Electricity Capacity Expansion Modeling, Analysis, and Visualization. A Summary of High-Renewable Modeling Experience for China
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Joint Inst. for Strategic Energy Analysis, Golden, CO (United States)
Mathematical and computational models are widely used for the analysis and design of both physical and financial systems. Modeling the electric grid is of particular importance to China for three reasons. First, power-sector assets are expensive and long-lived, and they are critical to any country's development. China's electric load, transmission, and other energy-related infrastructure are expected to continue to grow rapidly; therefore it is crucial to understand and help plan for the future in which those assets will operate (NDRC ERI 2015). Second, China has dramatically increased its deployment of renewable energy (RE), and is likely to continue further accelerating such deployment over the coming decades. Careful planning and assessment of the various aspects (technical, economic, social, and political) of integrating a large amount of renewables on the grid is required. Third, companies need the tools to develop a strategy for their own involvement in the power market China is now developing, and to enable a possible transition to an efficient and high RE future.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE); Children's Investment Fund Foundation, London (United Kingdom)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- OSTI ID:
- 1225943
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/TP-6A20-64831
- Resource Relation:
- Related Information: Chinese version also available as NREL/TP-6A20-66727 (OSTI ID: 1282846)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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