Here, you will find a structured overview of WINTER project’s publications in journals and conference proceedings, along with the necessary details:
Title: Projekt WINTER „Interaktywne narzędzie internetowe do zarządzania dla regionów węglowych w okresie przejściowym” / Project WINTER – Web INTEractive management tool for coal Regions in transition
Authors: Barbara Rogosz, Jacek Szczepiński, Aleksandra Szwaja, Adam Bajcar
Journal: Węgiel Brunatny (Warszawa)
Journal Number: 1/122
Url: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14022805
Abstract: The European Union’s Green Deal policy assumes Europe will achieve climate neutrality by 2050. This is associated with the process of energy transformation and decarbonisation, which for regions based on and significantly dependent on the coal industry is a huge challenge and creates the need to look for new directions, opportunities and solutions. It is important to implement changes in such a way that they have the least negative impact on the labor market, the regional and national economy, as well as the local community and that they are fair. These issues were addressed in the WINTER project “Interactive web-based tool for management for coal regions in transition”, financed by the European Commission from the Research Fund for Coal and Steel. (GA 101057228)
Title: Projekt WINTER: Integracja technologii geoprzestrzennej na rzecz zrównoważonej transformacji energetycznej w regionach węglowych
Authors: Aleksandra Szwaja, Barbara Rogosz, Jacek Szczepiński, Adam Bajcar, Konstantina Pyrgaki, Pavlos Krassakis, Andreas Karavias
Journal: GÓRNICTWO ODKRYWKOWE
Journal Number: 1/2024
Url: https://www.igo.wroc.pl/pl/rocznik-2024/gornictwo-odkrywkowe-rocznik-lxv-1-2024
Abstract: The article presents an interactive online platform for effective management of transformation in coal regions in the transition period, created as a part of the WINTER project, financed by the Research Found for Coal and Steel. It has been developed to be successfully used by local authorities and stakeholders in the coal sector, as well as to be extendable to other areas facing similar challenges.
Title: “Projekt WINTER: Integracja technologii geoprzestrzennej na rzecz zrównoważonej transformacji energetycznej w regionach węglowych”
Authors: Aleksandra Szwaja, Barbara Rogosz, Jacek Szczepiński, Adam Bajcar, Konstantina Pyrgaki, Pavlos Krassakis, Andreas Karavias
Conference Proceedings: ABSTRAKTY XXIV Seminarium z cyklu „Metodyka rozpoznawania i dokumentowania złóż kopalin oraz geologicznej obsługi kopalń”
Url: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14024316
Abstract: The WINTER project (Web INTEractive management tool for coal Regions in transition), implemented in the framework of the Research Fund for Coal and Steel (GA 101057228), focuses on facilitating stakeholder engagement in the management, development and monitoring of energy transition in regions transitioning away from lignite mining. The main objective of the project is to develop an interactive web-based platform supporting the management of regions most affected by the energy transformation. The project examines in detail areas that represent both early (Western Macedonia in Greece and the Konin area in Poland) and advanced (Ruhr region in Germany) stages of the transition process in order to ensure broad replicability of results and best practices in other regions facing similar challenges.
Title: Projekt WINTER “Interaktywne narzędzie do zarządzania dla regionów
Authors: Barbara Rogosz, Jacek Szczepiński, Aleksandra Szwaja, Adam Bajcar
Conference Proceedings: Transformacja węgla brunatnego : Monografia
Url: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14168312
Abstract: The paper presents the goals and assumptions of the project entitled “Interactive web-based management tool for coal regions in transition” WINTER. Planned activities and expected results have been shown. The project’s structure has been indicated and the international partnership implementing the project has been presented. The main aim of the project is to develop a web interactive platform for the management of coal regions in transition.
Title: Regionales Webtool zum Managen von europäischen Kohleregionen im Wandel – Statusbericht zum EU-Projekt WINTER
Authors: CEBULA, L.; KASPERIDUS, L.; HASKE, J.; BRÜGGEMANN, J.; PYRGAKI, K.; ZAROGIANNIS, T.; ZYGOURI, E.; BATSI, A.; KRASSAKIS, P.; KARAVIAS, A.; KOUKOUZAS, N.; SZWAJA, A.; ROGOSZ, B.
