Energies (Oct 2021)
FAIR Metadata Standards for Low Carbon Energy Research—A Review of Practices and How to Advance
- August Wierling,
- Valeria Jana Schwanitz,
- Sebnem Altinci,
- Maria Bałazińska,
- Michael J. Barber,
- Mehmet Efe Biresselioglu,
- Christopher Burger-Scheidlin,
- Massimo Celino,
- Muhittin Hakan Demir,
- Richard Dennis,
- Nicolas Dintzner,
- Adel el Gammal,
- Carlos M. Fernández-Peruchena,
- Winston Gilcrease,
- Paweł Gładysz,
- Carsten Hoyer-Klick,
- Kevin Joshi,
- Mariusz Kruczek,
- David Lacroix,
- Małgorzata Markowska,
- Rafael Mayo-García,
- Robbie Morrison,
- Manfred Paier,
- Giuseppe Peronato,
- Mahendranath Ramakrishnan,
- Janeita Reid,
- Alessandro Sciullo,
- Berfu Solak,
- Demet Suna,
- Wolfgang Süß,
- Astrid Unger,
- Maria Luisa Fernandez Vanoni,
- Nikola Vasiljevic
Affiliations
- August Wierling
- Department of Environmental Sciences, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, 6856 Sogndal, Norway
- Valeria Jana Schwanitz
- Department of Environmental Sciences, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, 6856 Sogndal, Norway
- Sebnem Altinci
- Sustainable Energy Division, Izmir University of Economics, Balçova, Izmir 35330, Turkey
- Maria Bałazińska
- Central Mining Institute, 40-166 Katowice, Poland
- Michael J. Barber
- AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, 1210 Vienna, Austria
- Mehmet Efe Biresselioglu
- Sustainable Energy Division, Izmir University of Economics, Balçova, Izmir 35330, Turkey
- Christopher Burger-Scheidlin
- AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, 1210 Vienna, Austria
- Massimo Celino
- ENEA Agenzia Nazionale per le Nuove Tecnologie, l’energia e lo Sviluppo Economico Sostenibile, 00196 Roma, Italy
- Muhittin Hakan Demir
- Sustainable Energy Division, Izmir University of Economics, Balçova, Izmir 35330, Turkey
- Richard Dennis
- Copenhagen University Library, University of Copenhagen, 1165 Copenhagen, Denmark
- Nicolas Dintzner
- Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology, 2628 ZC Delft, The Netherlands
- Adel el Gammal
- European Energy Research Alliance, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium
- Carlos M. Fernández-Peruchena
- CENER National Renewable Energy Center, Sarriguren, 31621 Navarra, Spain
- Winston Gilcrease
- Dipartimento di Culture, Politica e Società, University of Turin, 10153 Torino, Italy
- Paweł Gładysz
- Faculty of Energy and Fuels, AGH University of Science and Technology, 30-059 Kraków, Poland
- Carsten Hoyer-Klick
- German Aerospace Center, Department of Energy Systems Analysis, Institute of Networked Energy Systems, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
- Kevin Joshi
- Centre for Urban Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400076, India
- Mariusz Kruczek
- Central Mining Institute, 40-166 Katowice, Poland
- David Lacroix
- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, LEMTA, F-54000 Nancy, France
- Małgorzata Markowska
- Central Mining Institute, 40-166 Katowice, Poland
- Rafael Mayo-García
- CIEMAT Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, 28040 Madrid, Spain
- Robbie Morrison
- Independent Researcher, 10627 Berlin, Germany
- Manfred Paier
- AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, 1210 Vienna, Austria
- Giuseppe Peronato
- Idiap Research Institute, 1920 Martigny, Switzerland
- Mahendranath Ramakrishnan
- Reiner Lemoine Institut, 12489 Berlin, Germany
- Janeita Reid
- Fraunhofer Institute for Energy Economics and Energy System Technology, University of Kassel, 34109 Kassel, Germany
- Alessandro Sciullo
- Dipartimento di Culture, Politica e Società, University of Turin, 10153 Torino, Italy
- Berfu Solak
- Sustainable Energy Division, Izmir University of Economics, Balçova, Izmir 35330, Turkey
- Demet Suna
- AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, 1210 Vienna, Austria
- Wolfgang Süß
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Automation and Applied Informatics, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
- Astrid Unger
- AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, 1210 Vienna, Austria
- Maria Luisa Fernandez Vanoni
- European Energy Research Alliance, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium
- Nikola Vasiljevic
- Department of Wind Energy, Technical University of Denmark, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/en14206692
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 14,
no. 20
p. 6692
Abstract
The principles of Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reusability (FAIR) have been put forward to guide optimal sharing of data. The potential for industrial and social innovation is vast. Domain-specific metadata standards are crucial in this context, but are widely missing in the energy sector. This report provides a collaborative response from the low carbon energy research community for addressing the necessity of advancing FAIR metadata standards. We review and test existing metadata practices in the domain based on a series of community workshops. We reflect the perspectives of energy data stakeholders. The outcome is reported in terms of challenges and elicits recommendations for advancing FAIR metadata standards in the energy domain across a broad spectrum of stakeholders.
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