A novel time discretization method for solving complex multi-energy system design and operation problems with high penetration of renewable energy

Modelling and optimising modern energy systems is inherently complex and often requires methods to simplify the discretization of the temporal domain. However, most of them are either (i) not well suited for systems with a high penetration of non-dispatchable renewables or (ii) too complex to be broadly adopted. In this work, we present a novel method that fits well with high penetration of renewables and different spatial scales. Furthermore, it is framework-independent and simple to implement. We show that, compared to the full time discretization, the proposed method saves >90% computation time with