GIS tools for renewable energy modelling

Bent Sørensen and Peter Meibom

Renewable Energy, 1999, vol. 16, issue 1, 1262-1267

Abstract: In contrast to conventional energy modeling made on a national basis, we consider energy use and supply per unit of land area. This is particularly suited for dealing with dispersed energy resources such as renewable energy, and by making the match of demand with supply on this basis in a geographical information system (GIS), we are able to directly identify any mismatch entailing needs for energy trade and establishment of energy exchange facilities (power grids, gas distribution lines, etc.). The model is being applied to several global energy scenarios and constitutes a quite general tool for system modeling, assessment and planning.

Keywords: Geographical information system; renewable energy systems; global energy modeling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
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DOI: 10.1016/S0960-1481(98)00514-X

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