Strategic Capacity Planning in the Energy Sector

拟议的研究将导致能源生产的战略规划的优化为基础的框架的发展。所提出的方法的新奇在于：（一）同时考虑的方面，如技术变革，可再生资源的分布式潜力，基础设施的限制，和环境法规;（二）多个来源的不确定性的建模。虽然我们将开发的方法将是通用的，但我们最初的努力将集中在从可再生资源生产液体燃料上。

The proposed research will lead to the development of an optimization-based framework for the strategic planning of energy production. The novelty of the proposed approach lies in: (i) the simultaneous consideration of aspects such as technology change, distributed potential of renewable resources, infrastructure constraints, and environmental regulations; and (ii) the modeling of multiple sources of uncertainty. While the methods we will develop will be general, our initial efforts will focus on the production of liquid fuels from renewable resources.