The Smart Islands method for defining energy planning scenarios on islands

Islands represent areas where it is possible to have a clear overview of resources and needs over a large
number of sectors. Because of this, the developed energy planning scenarios on the islands should reflect
the possibility of meeting local needs with available resources of a wide range of sectors. This is often not
the case in the current studies that analyse only a limited number of sectors. The developed method
automatically combines needs and resources based on the quantitative indicators and generates energy
planning scenarios with precisely defined types and the capacities of required technologies. The results
show that the Smart Islands method provides 7 energy planning scenarios for Krk island with different
technology mixes. The case study for Vis island is considered for cases with and without electrical
interconnection. When the interconnection is not considered, the method suggests a 5.42 MWh battery
system for maintaining grid stability. The results indicate that the Smart Islands method can be applied
to islands with different characteristics as well as suggest optimal energy planning scenarios while
meeting needs with local resources.