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OptiMES

Optimization of Multi-Energy Systems


Strategize the energy transition with data-driven precision: OptiMES generates an optimal investment roadmap by balancing costs, capacity, and decarbonization targets within a comprehensive, integrated optimization framework.

Business problem

Managing the energy transition requires long-term decision-making regarding asset lifecycle, including commissioning and decommissioning, while balancing emissions objectives and network reliability. Traditional siloed methodologies often introduce cumulative inefficiencies.

OptiMES resolves these complexities through a single, integrated optimization model.

Our solution

OptiMES simultaneously optimizes capacity expansion and multi-energy dispatching across multi-year horizons. The platform models both electricity and heat networks, evaluates alternative scenarios under varying emissions constraints, and produces a strategic investment roadmap complete with Net Present Value (NPV) analysis and CO₂ reduction trajectories.

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How it works

OptiMES functions through a three-phase process: input acquisition, integrated optimization, and output generation.

  1. Input: Integration of network parameters, renewable resource availability, generation technologies, demand forecasts, capital investment parameters, and emissions trajectories.
  2. Optimization: Concurrent optimization of hourly multi-energy dispatching and long-term asset lifecycle planning, ensuring compliance with energy balance requirements, DC Power Flow constraints, and CO₂ targets.
  3. Output: Delivery of an optimal investment roadmap, NPV analysis, and projected emissions reduction outcomes.
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Benefits

  • Data-driven decarbonization roadmap, ensuring alignment with regulatory standards over multi-year horizons.
  • Simultaneous optimization of capacity expansion and operational dispatching with integrated NPV calculation.
  • Rapid scenario analysis, enabling the evaluation of diverse technology mixes and constraint frameworks.
  • Significant enhancement in analytical efficiency compared to legacy methodologies.

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