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https://doi.org/10.5278/ijsepm.3502 | INTRODUCTION: Why a Virtual Round Table on Innovation for Smart and Sustainable Cities? | Innovation is, according to the definition given in Innovation in Firms: A Microeconomic Perspective, OECD, 2009, the "implementation of a new significantly improved product, good, service, or process, a new marketing method, or a new organizational method in business practices, workplace organization or external relations". We know that innovation can be incremental -in terms of optimization of existing products, services or systems -or radical such as innovations which dramatically change social and business practices, and create new markets. Concerning the urban dimension, specifically sustainable urban development, it appears clear that incremental improvement, whilst potentially important, could not be sufficient to bring the required structural change. Cities are indeed the best place to experiment innovation as its societal dimension is characterized by a combination of technology, infrastructure, production systems, policy, legislation, user practices and cultural meaning. Moreover cities are interconnected social, technical and ecological systems made by people, infrastructures, buildings, flows, functions and services. Cities are the principle engines of innovation and economic growth. | [
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"section_content": "However, urban activities consume a significant amount of resources, generate waste and pollution, and cause structural depreciation. Due to our increasingly globalised production and consumption systems, negative environmental impacts are felt locally and globally. To achieve sustainable ... | [
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"section_content": "This article is a part of the EERA Joint Programme on Smart Cities' Special issue on Tools, technologies and systems integration for the Smart and Sustainable Cities to come (Østergaard and Maestosi 2019) ",
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https://doi.org/10.5278/ijsepm.3327 | Identification of user requirements for an energy scenario database | Energy scenarios assist decision making regarding the transformation of the energy supply system. A multitude of scenarios exists in various formats. Thus, for scientists and policy stakeholders alike, it remains difficult to distinguish and compare scenario data. Hence, the aim of the project SzenarienDB is to establish an energy scenario database containing data in comparable and machine-readable format. SzenarienDB will do so by extending the OpenEnergyPlatform (OEP). To ensure that the extension fulfils the requirements of the modelling community, we conducted an online survey. We asked the participants about what they expected of an energy scenario database. Along with input from expert meetings and GitHub issues on that topic, we derived user requirement from the answers. In total, we identified 69 requirements. Out of these, around 44% were considered as very urgent. Hence, we conclude that there is a great need for the development of a consistent energy scenario database. To tackle the requirements we grouped these into twelve categories: input and output, data review process, bug-fixes, documentation, factsheets, features, functions to modify data, layout, metadata, ontology, references, and other. Each category is resolved according to its intrinsic properties. | [
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"section_content": "The transformation of the energy supply system is complex and the identification of impacts is influenced by the results of scientific reports based on energy scenarios.In general, a scenario is used to express that a future condition or development of a certain aspect is seen as \"possibl... | [
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"section_content": "This research has been funded by the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy of Germany as part of the project SzenarienDB (03ET4057A-D). ",
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"a Fraunhofer Institute for Energy Economics and Energy System Technology (IEE), Königstor 59, 34119 Kassel, Germany"
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https://doi.org/10.5278/ijsepm.3328 | Interconnection of the electricity and heating sectors to support the energy transition in cities | The electricity, heating, and transport sectors in urban areas all have to contribute to meeting stringent climate targets. Cities will face a transition from fossil fuels to renewable sources, with electricity acting as a cross-sectorial energy carrier. Consequently, the electricity demand of cities is expected to rise, in a situation that will be exacerbated by ongoing urbanisation and city growth. As alternative to an expansion of the connection capacity to the national grid, local measures can be considered within city planning in order to utilize decentralised electricity generation, synergies between the heating and electricity sectors, and flexibility through energy storage technologies. This work proposes an optimisation model that interconnects the electricity, heat, and transport sectors in cities. We analyse the investments in and operation of an urban energy system, using the City of Gothenburg as an example. We find that the availability of electricity from local solar PV together with thermal storage technologies increase the value of using power-to-heat technologies, such as heat pumps. High biomass prices together with strict climate targets enhance the importance of electricity in the district heating sector. A detailed understanding of the integration of local low-carbon energy technologies can give urban planners and other city stakeholders the opportunity to take an active role in the city's energy transition. | [
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"section_content": "The development and planning of cities in the 21 st century face a number of challenges.Concomitant with managing continuous growth and urbanisation [1], cities must implement policies to meet climate targets and mitigate carbon emissions [2].Energy planning in cities has to include and in... | [
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"section_content": "This article was invited and accepted for publication in the EERA Joint Programme on Smart Cities' Special issue on Tools, technologies and systems integration for the Smart and Sustainable Cities to come [26]. Details on the mathematical model formulation and important input data is found... | [
