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Supporting the global energy transition involves wide-ranging energy modelling and analysis.
The modelling and analysis tools include:
- Long-term capacity expansion
- In-house System Planning Test (SPLAT) model for long-term energy planning
- Unit commitment and dispatch
- Energy storage and Smart Grids
- System flexibility assessment
- Operational planning
- Grid integration studies
Long-term capacity expansion
Unit commitment and dispatch
Operational planning/grid studies
Tools and analyses for energy system planning and interaction
Feedback from all the levels
Long-term energy planning models (time resolution: hours-season)
Generation and network capacities
Geo-spatial planning models (time resolution: hours - seasons)
Network topology
Production cost models (time resolution: minutes - hours)
Highly-resolved dispatch and operational details
Static grid models (time resolution: single point)
Steady state grid currents and voltages
Dynamic grid models (time resolution: miliseconds - minutes)
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Planning for the renewable future: Long-term modelling and tools to expand variable renewable power in emerging economies
This report highlights the findings from AVRIL (“Addressing Variable Renewable Energy in Long-term Energy Planning”), a project by IRENA that has identified the best practices in long-term planning and modelling to represent high shares of VRE.- January 2017
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- Power, Energy Transition
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Bhutan RRA Validation Workshop
02 July 2019 |Thimphu, Bhutan
The RRA Validation workshop, jointly organized by Bhutan's Department of Renewable Energy and IRENA,...
Past Events
Renewable Energy Benefits: Can South East Europe realise the full potential of the Energy Transition
11 June 2019 | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
The regional workshop sought to enhance local capacities on renewable energy socio-economic impacts...
Regional Workshop on Accelerating RE Investments in Southeast Asia
20 May 2019 | Da Nang, Vietnam
The Regional Workshop on Accelerating RE Investments in Southeast Asia shared experiences in setting...