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Electricity Consumption of the
Built Environment
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Housing
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Housing
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Baseline consumption level
Full Project Consumption level
total
Figure 5.
Contribution to electricity end-use reduction for the three segments of the built
environment (single family housing, multi-family housing, and the non-residential
sector.
LuxSEF and a “Solar Luxembourg”
A phased plan for a “Solar Luxembourg” could similarly be deployed in a ten-year timeframe
with five increments of 20%. Full Project potential, Phase 1 potential, and generation level can
be calculated. To allow for comparison, earlier obtained results for Amsterdam and Munich are
given as well. 231 Using the solar city assessment framework developed by FREE 232 , many of the
assumptions held by Fraunhofer were used, with the exception of:
Unlike the two Fraunhofer studies, which both used 15% efficient PV modules in their
calculation, we used 20% efficiency levels here. 20% efficiency is in line with current
state-of-the-art in the market and a large-scale deployment as envisaged under a PV
bond offering within a SEF strategy should be able to negotiate high quality PV panels. 233
The framework reduces the Full Project potential estimate as it additionally takes into
account panel-to-panel shading effects and tilt angles of the PV modules.
The estimated Full Project potential stands at 1.38 GWp. It is clear that a significant potential
exists within Luxembourg a solar PV deployment would yield approximately 1.35 TWh of
231 See Byrne et al. (2016).
232 See Byrne et al. (2015)
233 See Byrne et al. (2016)
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