Conference Proceedings: Altbergbaukolloquium. 9. und 10. November 2023
Url: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14017971
Abstract: Against the background of advancing climate change, more and more countries are in different phases of the coal phase-out – be it lignite or hard coal. For the coal phase-out regions, energy policy issues in the context of the phase-out are one aspect of many. For this reason, there is a need for innovative instruments to support regional management in order to manage transition processes in a targeted manner. In the EU-funded WINTER project, an interactive web platform is therefore being developed that brings together technical, institutional and socio-economic data in an accessible way. The holistic approach of the project includes three divergent case regions, the Ruhr area, the Konin region in Poland and the Greek Western Macedonia, in order to bundle comprehensive data and experience and thus enable transferability to other coal phase-out regions.
Title: Spatiotemporal evolution and renewable energy potential in coal regions in transition
Authors: Pyrgaki, K., Krassakis, P., Karavias, A., Zarogiannis, T., Zygouri, E., Mpatsi, A., and Koukouzas, N
Conference Proceedings: EGU24, Session ERE2.3, Spatial and temporal modelling of renewable energy systems
Url: https://zenodo.org/records/14019113
Abstract: The WINTER project, funded by the EU, aims to develop a web GIS interactive platform that will be used as a tool for the management of coal regions in transition. The platform will guide and engage stakeholders by sharing best practices and addressing transition challenges in pilot regions at different transition stages. The applied methodology involved a three-step process: 1) developing a geodatabase to import and standardize geospatial datasets; 2) training and implementing a Machine Learning (ML) approach [1]; and 3) identifying and quantifying land cover (LC) changes from 2018 to 2021. Particularly in Western Macedonia (Greece), the Amynteo mine, illustrated a green transition (Figure 1), converting mining areas to bare soil, vegetation and water bodies, indicating strong reclamation potential. In contrast, the Ptolemaida mine, still operational, illustrated minimal land cover changes. In Poland and specifically, in Konin region results highlighted mining expansion, affecting agricultural and wetland areas. On the other hand, the Kazimierz mine, which is already at a closure phase, exhibited a significant green transition, with a marked increase in vegetation land cover.
The following step was the assessment for the potential for Renewable Energy Source (RES) implementation utilizing, open-source geospatial datasets, considering factors like elevation/slope, wind speed, solar radiation, and land cover/land use were used. Scenarios were designed to identify preliminary suitable areas for Photovoltaic (PV) and Wind Parks (WP) installations. In Western Macedonia, potential sites were identified adjacent to the Ptolemaida mine limits, with a significant area suitable for PV parks. In Konin, the analysis within mine boundaries revealed similar suitability for PV and WP, showing the highest potential for RES implementation. Specifically, in Western Macedonia, the potentially suitable areas for PV was higher, up to 34% of the total studied area, in contrast to the 12%-18% range observed in Konin’s mines. Additionally, the potentially suitable sites for WP in Western Macedonia seem to be related due to geomorphological differences, whereas in Konin, the suitability analysis based on results within the boundaries of the open-pit mine.
Title: Web INTEractive management tool for coal Regions in transition
Authors: Pavlos Krassakis, Konstantina Pyrgaki, Theodoros Zarogiannis, Nikolaos Koukouzas, Barbara Rogosz, Stefan Mollerherm, Andreas Karavias, Evangelia Zygouri, Anna Batsi, Lukas Kasperidus, Laura Cebula
Conference Proceedings: 13th International Symposium on Digital Earth (ISDE 2023)
Url: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.23925180.v1
Abstract: The project WINTER, funded by the European Research Fund for Coal and Steel (RFCS) started in July 2022. The main aim of the project is to develop a web-interactive platform for the management of coal regions in transition to provide guidance and facilitate stakeholder engagement, by identifying and highlighting the available information that is required to improve the current transition plans for the pilot coal transition regions. Local authorities and coal industry stakeholders will be able to utilise the developed user-friendly web-based management tool and implement it on other regions with similar concerns. The project’s results will contribute to the repurposing of closed and/or abandoned coal sites and promote the added value of research outputs targeted at the exploitation of new products and markets regarding the coal industry.
