2024: Climate-Resilient Energy Systems: Integrating Power System Analysis with Community-Based Insights (CATF)
Climate policies often require large long-term investments in clean energy technologies, but decision-making is complicated by trade-offs between costs, emissions, and system reliability. To combat that challenge, Cornell researchers are developing large-scale economic modeling with detailed operational analysis to create a new framework and modelling tool that can better guide both infrastructure investments and day-to-day system operations. The tool is being piloted through a New York case study and designed as an interactive platform for stakeholders to explore different pathways and trade-offs in the energy transition. Additionally, the proposed tool will support a “table-top” platform to allow stakeholders to explore key questions and the influence of preferences on outcomes and trade-offs.
Cornell PI: Lindsay Anderson (Cornell CALS/Biological and Environmental Engineering)
Partner: CATF