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Different tools and methods have been proposed in the literature to assess the required flexibility resources and needs in a particular grid or geographical area. However, few of them are readily usable in long term energy planning models because they require small time steps and detailed data. In this paper, two candidate methods to address the flexibility issues in such models are evaluated. A unit...