Industrial Capacity Expansion & Decarbonization Modeling: A Techno-Economic Optimization Tutorial

03 Nov 2026

This project presents an interactive techno-economic optimization tutorial for industrial biorefinery planning. It models multi-period capacity expansion, economies of scale, and merit-order economic dispatch across three regional production sites under escalating carbon tax regimes.

Interactive Dashboard

You can explore the interactive results, carbon sensitivity scenarios, and capacity expansion metrics directly via the embedded dashboard below:

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Code & Resources

The full problem formulation, Python optimization scripts, and datasets are open-source:

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