Rahul B. Hiremath

TL;DR: In this article, the authors give an overview of different decentralized energy models used worldwide, their approaches and their applications along with a few emerging energy models, and explain the need of DEP and shows how different types of energy planning and optimization models, supply demand models, regional models, resource models and neural models have been carried, adopted and applied at decentralized level.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors build on the background of available literature and suggest the need for benchmarking indicator-based approach in a given urban area and incorporating various local issues, thus enhancing the long-term sustainability of cities which can be developed by introducing sustainability indicators into the urban planning process.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the important decentralised renewable energy options, related case studies of successful deployment of renewable energy technologies in India and resulting lessons learnt is presented, which shows the feasibility of decentralised energy options for the residential and small scale applications in a village or a cluster of villages.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used goal-programming method in order to analyze the DEP through bottom-up approach, which includes planning from the lowest scale of Tumkur district in India.

TL;DR: In this article, a case study of a typical district from India namely Tumkur shows that optimal production of bioenergy can be achieved by using the wasteland present in the area.