Long-term energy system planning considering short-term operational constraints

• Long-term planning models give an insight into possible energy scenarios and do not examine technologies in detail.
• Renewable energy sources have spatial and temporal intermittency that causes challenges for short-term system operations.
• Including operational details of generators directly in a planning model reduces intricacy of handling separate models.
• Operational constraints increase usage of conventional generators and reduce overall capacity needs in planning model.
• Higher operational flexibility of conventional generators allows greater renewable penetration and reduces storage needs.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esr.2019.100383

(*Ankita Singh Gaur, Anjali Jain, Rohit Bhakar, and Jyotirmay Mathur are the other authors of this paper.)