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Renewable potential assessment framework for local energy systems
Switzerland’s Energy Perspectives 2050+ aims to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 while ensuring secure energy supply. Renewable energy plays an important role in the supply technologies, yet intermittent production remains a challenge for future energy systems. Therefore, to evaluate the affordability and reliability of renewable generation, the techno-economic potentials of these technologies in high spatial and temporal resolution need to be assessed. Existing resource assessment methods estimate the technical and economic potential at different details, yet the majority are not transferable due to the use of locally available data.
The tasks of the project are:
• Carry out literature review and define the scope of the project
• Data collection and processing
- Geospatial data, e.g. buildings, land covers, infrastructure
- Climate data
- Cost assumptions
• Model different technologies that only use open data
- Geographical potential: identify available areas for installation
- Technical potential: simulate the technical output in hourly resolution
- Economic potential: calculate the lifetime levelized cost of electricity
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Write the report and discuss the results of the case study and the methods used
The tasks of the project are: • Carry out literature review and define the scope of the project • Data collection and processing - Geospatial data, e.g. buildings, land covers, infrastructure - Climate data - Cost assumptions • Model different technologies that only use open data - Geographical potential: identify available areas for installation - Technical potential: simulate the technical output in hourly resolution - Economic potential: calculate the lifetime levelized cost of electricity • Write the report and discuss the results of the case study and the methods used
The goal of this project is to establish a transferable renewable potential assessment framework for municipalities using open data. The technologies should include onshore wind turbines, rooftop PV, groundmounted PV, and biomass (geothermal optional). Methods can be built on existing studies with adaptations towards usage of only publicly available data and higher spatial and temporal resolution. The general workflow of resource assessment is shown in the task description below. The student is expected to carry out literature review on existing methods, collect data for a case study, model different technologies, and document final results and findings.
The goal of this project is to establish a transferable renewable potential assessment framework for municipalities using open data. The technologies should include onshore wind turbines, rooftop PV, groundmounted PV, and biomass (geothermal optional). Methods can be built on existing studies with adaptations towards usage of only publicly available data and higher spatial and temporal resolution. The general workflow of resource assessment is shown in the task description below. The student is expected to carry out literature review on existing methods, collect data for a case study, model different technologies, and document final results and findings.
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