Publications (11)
Uncertainty-Aware Grid Planning in the Real World: A Method Enabling Large-Scale, Two-Stage Adaptive Robust Optimization for Capacity Expansion Planning
Gabriel Mantegna, Emil Dimanchev, Filippo Pecci +2
Capacity expansion models are frequently used to inform multi-billion dollar grid infrastructure decisions, a context in which there is significant uncertainty surrounding the futu…
Establishing best practices for modeling long duration energy storage in deeply decarbonized energy systems
Gabriel Mantegna, Wilson Ricks, Aneesha Manocha +3
Long duration energy storage (LDES) may become a critical technology for the decarbonization of the power sector, as current commercially available Li-ion battery storage technolog…
Building Conflict Uncertainty into Electricity Planning: A South Sudan Case Study
Neha Patankar, Anderson Rodrigo de Queiroz, Joseph F. DeCarolis +2
This paper explores electricity planning strategies in South Sudan under future conflict uncertainty. A stochastic energy system optimization model that explicitly considers the po…
Measuring Exploration: Review and Systematic Evaluation of Modelling to Generate Alternatives Methods in Macro-Energy Systems Planning Models
Michael Lau, Neha Patankar, Jesse D. Jenkins
As decarbonization agendas mature, macro-energy systems modelling studies have increasingly focused on enhanced decision support methods that move beyond least-cost modelling to im…
Modelling to Generate Continuous Alternatives: Enabling Real-Time Feasible Portfolio Generation in Convex Planning Models
Michael Lau, Xin Wang, Neha Patankar +1
Decarbonization provides new opportunities to plan energy systems for improved health, resilience, equity, and environmental outcomes, but challenges in siting and social acceptanc…
Understanding the Role and Design Space of Demand Sinks in Low-carbon Power Systems
Sam van der Jagt, Neha Patankar, Jesse Jenkins
As the availability of weather-dependent, zero marginal cost resources such as wind and solar power increases, a variety of flexible electricity loads, or `demand sinks', could be…