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A sustainable community energy system is an approach to supplying a local community - ranging from a few homes or farms to entire cities - with its energy requirements from renewable energy or high-efficiency co-generation energy sources. Such systems are frequently based on wind power, solar power, biomass, either singly or in combination. Community energy projects have been growing in numbers in several key regions.
This book provides an overview of existing and emerging community energy technologies. Topics covered include data-driven methods for prediction of small to medium wind turbines performance; optimisation of wind farms for communities; financing for community wind and photovoltaic project development; community-level solar thermal systems; solar water desalination for small communities; community solar photovoltaic projects; assessing wind loads for urban photovoltaic installations; design optimisation of multi-energy hubs for community energy projects; battery based storage for communities; power-to-gas and power-to-power for storage and ancillary services in urban areas; smart multi-energy microgrids; and conservation and demand management in community energy systems.
Wind and Solar Based Energy Systems for Communities is essential reading for researchers and engineers working to develop community energy systems and advance the transition to a clean energy future.
List of contents
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Data-driven methods for prediction of small-to-medium wind turbines performance
- Chapter 3: Optimization of wind farms for communities
- Chapter 4: Financing for community wind and solar project development
- Chapter 5: Community-level solar thermal systems
- Chapter 6: Solar-water desalination for small communities
- Chapter 7: Community solar PV projects
- Chapter 8: Assessing wind loads for urban photovoltaic installations
- Chapter 9: Design optimization of multi-energy hubs for community energy projects
- Chapter 10: Battery-based storage for communities
- Chapter 11: Power-to-gas and power-to-power for storage and ancillary services in urban areas
- Chapter 12: Smart multi-energy microgrids
- Chapter 13: Conservation and demand management in community energy systems
Summary
This book brings together topics on the emerging area of community energy technology, covering key areas from generation through to considerations for the entire system, with an emphasis on the popular energy sources of wind power and solar power.
