A Lagrangian relaxation approach to an electricity system investment model with a high temporal resolution

Caroline Granfeldt (), Ann-Brith Strömberg and Lisa Göransson
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Caroline Granfeldt: Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenburg
Ann-Brith Strömberg: Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenburg
Lisa Göransson: Chalmers University of Technology

OR Spectrum: Quantitative Approaches in Management, 2023, vol. 45, issue 4, No 6, 1263-1294

Abstract: Abstract The global production of electricity contributes significantly to the release of carbon dioxide emissions. Therefore, a transformation of the electricity system is of vital importance in order to restrict global warming. This paper proposes a modelling methodology for electricity systems with a large share of variable renewable electricity generation, such as wind and solar power. The model developed addresses the capacity expansion problem, i.e. identifying optimal long-term investments in the electricity system. Optimal investments are defined by minimum investment and production costs under electricity production constraints—having different spatial resolutions and technical detail—while meeting the electricity demand. Our model is able to capture a range of strategies to manage variations and to facilitate the integration of variable renewable electricity; it is very large due to the high temporal resolution required to capture the variations in wind and solar power production and the chronological time representation needed to model energy storage. Moreover, the model can be further extended—making it even larger—to capture a large geographical scope, accounting for the trade of electricity between regions with different conditions for wind and solar power. Models of this nature thus typically need to be solved using some decomposition method to reduce solution times. In this paper, we develop a decomposition method using so-called variable splitting and Lagrangian relaxation; the dual problem is solved by a deflected subgradient algorithm. Our decomposition regards the temporal resolution by defining 2-week periods throughout the year and relaxing the overlapping constraints. The method is tested and evaluated on some real-world cases containing regions with different energy mixes and conditions for wind power. Numerical results show shorter computation times as compared with the non-decomposed model and capacity investment options similar to the optimal solution provided by the latter model.

Keywords: Variable renewable electricity; Variation management; Electricity system modelling; Long-term investment models; Cost optimization; Wind power integration; Solar power integration; Lagrangian relaxation; Variable splitting; 90B90; 90-08; 90C06; 90C08; 90C59; 90C90 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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