NREL's Resource Planning Model

Conference · Thu Aug 16 00:00:00 EDT 2018

OSTI ID:1465936

Hale, Elaine T ^[1]

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1. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

The Resource Planning Model (RPM) is a capacity expansion model designed for a regional power system, such as a utility service territory, state, or balancing authority. Designed from the ground up to include nodal detail, hourly chronological dispatch, and high spatial resolution for renewable resources, recent work has focused on inclusion of storage and other flexible technologies of interest for future power systems with more variable generation (e.g., wind and solar). This slide deck gives an overview of RPM modeling methods, provides example outputs, and briefly summarizes completed analysis projects.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1465936
• Report Number(s): NREL/PR-6A20-71664
• Resource Relation: Conference: Presented at the Colorado Public Utilities Commission Proceeding No. 17M-0694E - Commission's Review of its Rules Governing ERP, RES and Enabling New Technology Integration: Resource Modeling, 24 May 2018, Denver, Colorado
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
power system planning
capacity expansion model
renewable energy
storage
capacity value
curtailment