Land-based, utility-scale renewable energy (RE) systems using wind or solar resources to generate electricity is becoming a decisive solution to meet long-term carbon emission reduction goals. Local governments are responding in kind, by adopting their own goals and/or establishing policies to facilitate successful implementations of RE in their jurisdiction. One factor to successful RE development is to locate the most suitable lands, while continuing to sustain land-based economies and ecosystem services. Local governments often have limited resources; and this is especially true for small, land-constrained local governments. In this paper, we illustrate how a standardized RE technical mapping framework can be used by local governments to advance the implementation of RE in land-constrained areas, through a case study in the Town of Canmore, Alberta. Canmore has a limited municipal area surrounded by the Canadian Rockies, along with complex land-use bylaw and environmentally sensitive habitats. This mapping framework accounts for these conditions as it considers theoretical resources, technically recoverable lands, legally accessible lands, and the spatial capital cost of connecting new RE facilities. Different land-use planning scenarios are considered including changing setback buffers and expanding restrictions on development to all environmentally sensitive districts. The total RE potentials are then estimated based on the least-conflict lands. Technically speaking, even under restrictive land suitability scenarios, Canmore holds enough land to achieve ambitious RE targets, but opportunities and challenges to implementation remain. To eventually succeed in its long-term emission reduction goal, the most decisive step for Canmore is to balance the growth of energy demands, land-use changes, and practicable RE development. Mapping systems that can study the influence of land-use planning decisions on RE potential are critical to achieving this balance.

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整合土地使用和可再生能源规划决策：地方政府技术制图指南

使用风能或太阳能来发电的陆基，公用事业规模的可再生能源（RE）系统正成为实现长期碳减排目标的决定性解决方案。地方政府通过采取自己的目标和/或制定政策来促进在其管辖范围内成功实施可再生能源，以实物应对。成功开发可再生能源的因素之一是找到最合适的土地，同时继续维持陆上经济和生态系统服务。地方政府通常资源有限；对于土地有限的小型地方政府来说尤其如此。在本文中，我们通过在Canmore镇进行的案例研究，说明了地方政府如何使用标准化的RE技术制图框架来促进土地受限地区的RE实施。艾伯塔省。坎莫尔（Canmore）有一个有限的市政区域，被加拿大落基山脉（Canadian Rockies）所包围，还有复杂的土地使用法规和对环境敏感的栖息地。该映射框架考虑了这些条件，因为它考虑了理论资源，技术上可收回的土地，合法可利用的土地以及连接新的RE设施的空间资本成本。考虑了不同的土地利用规划方案，包括更改挫折缓冲区和将对发展的限制扩大到所有对环境敏感的地区。然后根据冲突最少的土地估算总RE潜力。从技术上讲，即使在土地适用性受限的情况下，坎莫尔仍拥有足够的土地来实现雄心勃勃的可再生能源目标，但实施的机会和挑战依然存在。为了最终实现其长期减排目标，坎莫尔最决定性的步骤是平衡能源需求的增长，土地用途的变化和切实可行的可再生能源发展。可以研究土地利用规划决策对可再生能源潜力的影响的制图系统对于实现这种平衡至关重要。