The Regional Energy System Optimisation Planning (RESOP) project will support knowledge sharing between network operators and stakeholders in the energy system, and will support the Scottish Government to deliver Scotland’s ambitious decarbonisation targets.
RESOP will deliver whole system growth scenario modelling to understand the impact of local strategies (including from local authorities, developers and other stakeholders) on the energy system, allowing for local communities to have a "greater say" in the development of the energy system and better informed decisions as they plot a course to net zero. Having this whole system view will help ensure communities can achieve their ambitions and economic growth can be delivered in a sustainable manner. Our aim is to identify where and when network investment will be needed to support these local objectives and to understand the impact of stakeholders plans on the energy networks and the role of low carbon technologies in managing the impact.
Through RESOP we have partnered with Dundee City Council to develop a whole system planning tool that will help support Dundee’s net zero target of 2045 and its green economic recovery. The tool will be able to factor in objectives and drivers for local authorities and businesses, such as protecting jobs and re-establishing economic growth, and incorporate them into local plans to assess the implications they may have on the local electricity network. RESOP will also be able to model the likely outcomes of any shifts in future scenarios to help inform local decision making on an ongoing basis.
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