Brookhaven Regional Energy Facility Siting Model (REFS): model development and application

• Main Authors: Meier, P., Hobbs, B., Ketcham, G., McCoy, M., Stern, R.
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: 29 ENERGY PLANNING; POLICY AND ECONOMY; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; SITE SELECTION; ENERGY FACILITIES; ENERGY MODELS; POWER SYSTEMS; AIR QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; INTERCONNECTED POWER SYSTEMS; NEW YORK; NORTH ATLANTIC REGION; REGIONAL ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; WATER RESOURCES; ENERGY SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; NORTH AMERICA; PUBLIC UTILITIES; RESOURCES; USA; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6707709; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6707709; https://doi.org/10.2172/6707709

A siting methodology developed specifically to bridge the gap between regional-energy-system scenarios and environmental transport models is documented. Development of the model is described in Chapter 1. Chapter 2 described the basic structure of such a model. Additional chapters on model development cover: generation, transmission, demand disaggregation, the interface to other models, computational aspects, the coal sector, water resource considerations, and air quality considerations. These subjects comprise Part I. Part II, Model Applications, covers: analysis of water resource constraints, water resource issues in the New York Power Pool, water resource issues in the New England Power Pool, water resource issues in the Pennsylvania-Jersey-Maryland Power Pool, and a summary of water resource constraint analysis. (MCW)