Power planning in fragile and conflict-affected states

Payne Institute Director Morgan Bazilian and Sarah Logan, write about traditional methods of energy planning that are likely to provide results that may be inappropriate in fragile and conflict-affected countries. The risks of violence and damage, significant delays and cancellations in infrastructure projects, or projects coming in at very high cost, are rife in these states. Security issues can significantly hamper, or make infeasible, the delivery of power system plans. We look at how traditional power system planning and expansion models could be augmented to better consider the deep uncertainty associated with development in fragile contexts.  October 20, 2020.