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Introduction to Energy Systems Modelling
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Summary: The energy demand and supply projections of the Swiss government funded by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy and carried out by a consortium of institutes and consulting companies are based on two types of energy models: macroeconomic general equilibrium models and bottom-up models for each sector. While the macroeconomic models are used to deliver the economic, demographic and policy framework conditions as well as the macroeconomic impacts of particular scenarios, the bottom-up models simulate the technical developments in the final energy sectors and try to optimise electricity generation under the given boundary conditions of a particular scenario. This introductory article gives an overview of some of the energy models used in Switzerland and — more importantly — some insights into current advanced energy system modelling practice pointing to the characteristics of the two modelling types and their advantages and limitations.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Herbst, A., Toro, F., Reitze, F., & Jochem, E.
- Venue
- Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics
- Published
- 2012-01-11
- Volume
- 148
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 111-135
- ISSN
- 0303-9692 (ISSN-L)
- 2235-6282
- OpenAlex
- W88944736
- Cited by
- 290
- References
- 32
- FWCI
- 4.48
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
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