Introduction to Energy Systems Modelling. Herbst, A., Toro, F., Reitze, F., & Jochem, E. Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, 148(2):111–135, April, 2012.
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SummaryThe 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.
@article{herbst_introduction_2012,
	title = {Introduction to {Energy} {Systems} {Modelling}},
	volume = {148},
	issn = {2235-6282},
	url = {https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF03399363},
	doi = {10.1007/BF03399363},
	abstract = {SummaryThe 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.},
	language = {en},
	number = {2},
	urldate = {2018-08-17TZ},
	journal = {Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics},
	author = {Herbst, Andrea and Toro, Felipe and Reitze, Felix and Jochem, Eberhard},
	month = apr,
	year = {2012},
	keywords = {C63, L61, Switzerland, bottom-up, energy modelling, hybrid energy system modelling, top-down},
	pages = {111--135}
}

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