MODELLING RESSOURCES
ETSAP Books
Over the past decade, ETSAP has published three books with Springer, showcasing how the MARKAL/TIMES modelling framework supports energy and climate policy worldwide. Together, these books highlight advances in methodology, applications across scales, and the role of modelling in guiding strategies for a sustainable future. Collectively, they have been downloaded more than 100,000 times, demonstrating their global reach and value as reference works for modellers, policymakers, and researchers.
Aligning the Energy Transition with the Sustainable Development Goals: Key Insights from Energy System Modelling (Springer, Open access, 2024)
Editors: Maryse Labriet, Kari Espegren, George Giannakidis, Brian Ó Gallachóir
Launched at the International Energy Workshop (IEW) in Bonn, this third ETSAP book brings together 16 chapters exploring how energy system models are being advanced and applied to inform the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) alongside net-zero climate targets. explores how models can capture links between sustainable energy pathways, technology innovation, energy security, optimal investments, industrial development, and social outcomes. With a foreword by Dr. Fatih Birol, it argues for a holistic and coherent approach to global ambitions, showing how modelling evidence can support concrete and urgent steps toward a sustainable future.
Informing Energy and Environmental Policies Using Energy Systems Models (Springer,2018)
Editors: George Giannakidis, Kenneth Karlson, Maryse Labriet, Brian Ó Gallachóir
This second ETSAP book focuses on the feasibility of limiting global warming to well below 2 °C, as set by the Paris Agreement. It presents 23 case studies applying TIMES and related models at global, regional, national, and city levels, examining the challenges of deep decarbonisation pathways. Chapters address technology innovation, behaviour change, and macro-economic implications of large-scale energy transitions. The book concludes that a carbon-neutral world is technically and economically feasible but extremely challenging, requiring early and decisive policy action. With a foreword by Dr. Fatih Birol, the book is a valuable source of information for energy modellers, energy economists and engineers in both the industry and public sectors.
Informing Energy and Climate Policies Using Energy Systems Models (Springer,2015)
Editors: George Giannakidis, Maryse Labriet, Brian Ó Gallachóir, GianCarlo Tosato
The first ETSAP book established the role of TIMES models as a cornerstone of climate and energy policy design. It provided one of the earliest comprehensive collections of scenario analyses showing how countries, regions, and cities could align with the 2 °C climate goal, while also addressing interlinked issues such as energy security and the energy–water nexus. It features 24 chapters that explore the impacts of technology innovation, behavioural change, and macro-economic effects of the transition, while also presenting modelling contributions directly linked to the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) of the Paris Agreement. This volume remains a reference point for modellers and policymakers seeking to understand the feasibility and diversity of pathways to a low-carbon future.
