Athens November 2011
Semi-annual ETSAP meeting
Semi-annual ETSAP meeting
Organised by the Greek Centre for Renewable Energy Sources (CRES)
Final Program November 2011
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Monday, November 07, 2011 (9:30-17:00) |
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Tuesday morning, November 08, 2011 (9:30-13:00) |
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Tuesday afternoon, November 08, 2011 (14:00-17:00) |
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Wednesday, November 09, 2011 (9:00-17:00) |
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Monday, November 07, 2011 (9:30-17:00) |
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| Chair: | GianCarlo Tosato / Brian O Gallachoir | ||||||
| Rapporteur/se: | Gary Goldstein, Kathleen Vaillancourt | ||||||
11:00-11:30 |
Morning Break |
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| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch Break | ||||||
| 15:00-15:30 | Afternoon Break | ||||||
Introduction: |
Result of the coordination activity (20’), by GianCarlo Tosato |
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Work session 1: |
Coordination paths |
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| Facilitator: | Wouter Nijs (VITO) | ||||||
| Discussion topics: | Vision building Consensus building Strategy Positioning |
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Work session 2: |
Action plan: coordinated activities |
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| Facilitator: | Gabrial Anandarajah (UCL) | ||||||
| Work proposals on: | Priority in sectoral improvements Collecting and merging existing documentation Setting up a user's support system |
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Work session 3: |
Model improvements: hands-on session |
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| Facilitator: | Kenneth Karlsson (Risoe), Francesco Gracceva (JRC-Petten) | ||||||
| Joint work on: | Bugs and fixes Sharing template sheet(s) |
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Conclusion: |
Next steps / meetings |
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Tuesday, November 08, 2011 (9:30-13:00) |
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| Chair: | GianCarlo Tosato | ||||||
| Facilitator: | Brian O Gallachoir | ||||||
| Rapporteur: | George Giannakidis | ||||||
After a short introduction (10') by GianCarlo Tosato, proposals will be shortly presented and discussed
OBJ #1 |
Coordinated Analyses & Studies |
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Status and proposals, by Giorgio Simbolotti |
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Report of the discussion held on Monday (GG, KV) IER proposal, by Markus Blesl Recalibration to 2009, by GianCarlo Tosato and Antti Lehtila |
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Integrating policy instruments into the TIMES model, by Birgit Gotz Mode choice in a TIMES model, by Brian O Gallachoir |
11:00-11:20 |
Coffee break (20') |
OBJ #2 |
Research and Development |
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Procedure for implementing a global TIMES-MERGE general equilibrium variant By Socrates Kypreos and Antti Lehtila Risk to price volatility, by Wouter Nijs and Denise Van Regemorter Modelling intermittent sources in TIMES, by Kostas Tigas |
OBJ #3 |
Capacity Building |
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Status and proposals (10'), by GianCarlo Tosato and Maurizio Gargiulo |
OBJ #4 |
Tools maintenance and improvement |
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Maintenance and improvements, etc., forum, by GianCarlo Tosato, et al. |
Summary and Conclusion (25') |
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Wednesday, November 09, 2011 |
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| Venue: | National Technical University of Athens (http://map.ntua.gr/google_en.htm) |
| Contacts: | George Giannakidis, [This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.], office: +302106603324; +306977790671 Haris Doukas, [This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.], office: +30 210 7722083 GianCarlo Tosato, [This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.], cell: +39.335.537.7675 |
9:30-11:10 |
Updates on TIMES-models |
| Chair: | Denise Van Regemorter |
| Ms. Denise Van Regemorter | The EU climate policy perspectives and their implications for Belgium |
| Mr Dmitry Gordeev, Gaidar Institute | Russian energy future: WWF vision |
| Ms. Kathleen Vaillancourt, GERAD, Research Center in Decision Analysis | Recent developments in the energy model TIMES-Canada and focus on unconventional gas production until 2050 |
| Mr. Erik Ahlgren, Chalmers | Cost-effective biogas utilisation: a modelling assessment of gas infrastructural options in a regional energy system. |
| Mr. Maurizio Gargiulo, et al. (E4SMA) | The COMET methodology to analyse the most cost effective CO2 transport and storage infrastructure in TIMES |
11:10-11:30 |
Morning Break |
11:30-13:00 |
Advances in TIMES |
| Chair: | GianCarlo Tosato |
| Mr. Antti Lehtila, VTT | Updates on ANSWER-TIMES and ANSWER-MARKAL |
| Gary Goldstein, DWI | Updates on GAMS |
| Mr. Wouter Nijs, VITO | Investment decisions under fixed and flexible operational conditions, a first comparison |
| Ms. Hannah Daly, UCC | Moving towards modal shift in TIMES |
| Mr. Tobias Eder, IPP, Mr. Markus Biberacher (Research Studio) | Spatial TIMES |
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next desirable improvements |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch Break |
14:00-15:10 |
Global Energy Models |
| Chair: | Maryse Labriet |
| Mr. Gabrial Anandarajah, Mr. Paul Dodds, Mr. Will McDowall and Prof. Paul Ekins, Energy Institute, UCL - University College London, UK | Applications of Multi-cluster Endogenous Technology Learning in TIAM-UCL |
| Mr. Alexander Goryachev, ERI RAS | World modelling with TIAM: first experience |
| Mr. Francesco Gracceva, Ms. Anca Costescu Badea ,Energy Institute, Joint Research Center of the European Commission, Petten, | First experience with ETSAP-TIAM: exploring uncertainties around unconventional gas |
15:10-15:30 |
Afternoon Break |
15:30-17:30 |
New research and tools |
| Chair: | George Giannakidis |
| Mr. Erik Ahlgren, Chalmers | Analysing burden sharing in the POEM modelling framework |
| Mr. Haris Doukas, NTUA | Exploring EU-GCC Energy and Environmental Analytical Capability |
| Ms. Loreta Stankeviciute, IPTS, Joint Research Center of the European Commission, Seville | Assessing the development of combined heat and power generation in the EU |
| Mr. Paul Dodds, Mr. Will McDowall, Energy Institute, UCL - University College London, UK | Comparisons of methods for representing Hydrogen in MARKAL and TIMES models |
| Ms. Birgit Gotz, IER, Uni-Stuttgart | Modelling policy instruments in TIMES: Interactions between the EU Emissions Trading System and the feed-in tariff system for renewable electricity in Germany |
| All participants | Additional information on ongoing MARKAL and TIMES related projects: models building; capacity building |
17:30 |
Conclusion |