January 6, 2025
[caption id="attachment_8429" align="alignright" width="238"] Juha Kiviluoma[/caption] Coming out of the ESIG fall technical workshop in Providence, RI, the state of capacity expansion planning in utility applications is on my mind. The workshop offered plenty of food for thought. There were several sessions on how utilities are integrating more comprehensive capacity expansion approaches in their planning processes. These have been driven by three major waves of change, each impacting what the planning needs to consider. More than a decade ago, the increasing share of variable renewables started to disrupt the traditional load curve–based planning approaches. Then, a couple of years ago, battery storage triggered another disruption, causing the need for the planning…
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