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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Community energy"”.
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Participatory Design For Community Energy - Designing the Renewable Energy Commons
The energy sector is facing a major paradigm shift from centralised production and management to distributed energy generation and management. Digital technologies play a crucial role in enabling such scenario; emphasis and attention has been given to Smart Grids and new energy management systems …
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A systems approach to assessing the sustainability of hybrid community energy systems.
… novel Integrated Sustainability Index (ISI) for energy systems that considers critical multidimensional sustainability criteria. The originality of this new index is that it incorporates fundamental thermodynamic, economic, and environmental constraints to combine indicators from multiple …
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Analysis of Solar Community Energy Storage for Supporting Hawaii's 100% Renewable Energy Goals
… has become an integral part of the renewable energy industry. With state-level, renewable portfolio standards in place, solar power demand has substantially increased and become a competitive and economically viable energy solution throughout the world. Hawaii has one of the most aggressive …
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An investigation of models of community-based low-carbon distributed energy systems in Nigeria
This thesis undertakes research into community-based low-carbon distributed energy systems in Nigeria. It focuses the socio-technical factors of the development and operation of community energy systems, ranging from increasing population and economic growth to the issues of climate change and …
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Making energy efficiency desirable : lessons from a cutting-edge program in Minneapolis
For the last 30 years, experts have claimed that energy efficiency upgrades in existing buildings can lead to significant reductions in energy use, yet efficiency programs, particularly those geared towards households, have failed to meet expectations. Through interviews with participants of the …
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The role of social enterprise in the transition to a low carbon energy system
… solutions during the transition to a low-carbon energy system. In this context, the main aim of this investigation is to review the value of applying social enterprise in community owned energy schemes as a form of social innovation. This thesis reports on original research undertaken on the Role …
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Power to the People? Cities, Citizens, and the German Energy Transition: A Comparative Case Study of Hamburg and Berlin
This thesis explores Germany’s *Energiewende* (‘energy transition’) and the role of citizen/community energy democracy initiatives at municipal and state levels in shaping developments that underpin this society-wide transformation - examining how grassroots agitation, in particular, has prompted …
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Community owned renewable energy (CORE) in Ireland’s energy transition: locating Homo curans in collective action
The development of the community owned renewable energy (CORE) sector in Ireland is explored in this research and the findings are used to reflect on the Irish energy transition through a sociological lens. The CORE story is examined using qualitative research with forty-six participants …
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Um estudo sobre a implementação do Programa de Aceleração do Crescimento (PAC) no Estado da Paraíba
… Home, My Life, Water and Light to all, citizen Community, Energy and Transport. This work aims to conduct a study of the implementation of the program in the state of Paraíba, comparing the implementation of state enterprises with the information in the Northeast region and the country. Further …
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Integrating Social Concerns Into Regional Renewable Energy Resource Assessments: A Case Study in Rigolet, NL, Canada
… to integrating social concerns regarding energy development into renewable energy resource assessment. An extensive literature review of the social aspects of energy identifies five perspectives (acceptability, social license, energy justice, community energy, Indigenous criticism) that …
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Can run-of-river hydropower meet the needs of the north? A case analysis of the Albany River watershed
… the feasibility of supplying 100% of a remote community’s needs with local hydropower. This research expands the knowledge of river energy potential and the use of small-scale RHP in northern Ontario, Canada to replace diesel fuel for electricity generation. A geographic information system …
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Building resilience in forest-dependent communities through sustainable forest bioeconomy development
… This approach is unique in that all potential energy and non-energy uses for available low quality forest biomass in northeastern Ontario are considered, as is the regional infrastructure and characteristics of the forest sector and available biomass. Some (commonly studied) pathways were ruled …
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Machine Learning Applications in Blockchain for Renewable Energy Systems
The transition towards decentralized renewable energy systems offers a critical solution to the "Energy Trilemma," yet its practical implementation in emerging economies such as South Africa is obstructed by grid instability, inaccurate demand planning, and the lack of secure local market …
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The silent community? : From practicing (a)-political volition to re-politicising difference
… short of their goal to bring about radical community-wide change, but in many cases are not a visible presence to the community. Part of this, as I will suggest, is down to the Transition Movement’s apolitical approach, which seeks to recast grassroots action as a practical, innovative …
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Motivations, incentives, and commitments: financial benefits and citizen participation in onshore wind energy in Ireland
Social acceptance of onshore wind energy is a fundamental constraint for the delivery of sustainable electricity supply (Wüstenhagen et al., 2007). For a country such as the Republic of Ireland, this is a significant impediment to the decarbonisation of the energy sector (Brennan et al., 2017; …
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Evaluation of technology specific adoption dynamics of solar, small hydropower and biomass in Nigeria's energy transition plan.
… generators. In response, the government's Energy Transition Plan (ETP) sets ambitious targets of achieving universal electricity access by 2030 and reaching net-zero emissions by 2060. While these policy commitments are significant, their delivery often assumes uniform adoption across …
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Nexus of water and energy: resilience through decentralized operation
… by enabling them to continue to operate their energy and water networks in a decentralized fashion, upon need. Considering the nexus of water and energy offers an opportunity to improve the overall performance of both systems and to provide added reliability and resilience in the wake of …
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Advanced energy management strategies for Renewable Energy Communities
L'abstract è presente nell'allegato / the abstract is in the attachment
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Návrh rozhraní pro řízení a vizualizaci OPM v rámci komunitní energetiky
Diplomová práce se zabývá způsoby sběru dat a řízení v rámci komunitní energetiky. První část je cílena jako obecný úvod k momentálním přístupům řízení komunitní energetiky. V další části jsou definovány sledované veličiny, které jsou důležité pro řízení. Dále se práce věnuje návrhu řídícího …
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Identifying and Modifying the Coal Bed Methane Fiscal Regime in Indonesia: A Comparative Study with the Australia and the U.S.
… investors’ perspectives, consultancies and local community perspectives. <br/><br/>This research involved both primary and secondary data collections. For the primary data collection, the researcher conducted interviews, focus group discussions, and local community surveys to identify the issues …