Transmission Planning for the Energy Transition

The document argues that a cost-effective clean energy transition requires a paradigm shift in transmission planning, moving away from historical reactive models toward holistic planning that accounts for evolving energy systems and climate change uncertainties.

• Historical transmission planning has been characterized as reactive and compartmentalized, with separate focuses on economic needs, public policy alignment, and reliability.
• Achieving a cost-effective clean energy transition depends on proactive and holistic planning to ensure transmission lines are built with the correct capacity, in the correct order, and at the correct locations.
• Planners must rethink the choices and assumptions used in traditional transmission planning models to address the uncertainties introduced by climate change and the rapidly evolving energy system.

APA

Ph.D., J. D. C. G. P. M. L. B. Ü. (2023). Transmission Planning for the Energy Transition. Institute for Policy Integrity. https://policyintegrity.org/publications/detail/transmission-planning-for-the-energy-transition

Chicago

Ph.D., Jennifer Danis, Christoph Graf Ph.D., Matthew Lifson, Burçin Ünel. Transmission Planning for the Energy Transition. Institute for Policy Integrity, 2023. https://policyintegrity.org/publications/detail/transmission-planning-for-the-energy-transition.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{phd2023transmission, author = {Ph.D., Jennifer Danis, Christoph Graf Ph.D., Matthew Lifson, Burçin Ünel}, title = {{Transmission Planning for the Energy Transition}}, institution = {Institute for Policy Integrity}, year = {2023}, month = dec, url = {https://policyintegrity.org/publications/detail/transmission-planning-for-the-energy-transition}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }