GridLab is proud to launch “Innovate: Alternative Modeling Approaches to Inform Power System Planning” a multi-part series that addresses current challenges for modeling the future grid by showcasing innovative modeling approaches developed by GridLab experts.  Electricity and grid planners use a variety of software tools to plan for various aspects of the power system. This planning has grown increasingly complex as the electric industry faces resource scarcity, load growth, increased weather risk, and the introduction of renewable energy sources. This new landscape has stretched current planning methods and modeling tools to their capacity as multiple objectives—reliability, emissions, cost, equity, land use—must be considered.

This series kicks off with a 3-part exploration focused on integrated resource planning. Motivated by a landscape assessment, we showcase two unique modeling approaches to overcoming some of the current limitations of portfolio design and evaluation tools. Join the authors of these articles for a launch webinar on Wednesday, December 4th.