Training & Workshops

Chalmers University of Technology (Gothenburg, Sweden) – Regular Summer Workshop

Title: 2018 – Regular Summer Workshop
Host: Chalmers University of Technology (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Venue: Chalmers House/ Chamersska Huset, Södra Hamngatan 11, 411 14, Gothenburg, Sweden
Date:  June 17-18, 2018
Contacts: Kenneth Karlsson

Programme – Summary
June 17, 2018 (09:00-17:30) – ETSAP Regular Workshop Day 1
June 18, 2018 (08:30-13:00) – ETSAP Regular Workshop Day 2
June 18, 2018 (14:00-18:00) – ETSAP Executive Committee

Participation restricted to ETSAP Delegates, officers, and invited experts.
Agenda and attachments are sent separately.

June 19-21, 2018 (09:00-17:00) – Basic training course on VEDA-TIMES

June 17, 2018 (09:00-17:30)

ETSAP Regular Workshop Day 1

9:00-10:30
Session 1: Modelling the Energy Transition
Chair: George Giannakidis

Energy Transition in Belgium: Choices and Costs
Larissa P. N. de Oliveira, VITO/EnergyVille, Belgium

Pathways to net carbon neutrality for the Nordic countries
Giada Venturini, Technical University of Denmark

Role of Power-to-heat in the energy system of Europe
Markus Blesl, IER, Germany

Engaging Danish Politicians in Modelling Future Scenarios
Kenneth Karlsson, Technical University of Denmark

10:30-11:00
Coffee Break

11:00-12:30
Session 2: Mitigation Scenarios for Asia and Australia
Chair: Kenneth Karlsson

China’s Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Future Trajectories and Mitigation Options and Potential
Jiang Lin, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA

Towards Zero Carbon Scenarios: Application of an Australian TIMES model
Luke Reedman, CSIRO, Australia

Presentation on Pilot India TIMES Model with focus on Power sector
Aman Agrawal, The Energy and Resource Institute, India

12:30-15:30
Session 3: Methodological Issues (Lunch break in the middle)
Chair: Markus Blesl

New features on VEDA (short term upgrades)
Amit Kanudia, KanORS-EMR, India

VEDA TIMES-Starter Model Platform
Gary Goldstein, DecisionWare, USA

Migrating TIMES to another modelling language – approaches, issues and problems
A. Lehtilla (VTT), T. Sharma (UCC), O. Balyk (DTU), G. Giannakidis (ETSAP), M. Gargiulo (E4SMA)

Improvements to the representation of technology’s retirement profile – The case of the Danish car stock
Jacopo Tattini, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark

Bi-directional linkage of TIMES-Norway and a power system model
Pernille Seljom, Institute for Energy Technology (IFE), Norway

Improving the solution time of TIMES by playing with CPLEX/Barrier
Evangelos Panos, PSI, Switzerland

15:30-16:00
Coffee Break

16:00-17:30
Session 4: Model Applications
Chair: Pieter Lodewijks

Addressing demand uncertainty in long-term planning models
Tim Mertens, EnergyVille, Belgium

Integrating TIMES and life cycle assessment models
Miguel Fernandez Astudillo, Sherbrooke University, Canada

Development of a TIMES model for the Walloon Region (Belgium): Results and challenges
Marco Orsini, ICEDD, Belgium

TIMES and prospective modelling for urban planning
Matthieu Denoux, MINES ParisTech (CMA), France

June 18, 2018 (08:30-13:00)

ETSAP Regular Workshop Day 2

8:30-10:00
Session 5: Power to X
Chair: Brian O’Gallachoir

Task 38 of the Hydrogen TCP: a Task dedicated to the study of P2X pathways
Christine Mansilla, CEA, France

Electrofuels for the transport sector: A review of production costs
Selma Brynolf, Chalmers Univetsity, Sweden

What future for electrofuels?
Mariliis Lehtveer, Chalmers Univetsity, Sweden

The role of PtX in meeting the 2 and well below 2 degrees C mitigation targets
Tiina Koljonen, VTT, Finland

Discussion on collaboration between ETSAP and Hydrogen TCP

10:00-10:30
Coffee Break

10:30-11:30
Session 6: Global Applications
Chair: Luke Reedman

Connecting the gaps: Energy demand projections and the disparity between existing NDCs and keeping global warming below 2ºC
Luis Fazendeiro, Centre for Environmental and Sustainability Research, NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal

Facilitation of further regional disaggregation of the TIAM model
Babak Mousavi, IER, Germany