Training & Workshops

Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova De Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal) – Regular Winter Workshop

Title: 2012 – Regular Winter Workshop
Host: Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova De Lisboa
Venue: Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia (www.fct.unl.pt/en), Universidade Nova De Lisboa, Campus Caparica, Lisbon
Date:  December 10-11, 2012
Contacts:  GianCarlo Tosato, Julia Seixas, George Giannakidis

Programme – Summary
December 10, 2012 (09:00-17:20) – ETSAP Regular Workshop Day 1
December 11, 2012 (09:00-13:00) – ETSAP Regular Workshop Day 2 & ETSAP-TIAM Collaboration
December 11, 2012 (14:00-16:00) – ETSAP Executive Committee

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

December 12-14, 2012 (09:00-17:00) – Basic training course on VEDA-TIMES

December 10, 2012 (09:00-17:20)

ETSAP Regular Workshop Day 1

9:00-9:20

Welcome
Prof. Fernando Santana, Director FCT, UNL

9:20-11:00

Electricity Modelling
Chair: Brian O Gallachoir

Mr. Ramachandran Kannan, Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland
Comparison of Swiss TIMES electricity models with aggregated and hourly intra annual timeslices

George Giannakidis, CRES, Antti Lehtila, VTT, Amit Kanudia, KANORS EMR
Electricity grid expansion analysis using TIMES and NEPLAN

J.P Deane UCC, Alessandro Chiodi UCC,E4SMA Maurizio Gargiulo UCC, E4SMA, Francesso Gracceva JRC and Brian P O Gallachoir UCC, Ireland
Modelling Power System Energy Security by Soft-Linking TIMES and PLEXOS

Kenneth Karlsson, DTU, Denmark
Nordic Energy Technology Perspectives – The Power Sector

11:20-13:00

Renewable Energy
Chair: Pernille Seljom

Dr Erik Ahlgren, Chalmers Univ., Sweden
Modelling regional DH options in West Sweden

Sofia Simoes, IET JRC
The potential for renewables in EU buildings in 2030: optimisation versus simulation

Pieter Lodewijks, VITO, Belgium
A 100% renewable energy system in Belgium by 2050

Birgit Gotz, IER, Germany
Comparing different types of support systems for renewable electricity

Pratima Bisen Kanudia, KANORS EMR, India
Off-Grid Solar Power in Rural India

14:00-15:40

Methodology – 1
Chair: Erik Ahlgren

Wouter Nijs, VITO
Coping with recurring uncertainties: how determining is the chosen methodology?

Pernille Seljom, IFE
Modelling wind availability with SPINES – scenario generation and implementation

Alessandro Chiodi, UCC,E4SMA J.P Deane, UCC Maurizio Gargiulo UCC,E4SMA and Brian P O Gallachoir, UCC methodology
Impacts of Short Term Myopic (2020) Emissions Policies on Pathways to Long Term (2050) Targets

Jan Duerinck, VITO, Belgium
On the relativeness of bounds

Nagore Sabio, UCL, UK
Sustainable energy technology assessment using multi-objective optimisation

16:00-17:20

Methodology – 2
Chair: George

Anna Krook-Riekkola, Charlotte Berg Lulea University of Technology (LTU)and Erik Ahlgren Chalmers Univ., Sweden.
Soft-linking EMEC (TD) and TIMES-Sweden (BU) to improve the energy policy analysis in Sweden

Paul Dodds, UCL, UK.
Development of the UK TIMES model: learning the lessons of the past

Antti Lehtila, VTT, Finland
The MACRO Decomposition Algorithm and Other Recent Enhancements in TIMES

Amit Kanudia, KANORS-EMR
VEDA BE – VEDA FE Updates

Gary Goldstein, DW
IETSAP Runtime GAMS License and TIMES-Cloud Platform

Ken Nobles
Answer-TIMES updates

December 11, 2012 (09:00-13:00)

ETSAP Regular Workshop Day 2 & ETSAP-TIAM Collaboration

9:30-10:40

Effect on Climate
Chair: Sofia Simoes

Dr Erik Ahlgren, Chalmers Univ., Sweden
POEM – multi-scale modelling of climate options for India and China

Socrates Kypreos, PSI and Antti Lehtila VTT
Establishing sustainable levels of GHG concentrations

Tom Kober, ECN, Netherlands
The role of burden sharing regimes to reach a global 2°C climate target

Socrates Kypreos, PSI and Antti Lehtila VTT
Solving the TIAM-MACRO model (TM) for studying economic impacts of carbon mitigation policies

Maryse Labriet, Eneris Consultants, Spain
Impacts of climate change on heating and cooling: coupling TIAM-WORLD with the climate PLASIM-ENTS model


10:40-11:00

Morning Coffee Break

11:00-13:00

Presentations

Helena Cabal, CIEMAT, SpainCostDr. Sandrine Selosse MINES ParisTech / CMA , France
The issue of regionalizing the electricity sector in Africa

Francesco Gracceva, Peter Zeniewski, IET, JRC.
Energy system analysis of shale gas perspectives. Key factors and potential impact on global energy markets

Nijs Wouter, VITO, Belgium
Improving iron and steel structure in TIAM: overview and some impacts

Dr. Gabrial Anandarajah, Hannah Daly UCL, UK
Emission reduction strategies within TIAM-UCL

Kober Tom, ECN, Netherlands and Birgit Gotz, IER, Germany
Next steps of the ETSAP-TIAM Collaboration

Kober Tom, Rosler Hilke, ECN, Netherlands
ETSAP-TIAM collaboration on 2010 calibration