IEEE Energy Sustainability Magazine · 2025

Robust Solar Hosting Capacity for Pasadena's Decarbonization: A Mathematical Program for Robustness Against Uncertainty

Han Xu, Yiheng Xie, Wenqi Cui, Tongxin Li, Steven Low

IEEE Energy Sustainability Magazine

How much distributed solar can a grid accommodate under uncertainty?

The Pasadena case study formulates solar hosting capacity planning as a robust optimization problem. It connects uncertainty in renewable generation and demand to distribution network constraints and practical choices along a municipal decarbonization pathway.

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Han Xu, Yiheng Xie, Wenqi Cui, Tongxin Li, Steven Low. Robust Solar Hosting Capacity for Pasadena's Decarbonization: A Mathematical Program for Robustness Against Uncertainty. IEEE Energy Sustainability Magazine, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1109/ESM.2025.3606174

BibTeX
@article{tongxin-solar-hosting,
  title = {{Robust Solar Hosting Capacity for Pasadena's Decarbonization: A Mathematical Program for Robustness Against Uncertainty}},
  author = {Han Xu and Yiheng Xie and Wenqi Cui and Tongxin Li and Steven Low},
  year = {2025},
  journal = {IEEE Energy Sustainability Magazine},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/ESM.2025.3606174},
  doi = {10.1109/ESM.2025.3606174}
}
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