Integrating load profiling and multi-objective optimisation: An open-source tool for the design of renewable energy communities

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Issue		E3S Web Conf. Volume 710, 2026 54^th AiCARR International Congress “Decarbonising our Future: Energy, Economic and Social Aspects of Smarter and Digitalized Buildings and Cities”


Article Number		04004
Number of page(s)		13
Section		Digitalization and Smart Performance Management
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202671004004
Published online		07 May 2026

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