The Smart Islands method for defining energy planning scenarios on islands

Marko Mimica and Goran Krajačić

Energy, 2021, vol. 237, issue C

Abstract: Islands represent areas where it is possible to have a clear overview of resources and needs over a large number of sectors. Because of this, the developed energy planning scenarios on the islands should reflect the possibility of meeting local needs with available resources of a wide range of sectors. This is often not the case in the current studies that analyse only a limited number of sectors. The developed method automatically combines needs and resources based on the quantitative indicators and generates energy planning scenarios with precisely defined types and the capacities of required technologies. The results show that the Smart Islands method provides 7 energy planning scenarios for Krk island with different technology mixes. The case study for Vis island is considered for cases with and without electrical interconnection. When the interconnection is not considered, the method suggests a 5.42 MWh battery system for maintaining grid stability. The results indicate that the Smart Islands method can be applied to islands with different characteristics as well as suggest optimal energy planning scenarios while meeting needs with local resources.

Keywords: Energy planning; Smart Islands method; Renewable energy sources; RenewIslands; Energy system modelling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2021.121653

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