Modelling of hydrogen in TIMES models

This project carried out a systematic comparison of hydrogen system modelling across the community and organised a joint workshop between IEA Hydrogen and ETSAP to improve the representation of hydrogen in TIMES models. Activities included:

• A workshop to compare and discuss model input assumptions, in June 2019 at the International Energy Workshop in Paris.
• An online workshop to compare model outputs, and to link outputs to input assumptions where possible, in September 2020.
• A session at the December 2020 ETSAP semi-annual workshop to discuss the hydrogen project findings, in December 2020.
• A joint meeting with IEA Hydrogen, online in December 2020.

The Project report summarises the comparison of model hydrogen inputs, the outputs for two typical decarbonisation scenarios, and makes recommendations for modelling hydrogen in the future.