An innovative approach for estimating energy demand and supply to inform local energy transitions

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dc.contributor.authorMcGookin, Connor
dc.contributor.authorÓ Gallachóir, Brian P.
dc.contributor.authorByrne, Edmond P.
dc.contributor.funderScience Foundation Irelanden
dc.contributor.funderESB Networksen
dc.contributor.funderNational Science Foundationen
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-26T14:38:35Z
dc.date.available2022-10-26T14:38:35Z
dc.date.issued2021-08
dc.date.updated2022-10-26T14:18:16Z
dc.description.abstractA vital first step for regional energy transitions is to develop an understanding of the current energy balance and related carbon dioxide emissions. However, there is a lack of clarity within existing literature on how best to determine a complete regional energy balance including industry, residential, services, agriculture, and transport sectors. This paper identifies four key limitations in the literature: overreliance on simple population-based proportioning, a narrow focus on building energy, subsequent omission of transport energy in the majority of studies and a lack of transparency in a significant number of studies. This paper proposes a novel conceptual framework to address these gaps using a combination of local energy usage indicators and national unit energy consumption statistics. The authors apply this multi-dimensional approach to a rural case study region, carefully examining the range of energy usage indicators in each sector before selecting the most suitable. The results quantitatively demonstrate the value of this approach, with the final energy demand in some sectors varying by as much as double or threefold compared with a population weighting. Focusing on the socio-economic drivers of energy demand in this manner provides useful insights into the local context that defines the energy system.en
dc.description.sponsorshipUS-Ireland R, D & D Partnership Programme, Science Foundation Ireland, National Science Foundation (Grant number 16/US-C2C/3290); Dingle Peninsula 2030 Partnershipen
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.articleid120731en
dc.identifier.citationMcGookin, C., Ó Gallachóir, B. P. and Byrne, E. P. (2021) 'An innovative approach for estimating energy demand and supply to inform local energy transitions', Energy, 229, 120731, (12pp). doi: 10.1016/j.energy.2021.120731en
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.energy.2021.120731en
dc.identifier.endpage12en
dc.identifier.issn0360-5442
dc.identifier.journaltitleEnergyen
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/13789
dc.identifier.volume229en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherElsevieren
dc.relation.projectinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/SFI/SFI Research Centres/12/RC/2302/IE/Marine Renewable Energy Ireland (MaREI) - The SFI Centre for Marine Renewable Energy Research/en
dc.rights© 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectCity scaleen
dc.subjectSystemen
dc.subjectCommunitiesen
dc.subjectLevelen
dc.subjectPotentialsen
dc.subjectDecisionsen
dc.subjectRegionsen
dc.subjectContexten
dc.subjectAutarkyen
dc.subjectCitiesen
dc.titleAn innovative approach for estimating energy demand and supply to inform local energy transitionsen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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