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Exploring Planning Support Systems For Geothermal Resources In Enschede, The Netherlands
Wong, Yong Bin (2025) Exploring Planning Support Systems For Geothermal Resources In Enschede, The Netherlands.
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| Abstract: | Energy transition is a super wicked problem characterised by complex socioeconomic, technological and cultural considerations. Lack of community engagement contributes to low social acceptance and slow adoption of renewable energy projects, especially in subsurface developments, where public acceptability in the Netherlands is lowered following Groningen gasquakes. Participatory planning could mitigate local resistance to renewable energy development and, thus, could be valuable for the realisation of geothermal projects. However, there are only limited tools available to support the planning of geothermal energy projects. This calls for an investigation into Planning Support Systems (PSS) to support participatory planning processes of geothermal initiatives, facilitating knowledge exchange and consensus building among stakeholders within the Dutch city of Enschede. To examine the design of a PSS implemented for geothermal energy planning, we conducted a literature review of reported PSS applications and semi-structured interviews with identified key stakeholders who intend to use such applications for geothermal resource planning. This paper systematically reviews a total of 23 studies, gaining state-of-the-art knowledge about existing digital support technologies applied to renewable energy planning and geothermal infrastructure development. Based on an inductive thematic analysis of five interviews, major themes and factors concerning geothermal energy planning were identified. Agile user stories derived from interview responses, together with the use of design knowledge, conceptualise user requirements as PSS design criteria for geothermal energy planning. While these results provide a preliminary attempt at designing a PSS tool for professionals in geothermal energy planning, future work is needed to develop an effective tool for public engagement of citizen participation in the decision-making process. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Master) |
| Faculty: | ITC: Faculty of Geo-information Science and Earth Observation |
| Subject: | 38 earth sciences, 70 social sciences in general, 74 (human) geography, cartography, town and country planning, demography, 88 social and public administration |
| Programme: | Spatial Engineering MSc (60962) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/107305 |
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