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Smart Energy Systems

One of the key objectives with the EnergyPLAN tool is to aid in the design of 100% renewable energy systems. Since the development of EnergyPLAN began back in the year 2000, the concept of a 100% renewable energy system has evolved significantly. We define the most recent concept as a Smart Energy System, which is most recently based on the outputs of the CEESA project.

A Smart Energy System is defined by the following key principals:

• It is a 100% renewable energy system
• It consumes a sustainable level of bioenergy
• It utilises the synergies in the energy system to maximise efficiency and reduce costs
• It is affordable. In other words, it does not significantly increase the cost of energy compared to a fossil fuel based energy system (sometimes it can reduce the cost and maximum increases of up to 10-15% are expected)

 http://www.energyplan.eu/smartenergysystems/