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Automated registration of potential locations for solar energy production with Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR) and small format photogrammetry

Szabó, Szilárd and Enyedi, Péter and Horváth, Miklós and Kovács, Zoltán and Burai, Péter and Csoknyai, Tamás and Szabó, Gergely (2016) Automated registration of potential locations for solar energy production with Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR) and small format photogrammetry. JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION, 112 (5). pp. 3820-3829. ISSN 0959-6526

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Abstract

Energy production and consumption is a key element in future development which is influenced both by the technical possibilities available and by decision makers. Sustainability issues are closely linked in with energy policy, given the desire to increase the proportion of renewable energy. According to the Horizon 2020 climate and energy package, European Union (EU) member countries have to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases they emit by 20%, to increase the proportion of renewable energy to 20% and to improve energy efficiency by 20% by 2020. In this study we aim to assess the opportunities available to exploit solar radiation on roofs with Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR) and photogrammetry techniques. The surveyed area was in Debrecen, the second largest city in Hungary. An aerial LiDAR survey was conducted with a density of 12 points/m2, over a 7 × 1.8 km wide band. We extracted the building and roof models of the buildings from the point cloud. Furthermore, we applied a low-cost drone (DJI Phantom with a GoPro camera) in a smaller area of the LiDAR survey and also created a 3D model: buildings and roof planes were identified with multiresolution segmentation of the digital surface models (DSM) and orthophoto coverages. Building heights and building geometry were also extracted and validated in field surveys. 50 buildings were chosen for the geodetic survey and the results of the accuracy assessment were extrapolated to other buildings; in addition to this, 100 building heights were measured. We focused primarily on the roofs, as these surfaces offer possible locations for thermal and photovoltaic equipment. We determined the slope and aspect of roof planes and calculated the incoming solar energy according to roof planes before comparing the results of the point cloud processing of LiDAR data and the segmentation of DSMs. Extracted roof geometries showed varying degrees of accuracy: the research proved that LiDAR-based roof-modelling is the best choice in residential areas, but the results of the drone survey did not differ significantly. Generally, both approaches can be applied, because the solar radiation values calculated were similar. The aerial techniques combined with the multiresolution processing demonstrated can provide a valuable tool to estimate potential solar energy.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Roof planeSolar irradiationPoint cloudMultiresolution segmentationDrone
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation / földrajz, antropológia, kikapcsolódás > GA Mathematical geography. Cartography / földméréstan, geodézia, térképészet
G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation / földrajz, antropológia, kikapcsolódás > GB Physical geography / leíró földrajz
T Technology / alkalmazott, műszaki tudományok > TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering / környezetvédelem, hulladékkezelés, egészségügyi mérnöki technika (ivóvízellátási és szennyvízkezelési technika)
Depositing User: Dr Szilárd Szabó
Date Deposited: 06 Sep 2018 07:36
Last Modified: 06 Sep 2018 07:36
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/83187

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