Dispatchable

See also: Analysis View, Transformation Analysis, Specifying Capacity Data, Module Properties

This variable is used to represent whether a process is considered dispatchable or non-dispatchable. Non-dispatchable processes are those like wind and solar power that can potentially generate energy depending on the availability of their feedstock resource (subject to be in operational condition) regardless of the system demand.  In some cases, the energy available from these types of power plants may exceed what can usefully be consumed, often due to limited transmission capacity being available.  For non-dispatchable power plants, LEAP will calculate the quantity of curtailed power and curtailed energy production: energy that potentially could have been generated but which could not be consumed.

Energy storage is one option for reducing energy curtailment.