This paper presents a model to solve the Generation Expansion Planning (GEP), problem in
competitive electricity markets. The developed approach recognizes the presence of several …

Renewable electricity development is not a critical concern in fossil-fuel-rich countries in the
Middle East and North Africa, where fossil fuels are abundant and accessible. As a result …

Due to high and unstable fossil fuel prices, air pollution arising from conventional power
plants, and the need for higher levels of energy security, the necessity of using renewable …

The applications of optimization techniques in planning exercises with the aid of decision-
support tools has benefited from improvements in computing performance over the years …

This paper develops a system dynamics model to analyze the impacts of different kinds of
capacity payment as investment incentive mechanisms in Iranian electricity market. Since it …

Electricity market integration of high-and low-price areas is expected to bring benefits to the
consumers in a high-price area. However, these potential benefits are highly dependent on …

Sustainable development and reducing greenhouse gas emissions require optimizing the
structure of energy production as the main factor in the emission of pollutants in Iran's …

This paper proposes a dynamic time simulation model for long-term generation capacity
investment decisions in the presence of either perfect or imperfect electricity market. The …

Background Policy makers seek to understand the trade-offs needed between economic
growth and climate change. This provides the context to explore low-carbon development …

Providing enough generation capacity is a critical issue in power systems, which depends
on the amount of invested resources by the firms. Restructuring of the electrical power …