Development of a Territorial Planning Model of Wind and Photovoltaic Energy Plants for Self-Consumption as a Low Carbon Strategy

Francisco Santana-Sarmiento,Sergio Velázquez-Medina,Charbel Jose Chiappetta Jabbour

doi:10.1155/2021/6617745

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https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/6617745

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Journal: Complexity	Publication Date: Mar 11, 2021
Citations: 3	License type: CC BY 4.0

Affiliation: University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Abstract

Energy self-consumption is one of the strategies used for the optimization of renewable energy integration in electrical systems within a framework of sustainable energy policy development. Renewable energy self-consumption additionally contributes to the promotion of distributed generation. The aim of the present study is to develop a hybrid territorial planning model for the siting of areas suitable for the joint exploitation of wind and solar energy targeted principally at self-consumption. The methodology employed was based on the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and geographical information systems (GIS), and the general area considered was the island of Gran Canaria (Spain). This island has an isolated electrical system. The case study involved locating areas close to populated settlements which are generally cut off from areas commonly marked out for large-scale wind and solar energy exploitation. The areas located with the model were differentiated according to the municipality they were in. The model that has been developed can be applied to any territory. The results obtained with the model can then be incorporated into territorial planning documents and/or national and regional and/or municipal files with the aim of optimizing the integration of renewable energy for self-consumption and advancing distributed electrical energy systems.

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Countries worldwide are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of renewable energy (RE) sources for their energy supply
Directive 2018/2001, on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources [1] and within a framework of a low-carbon energy transition, established a series of strategic objectives in relation to the contribution of renewables to energy demand. e target set for the European Union (EU) as a whole was for renewable energies to meet 32% of energy demand by 2030
Wind and Solar Suitability Maps. e wind and solar evaluation maps were obtained by overlaying the factors corresponding to wind and solar energy shown in Table 1 and applying the weights according to the pairwise comparison matrices (Tables 3 and 4)

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Countries worldwide are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of renewable energy (RE) sources for their energy supply. (a) e large-scale generation of electrical energy from renewable sources is directly connected to the electrical power transmission networks (b) Energy self-consumption: this strategic line is new in the regulatory framework of the EU ree distinct figures are considered with respect to the promotion of energy self-consumption: (1) renewables’ selfconsumer, (2) jointly acting renewables’ self-consumers, and (3) renewable energy community (article 2, points 14–16, respectively, of Directive 2018/2001). In this regard, the aim is to promote self-consumption by individual or Complexity small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and the joint selfconsumption of renewable energy by individuals, SEMs, and/or local bodies, including municipalities. They developed a model of the electrical system in which wind and solar energy were incorporated as key elements

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