Energy Communities and Self-Sufficient Energy Islands

Legal Framework, Enabling Technologies, Impacts, Self-Sufficiency, Concept Development, and Global Examples
Erscheinungsjahr 2027
ISBN: 978-0-443-41539-5
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 350 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 449 g

Energy Communities and Self-Sufficient Energy Islands: Legal Framework, Enabling Technologies, Impacts, Self-Sufficiency, Concept Development, and Global Examples provides in-depth information regarding the development of energy communities and the path to reach self-sufficient energy islands, enabling the reader to make informed decisions regarding participation, contribution, planning, and development. The book explores how energy communities can offer a range of benefits and solutions to modern energy challenges, in the context of the increasing focus on sustainable, decentralized energy systems and the transition to renewable energy.

By developing self-sufficient energy islands, communities and nations can increase energy independence, harness renewable energy sources, and address needs in terms of sustainability, environmental conservation, and climate. This is a valuable resource for all those with an interest in energy communities, self-sufficient energy islands, decentralized renewable energy systems, and energy transition, including advanced students, graduates, researchers, faculty, current or potential energy community members, engineers, R&D personnel, consultants, industry professionals, policy makers, businesses, and investors.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Alexopoulos, Spiros

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Energieverteilung, Stromnetze
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Alternative und erneuerbare Energien
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Elektrotechnik
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Energietechnik & Elektrotechnik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Energie- & Versorgungswirtschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1: Overview

1. Introduction to Energy Communities and Self-Sufficient Energy Islands

2. Enabling Technologies and Digital Solutions for Energy Communities and Self-Sufficient Energy Islands

3. Similarities and Differences – Energy Communities and Self-Sufficient Energy Islands

4. Challenges and Limitations of Energy Efficient Communities and Self-Sufficient Islands

5. Grid Impacts - Energy Communities and Self-Sufficient Energy Islands

6. Roadmap to Energy Transition and Global Perspectives - Energy Communities and Self-Sufficient Energy Islands

Part 2: Energy Communities

7. Characteristics of Energy Communities

8. Energy Communities - Legal Framework

9. Economic Viability, Business, and Funding Models for Energy Communities

10. Social Impacts of Energy Communities

11. Strategies and Smart Tools for Engagement and Empowerment of Energy Community Members

12. Environmental Impacts of Energy Communities

13. Examples of Energy Communities

14. Sustainability and Energy Communities

Part 3: Self-Sufficient Energy Islands

15. Characteristics of Energy Islands

16. Technical Analysis, Overall Energy Balance, and Energy Performance Indicators for Energy Islands

17. Concept Development for Sustainable Energy Islands

18. Software Tools for Sustainable Energy Islands Simulation

19. Examples of Energy Concept Development for Energy Islands

20. Energy Self-Sufficiency with RES

21. Self-Sufficiency in Heating and Cooling for Energy Islands

22. Water Self-Production in Energy Islands

23. Cyclic Economy Implementation in Energy Islands

24. Examples of Self-Sufficient Energy Islands

25. Operational Management of Energy Island Systems

Part 4: Conclusion

26. Energy Communities and Self-Sufficient Energy Islands – Executive Summary and Future Development

Über Autor(innen)

Alexopoulos, Spiros
Prof. Spiros Alexopoulos works in the Faculty of Energy Technology at the FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences, in Germany. He received his PhD in mechanical engineering from the University of Siegen, Germany (2003). He worked as a Doctoral Researcher at the Institute of Thermal Thermodynamics, Solar Research, German Aerospace Center, Köln-Porz, before moving to FH Aachen, where he has been a Research Associate at the Solar-Institut Jülich (2005-10), Head of the Regenerative Systems Department (from 2011), and then a Professor since 2014. Prof. Alexopoulos is also Head of the Laboratory for Thermodynamics and since 2015 has been a member of the board of directors of the institute, in which he coordinates international research projects with industrial partners. His research interests include solar thermal systems, (hybrid) solar tower power plants, water desalination using solar energy, and energy solutions for the Mediterranean region. He is an experienced lecturer, teaching in thermodynamics, turbomachinery for energy systems, energy communities, and autarkic island systems.