941-11f0-9bb7-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=35085 Institut Jožef Stefan 0 0 0