r.green - GRASS Manual

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r.green - Toolset for computing the residual energy potential of different renewable energies like biomass or hydropower

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DESCRIPTION

The r.green suite computes the residual energy potential of different renewable energies like biomass, ground source heat pumps, or hydropower.

The tool is organized in the module groups:

r.green.biomassfor - computes the energy potential of biomass from the forestry residues
r.green.gshp - computes the Ground Source Heat Pump potential
r.green.hydro - computes the hydropower potential

for which are composed of several programs considering different limits (e.g. theoretical, recommended, legal, technical, ecological and economic constraints).
These different scenarios can be compared so that the residual energy potential and the suitable places for constructing a new power plant can be identified.

All the modules of the tool r.green can be installed in GRASS GIS as following (see also r.green.install):

g.extension r.green

NOTES

The basis for creating the modules to calculate the energy potential is shown in the following image:

energy potential modelling

REFERENCES

Garegnani, G., Geri, F., Zambelli, P., Grilli, G., Sacchelli, S., Paletto, A., Curetti, G., Ciolli, M., Vettorato, D. (2015). A new open source DSS for assessment and planning of renewable energy: r. green. Proceedings of FOSS4G Europe, Como, 14-17. (PDF)
Garegnani, G., Zambelli, P., Geri, F., Gros, J., D'Alonzo, V., Grilli, G., Sacchelli, S., Balest, J. Curetti, G., Paletto, A., Ciolli, M., Vettorato, D. (2015): Evaluation of renewable energy potential in Pilot Areas: a Decision Support System. (PDF)

AUTHOR

For authors and references, please refer to the respective module of r.green.

SOURCE CODE

Available at: r.green source code (history)

Latest change: Monday Jun 22 12:53:40 2026 in commit: 425b037ef1e9b0e72e14a0db5b7ba685ba4c21a4