Characterizing Positive Energy District (PED) through a Preliminary Review of 60 Existing Projects in Europe

Characterizing Positive Energy District (PED) through a Preliminary Review of 60 Existing Projects in Europe

Positive Energy District (PED) is recently proposed to be an integral part of a district/urban energy system with a corresponding positive influence. Thus, the PED concept could become the key solution to energy system transition towards carbon neutrality. This paper intends to report and visualize...

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Published in:Buildings (Basel) Vol. 11; no. 8; p. 318
Main Authors: Zhang, Xingxing, Penaka, Santhan, Giriraj, Samhita, Sánchez, Maria, Civiero, Paolo, Vandevyvere, Han
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Basel MDPI AG 01-08-2021
Subjects:
Alternative energy sources
Carbon
characterization
Dashboards
Data mining
District heating
Energy
Energy consumption
Energy transition
Finance
Financing
Geothermal energy
Green buildings
PED
Renewable energy
Renewable resources
Research methodology
review
Simulation
Solar energy
text mining
Urban planning
Europe
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Summary:Positive Energy District (PED) is recently proposed to be an integral part of a district/urban energy system with a corresponding positive influence. Thus, the PED concept could become the key solution to energy system transition towards carbon neutrality. This paper intends to report and visualize the initial analytical results of 60 existing PED projects in Europe about their main characteristics, including geographical information, spatial-temporal scale, energy concepts, building archetypes, finance source, keywords, finance model and challenges/barriers. As a result, a dedicated date base is developed and it could be further expanded/interoperated through an interactive dashboard. It is found that Norway and Italy have the most PED projects so far. Many PED projects state a ‘yearly’ time scale while nearly 1/3 projects have less than 0.2 km2 area in terms of spatial scale. The private investment together with regional/national grants is commonly observed. A mixture of residential, commercial and office/social buildings are found. The most common renewable energy systems include solar energy, district heating/cooling, wind and geothermal energy. Challenges and barriers for PED related projects vary from the planning stage to the implementation stage. Furthermore, the text mining approach is applied to examine the keywords or concentrations of PED-related projects at different stages. These preliminary results are expected to give useful guidance for future PED definitions and proposals of ‘reference PED’.
ISSN:2075-5309
2075-5309
DOI:10.3390/buildings11080318