Approach for energy supply system planning based on cooperative game theory

This paper is dedicated to the task of energy supply system planning in the market environment. The possibilities of forming coalitions between companies are considered. In this case, for justifying the decisions and distributing the gains a cooperative game theory is used. Methods of forming a coalition and distributing additional gains are described in this paper. The examples from heat supply planning and planning new network connections show the rationality and efficiency of using the considered approach.