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Large-scale evaluation of the suitability of buildings for photovoltaic integration: Case study in Greater Geneva

Thebault, Martin
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Desthieux, Gilles
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Castello, Roberto  
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June 15, 2022
Applied Energy

In the context of a rapid and massive deployment or renewable energy and in particular solar photovoltaic, it is necessary to develop methods and tools to guide this deployment. To this end, this work proposes a multicriteria approach for evaluating the suitability of a building to be equipped with photovoltaic (PV) systems (PV suitability). In the present case, technical (roof complexity), economic (payback period), environmental (CO2 reduction), energetic (self-consumption), as well as social (heritage constraint) criteria are considered. These criteria are evaluated for each building of the Greater Geneva Agglomeration (GGA), a cross-border French-Swiss territory of nearly 270 000 buildings. A multicriteria method, ELECTRE TRI, makes it possible to sort these buildings into three categories, A, B, and C, that correspond to "very high, " "high, "and "moderate "PV suitabilities, respectively. Large differences are observed within the 210 municipalities of the GGA since some of them have almost no A-ranked buildings whereas others comprise more than 70% of these buildings. It is shown that, by prioritizing the A-ranked buildings, almost 50% of the annual electricity consumption of the Geneva Canton could be produced by PV systems. Finally, the method developed here offers a decision-aiding tool that could be used at a territory scale to achieve energy transition goals in terms of solar PV deployment.

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research article
DOI
10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.119127
Web of Science ID

WOS:000796007900004

Author(s)
Thebault, Martin
Desthieux, Gilles
Castello, Roberto  
Berrah, Lamia
Date Issued

2022-06-15

Publisher

ELSEVIER SCI LTD

Published in
Applied Energy
Volume

316

Article Number

119127

Subjects

Energy & Fuels

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Engineering, Chemical

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Engineering

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multicriteria decision aiding

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gis

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electre tri

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photovoltaic

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pv suitability

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urban solar

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energy planning

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renewable energy-systems

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solar-energy

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self-consumption

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model

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June 6, 2022
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