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Article: The effect of urban morphology on the solar capacity of three-dimensional cities

TitleThe effect of urban morphology on the solar capacity of three-dimensional cities
Authors
KeywordsSolar energy
3D solar cities
Solar capacity
Urban morphology
Issue Date2020
PublisherPergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/renene
Citation
Renewable Energy, 2020, v. 153, p. 1111-1126 How to Cite?
AbstractAs a clean and renewable resource, solar energy is increasingly being used to relieve the pressures on environmental protection and the exhaustion of conventional energy. Although photovoltaic modules have been installed in many cities, the lack of quantitative mapping of the annual solar energy potential of urban surfaces hinders the effective utilization of solar energy. Herein, we provide a solar irradiation estimation solution for three-dimensional (3D) cities to quantify annual irradiations on urban envelopes and to investigate the effect of urban morphology on the resulting solar capacity. By modelling urban surfaces as 3D point clouds, annual irradiations of the point clouds were estimated. An empirical investigation across ten cities suggests that urban areas at lower latitudes tend to have larger values of annual irradiation; moreover, an area having greater building heights consistently has the largest third quartile of irradiation compared with lower buildings in the same city. Conversely, areas with many low buildings have a larger proportion of usable areas; in this arrangement, façades can optimally utilize solar energy, meaning that large irradiations are concentrated on certain façades. The Pearson correlation coefficients between solar capacity and urban morphology indices suggest that urban morphology has an important effect on solar capacity.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/281259
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2023 Impact Factor: 9.0
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.923
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dc.contributor.authorZhu, R-
dc.contributor.authorWong, MS-
dc.contributor.authorYou, L-
dc.contributor.authorSanti, P-
dc.contributor.authorNichol, J-
dc.contributor.authorHo, HC-
dc.contributor.authorLu, L-
dc.contributor.authorRatti, C-
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-09T09:52:12Z-
dc.date.available2020-03-09T09:52:12Z-
dc.date.issued2020-
dc.identifier.citationRenewable Energy, 2020, v. 153, p. 1111-1126-
dc.identifier.issn0960-1481-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/281259-
dc.description.abstractAs a clean and renewable resource, solar energy is increasingly being used to relieve the pressures on environmental protection and the exhaustion of conventional energy. Although photovoltaic modules have been installed in many cities, the lack of quantitative mapping of the annual solar energy potential of urban surfaces hinders the effective utilization of solar energy. Herein, we provide a solar irradiation estimation solution for three-dimensional (3D) cities to quantify annual irradiations on urban envelopes and to investigate the effect of urban morphology on the resulting solar capacity. By modelling urban surfaces as 3D point clouds, annual irradiations of the point clouds were estimated. An empirical investigation across ten cities suggests that urban areas at lower latitudes tend to have larger values of annual irradiation; moreover, an area having greater building heights consistently has the largest third quartile of irradiation compared with lower buildings in the same city. Conversely, areas with many low buildings have a larger proportion of usable areas; in this arrangement, façades can optimally utilize solar energy, meaning that large irradiations are concentrated on certain façades. The Pearson correlation coefficients between solar capacity and urban morphology indices suggest that urban morphology has an important effect on solar capacity.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherPergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/renene-
dc.relation.ispartofRenewable Energy-
dc.subjectSolar energy-
dc.subject3D solar cities-
dc.subjectSolar capacity-
dc.subjectUrban morphology-
dc.titleThe effect of urban morphology on the solar capacity of three-dimensional cities-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.emailHo, HC: hcho21@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.authorityHo, HC=rp02482-
dc.description.naturelink_to_subscribed_fulltext-
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.renene.2020.02.050-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-85080071845-
dc.identifier.hkuros309333-
dc.identifier.volume153-
dc.identifier.spage1111-
dc.identifier.epage1126-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000536952200091-
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom-
dc.identifier.issnl0960-1481-

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