Strategic planning of renewable energy sources implementation following the country-wide goals of energy sector development

The paper describes the methodology for consideration of renewable energy sources in strategic plans of fuel and energy sector development. The inclusion of renewable energy projects in energy development programs is carried out based on the results of an integrated ranking of technical, economic and environmental criteria. For power generation facilities based on renewable energy sources, the energy potential is additionally addressed in accordance with the list of power generation technologies under consideration, which makes it possible to obtain the values of the installed capacity utilization factors, and, as a consequence, to judge on the technological and commercial feasibility of renewable energy projects implementation. The paper provides an example of a ranked list formulation of renewable energy projects for a real regional power system.