Module II: Modeling urban energy requirements

This module simulates urban energy requirements (consumption and generation). The spatio-temporal electricity consumption and renewable energy generation from PV and wind, in the defined urban area are modeled. This component models the combined spatial parameters of urban geometries (Module I) and links them to real-world applications using GIS. Here, a bottom-up simulation approach is developed to calculate local urban electricity demand and power generation from available renewable energy resources. For instance, using open source datasets like Standardised Load Profiles and publicly available weather data. Figure 4 shows the generated quarter-hourly time series of the aggregated load and PV power supply profile for investigated case study.

Simulated electricity consumption (green) and solar power generation (red) for the city of Oldenburg.