Sustainable urban transformations based on integrated microgrid designs

IF 25.7 1区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Nature Sustainability Pub Date : 2024-07-16 DOI:10.1038/s41893-024-01395-7

Sadeeb S. Ottenburger, Rob Cox, Badrul H. Chowdhury, Dmytro Trybushnyi, Ehmedi Al Omar, Sujay A. Kaloti, Ulrich Ufer, Witold-R. Poganietz, Weijia Liu, Evgenia Deines, Tim O. Müller, Stella Möhrle, Wolfgang Raskob

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The impacts of natural hazards on infrastructure, enhanced by climate change, are increasingly more severe emphasizing the necessity of resilient energy grids. Microgrids, tailored energy systems for specific neighbourhoods and districts, play a pivotal role in sustaining energy supply during main grid outages. These solutions not only mitigate economic losses and well-being disruptions against escalating hazards but also enhance city resilience in alignment with Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11. However, disregarding socioeconomic factors in defining microgrid boundaries risks perpetuating inequalities and impeding progress towards other SDG 11 targets, including fair democratic participation. Our approach integrates social and technical indicators to bolster urban microgrid planning. Through a case study in a US county, we illustrate how integrated microgrid planning effectively intertwines urban resilience, well-being and equity while promoting sustainable development. This study underscores the importance of integrated microgrid planning for sustainable and resilient urban transformation amid environmental and societal challenges. Improving the resilience of energy systems to natural hazards cannot rely only on strengthening technical aspects of energy grids. This study shows how integrating technical and socioeconomic dimensions in the design of microgrids can enhance the resilience and equity of energy systems and promote well-being.

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基于综合微电网设计的可持续城市转型

气候变化加剧了自然灾害对基础设施的影响，这种影响日趋严重，强调了建立弹性能源网的必要性。微电网是为特定社区和地区量身定制的能源系统，在主电网断电期间维持能源供应方面发挥着关键作用。这些解决方案不仅能减少经济损失和福祉中断，抵御不断升级的灾害，还能提高城市的抗灾能力，与可持续发展目标（SDG）11 保持一致。然而，如果在确定微电网边界时忽视社会经济因素，就有可能导致不平等现象长期存在，并阻碍在实现可持续发展目标 11 的其他具体目标（包括公平民主参与）方面取得进展。我们的方法整合了社会和技术指标，以支持城市微电网规划。通过对美国某县的案例研究，我们说明了综合微电网规划如何在促进可持续发展的同时，有效地将城市复原力、福祉和公平性结合在一起。这项研究强调了综合微电网规划对于在环境和社会挑战中实现可持续和弹性城市转型的重要性。提高能源系统抵御自然灾害的能力不能仅仅依靠加强能源网的技术方面。本研究表明，在微电网设计中整合技术和社会经济层面，可以提高能源系统的复原力和公平性，并促进福祉。

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Nature Sustainability Energy-Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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1.10%

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159

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