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Renewable Energy Use for Buildings Decarbonization Causes Inequity in Consumers? Comparative Analysis of Spain, Mexico, and Colombia

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العنوان: Renewable Energy Use for Buildings Decarbonization Causes Inequity in Consumers? Comparative Analysis of Spain, Mexico, and Colombia
المؤلفون: Iván Valencia-Salazar, Elisa Peñalvo-López, Vicente León-Martínez, Joaquín Montañana-Romeu
المصدر: Buildings, Vol 14, Iss 3, p 665 (2024)
بيانات النشر: MDPI AG
سنة النشر: 2024
المجموعة: Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles
مصطلحات موضوعية: building decarbonization, distributed renewable energy sources, equity, electric tariffs, net metering, net billing, Building construction, TH1-9745
الوصف: Building decarbonization strategy with Distributed renewable energy sources (DRES) is applied and extended worldwide for its climate change mitigation benefits, however, it generates debate regarding equity in sharing electric system operation costs. To analyze DRES effects on equity, it is conducted a case study, in which same residential consumer is evaluated in three different markets (Spain, Mexico, Colombia). We analyze not only electrical system technical variables, but we also include society’s economic, social, technological, and environmental characteristics. Next, energy, economic, and environmental benefits are obtained in each the three case studies, analyzing the impact of using DERS on equity to recover electric system operating costs. We also evaluate whether tariff mechanisms are equitable to motivate all consumers participation, as well as whether all consumers have equal opportunity for using DERS. We conclude that tariff mechanisms in Mexico and Colombia lead to inequity to recover market operating costs, favoring large consumers with high incomes. Furthermore, tariff mechanisms discourage the use of DERS by small and medium consumers due to economic, social, and technological aspects. In Spain, inequity arises due to increased difficulty for some consumers to use DERS, i.e., consumers in apartment buildings.
نوع الوثيقة: article in journal/newspaper
اللغة: English
تدمد: 2075-5309
Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/14/3/665; https://doaj.org/toc/2075-5309; https://doaj.org/article/e10fa3ffb0e844459d6b8ee759082be4
DOI: 10.3390/buildings14030665
الاتاحة: https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings14030665
https://doaj.org/article/e10fa3ffb0e844459d6b8ee759082be4
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.FD72B94F
قاعدة البيانات: BASE
الوصف
تدمد:20755309
DOI:10.3390/buildings14030665