https://nashboykin.com/tags/optimization/ Recent content in Optimization on Stars on Earth https://nashboykin.com/images/og-card.png https://nashboykin.com/images/og-card.png Hugo en-us 2026 Nash Boykin · Stars on Earth Mon, 31 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0400 https://nashboykin.com/posts/grid-mix-linear-program/ Mon, 31 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0400 https://nashboykin.com/posts/grid-mix-linear-program/ <p>I just finished a decision sciences course that spent a good chunk of the semester on linear programming, and I wanted to use it on something real before the material faded. The <a href="https://nashboykin.com/posts/laser-fusion-lcoe/">laser fusion LCOE calculator</a> already gave me verified $/MWh figures for solar, wind, and nuclear fission. An LP needs exactly that: a cost per unit of something, and constraints on how much of that something you&rsquo;re allowed to build. So: given North Carolina&rsquo;s actual electricity demand, what&rsquo;s the cheapest way to meet it, blending solar, wind, fission, and fusion, and how does the answer change as fusion&rsquo;s price moves?</p>