Strategic Capacity Planning in the Energy Sector

拟议的研究将导致制定一个以优化为基础的能源生产战略规划框架。拟议方法的新颖性在于：(I)同时考虑技术变化、可再生资源的分布潜力、基础设施限制和环境法规等方面；以及(Ii)对多种不确定性来源进行建模。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利用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.