| Title: | An innovative approach to implementing advanced energy projects in urban areas : from comprehensive simulation to actual implementation |
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| Authors: | ID Sučić, Boris, Institut "Jožef Stefan" (Author)
ID Košnjek, Edvard, Institut "Jožef Stefan" (Author)
ID Đorić, Marko, Institut "Jožef Stefan" (Author)
ID Al-Mansour, Fouad, Institut "Jožef Stefan" (Author)
ID Matkovič, Marko, Institut "Jožef Stefan" (Author)
ID Damjan, Tomaž (Author) |
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| Files: |  URL - Source URL, visit https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451904925003841?via%3Dihub
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| Language: | English |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: |  IJS - Jožef Stefan Institute
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| Abstract: | 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 %. |
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| Keywords: | energy communities, excess heat |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Submitted for review: | 14.02.2025 |
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| Article acceptance date: | 11.04.2025 |
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| Publication date: | 17.04.2025 |
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| Publisher: | Elsevier |
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| Year of publishing: | 2025 |
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| Number of pages: | str. 1-14 |
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| Numbering: | Vol. 62, [article no.] 103594 |
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| Source: | Nizozemska |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DiRROS-23684  |
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| UDC: | 621.31 |
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| ISSN on article: | 2451-9049 |
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| DOI: | 10.1016/j.tsep.2025.103594 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 233464579 |
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| Copyright: | © 2025 The Author(s). |
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| Note: | Nasl. z nasl. zaslona;
Soavtorji: Edvard Košnjek, Marko Đorić, Fouad Al-Mansour, Marko Matkovič, Tomaž Damjan;
Opis vira z dne 22. 4. 2025;
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| Publication date in DiRROS: | 24.09.2025 |
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