"Department of Space, Earth and Environment, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden"
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null | Power accessibility, fossil fuel and the exploitation of small hydropower technology in sub-saharan Africa | This study overviews the power status, salient barriers to adequate power access and the role of small hydropower in improving power accessibility in the region. The study notes that -over 50% of the population in 41 countries in the region have no access to electricity; the prediction of electricity access growth rate in SSA from 43% in 2016 to 59% in 2030; about 607 people, which is 90% of world's population without access to electricity in 2030 will leave in the region and the rural areas access is below 20%; over 90% of the households in about 25 countries of SSA rely on waste, wood, and charcoal for cooking; the average grid power tariff in SSA is US$0.13 per kWh as against the range of US$0.04 to US$0.08 per kWh grid power tariffs in most parts of the developing world. Also, it was found that the sections of power supply system -generation, transmission and distribution facilities are affected by insufficient funding, poor maintenance and management and over dependence on foreign power supply technologies; and the region is endowed with huge SHP resource that is insignificantly tapped. Lack of workable SHP development framework; insufficient fund; effect of the electricity market in the region; lack of effective synergy among the stakeholders; insufficient and outdated hydrological information about SHP resources; inadequate human and manufacturing facility development were the identified factors responsible for SHP underdevelopment. Domestic development of SHP technology is required to effectively develop SHP to improve access to power in the region. This will require massive human capacity building and the use of locally soured materials and production facilities. | [
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"section_content": "Energy poverty poses a serious obstacle to the socioeconomic development of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).The power situation in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is in a pathetic state despite several intervention measures [1].The challenges that trail the power sector in the region seem as fresh as th... | [
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"section_content": "The authors hereby acknowledge the Research and Postgraduate Support Directorate and the Management of Durban University of Technology, South Africa. ",
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"Department of Mechanical Engineering, Durban University of Technology, Steve Biko Road, Durban, South Africa."
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null | How can urban manufacturing contribute to a more sustainable energy system in cities? | The paper explores future opportunities as well as challenges arising from urban manufacturing (UM) regarding the design of sustainable energy systems for cities. Global trends affect the type of production (e.g. Industry 4.0) as well as the industrial structure (e.g. convergence of services and production) of UM in cities. This causes new requirements but also new options for the urban energy system. The study presented in this paper examines this area of tension and explores not only the potentials of waste heat use, but also additional electricity demand through steadily advancing digitalisation. The study illustrates, that over the next few years it will be key to improve the interfaces between actors and sectors: between companies ("energy communities"), between industry and grid/ energy supply company/neighbouring settlement areas and between the sectors heat-electricitygas-mobility through e.g. power-to-x and possible uses of hydrogen. The paper concludes with a concept for integrating urban manufacturing optimally in the urban energy system for a sustainable energy transition in the future. | [
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"section_content": "In the last decade, the trend towards re-industrialisation has become noticeable in developed cities, including many Austrian cities such as Vienna, Linz and Steyr.It has been increasingly recognized that the industrial sector is one of the key drivers for economic growth and jobs [1] whic... | [
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"section_content": "This article was invited and accepted for publication in the EERA Joint Programme on Smart Cities' Special issue on Tools, technologies and systems integration for the Smart and Sustainable Cities to come [30]. ",
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"aAIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Giefinggasse 4, 1210 Vienna, Austria"
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null | National Energy and Climate Planning in Serbia: From Lagging Behind to an Ambitious EU Candidate? | "Just in the immediate neighbourhood of the European Union (EU), the Republic of Serbia, one of the (...TRUNCATED) | [{"section_content":"The effects of climate change, also evident in Serbia [1] and the region of Wes(...TRUNCATED) | [{"section_content":"Funds for I.B.B. are provided by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technol(...TRUNCATED) | [
"a Institute of Technical Sciences of SASA, Knez Mihailova 35/IV, Belgrade, Serbia"
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https://doi.org/10.5278/ijsepm.2018.17.5 | Assessment of a climate-resilient and low-carbon power supply scenario for Rwanda | "Renewable energy sources are playing a key role in the transition to a low-carbon based economy whi(...TRUNCATED) | [{"section_content":"Climate change has negatively affected electricity supply systems around the wo(...TRUNCATED) | [{"section_content":"Théoneste Uhorakeye and Bernd Möller 3.4.Power supply under RCP8.5Under RCP8.(...TRUNCATED) | ["Department of Energy and Environmental Management (EEMSESAM), Interdisciplinary Institute for Envi(...TRUNCATED) |
https://doi.org/10.5278/ijsepm.2015.7.5 | A Non-linear Stochastic Model for an Office Building with Air Infiltration | "This paper presents a non-linear heat dynamic model for a multi-room office building with air infil(...TRUNCATED) | [{"section_content":"In large-scale power systems with a high penetration of wind power, the intermi(...TRUNCATED) | [{"section_content":"The work was partly funded by DSF (Det Strategiske Forskn-ingsråd) through the(...TRUNCATED) | [] |
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