10-12-2014, 08:45 AM
I think it is quite tedious to formulate all the equations of an energy system model in Excel. And that's one reason why TIMES has been developed. If you are using TIMES, there should not be much reason to try and build the same model in Excel, unless you have doubts about how TIMES works. Of course, you might also just want to learn how TIMES exactly works.
I have myself been always able to replicate TIMES in Excel, when I have had doubts. Of course, I have done that only with very small models, because it can really become quite tedious. Anyway, I am no longer having these doubts.