Training & Workshops
Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (Nara, Japan) – Regular Summer Workshop
Title: 2025 – Regular Summer Workshop
Host: Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE)
Venue: Todaiji Temple Culture Center, Nara, Japan
Date: June 9-10, 2025
Contacts: Kathleen Vaillancourt
Programme – Summary
June 9, 2025 (09:00-18:00) – ETSAP Regular Workshop Day 1
June 10, 2025 (09:00-13:00) – ETSAP Regular Workshop Day 2
June 10, 2025 (14:00-18:00) – ETSAP Executive Committee
Participation restricted to ETSAP Delegates, officers, and invited experts.
Agenda and attachments are sent separately.
June 11-13, 2025 (09:00-16:30) – Basic training course on VEDA-TIMES
June 9, 2025 (09:00-18:00)
ETSAP Regular Workshop Day 1
09:00-09:30
Welcome
Welcome to ETSAP Summer Workshop 2025
(PDF) Prof. Brian O’Galachoir, ETSAP Chair
09:30-11:00
Session 1: Model Coupling
Chair: Prof. Hannah Daly
Developing an Integrated TIMES-CGE-PLEXOS Framework for Assessing Taiwan’s Energy Policies
(PDF) Ms. YUNG CHI YEH, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan
Integrated Long-Term Planning and Short-Term Reliability Assessment for High-VRE Energy Systems: A Linked Modeling Approach
(PDF) Ms. Qiuyu Ding, University College London, UK
Impact of integrating societal factors on the accuracy of optimization-based electricity system modeling in 31 European countries
(PDF) Ms. Xin Wen, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Application of extended the theory of planned behavior on renewable energy investment: considering multiple environmental policies mixes
(PDF) Mr. Shichang ZHANG, Division of Public Policy, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
11:00-11:15
Coffee Break
11:15-13:00
Session 2: National Level Modelling
Chair: Dr Matej Opatrny
Pakistan Integrated Energy Plan (iE-Plan)
(PDF) Mr. Farhan Ahmed, Planning Commission, Government of Pakistan
Modelling pathways, shaping climate policy: Lessons from the TIMES-Ireland Model
(PDF) Prof. Hannah Daly, University College Cork, Ireland
Implications of Party Politics for Future Energy System Scenarios in Norway
(PDF) Dr. Pernille Seljom, Institute for Energy Technology (IFE), Norway
Role of Carbon Pricing and Emissions Constraint Pathways for India’s Net-Zero Transition: A Cross-Sectoral TIMES Model Analysis
(PDF) Ms. ANU AGARWAL, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India
An Assessment of the Impact of Electrification for Integration of Offshore Wind Power: A Multi-Regional Energy Chains Model of Eastern Japan
(PDF) Mr. Keiki Shimura, Tohoku University, Japan
13:00-14:00
Lunch Break
14:00-15:30
Session 3: Technology Modelling I
Chair: Dr Vahid Aryanpur
Are Heavy-Duty Vehicles at a Crossroads? A Real Options and Innovation Diffusion Perspective on Hydrogen Fuel Cell vs. Battery Electric trucks
(PDF) Ms. OANA IONESCU RIFFAUD GAEL, Grenoble Institute of Technology, Université Grenoble Alpes, France
Integrating Detailed Petrochemical Processes in Global Energy System Models for Robust Decarbonization Pathways
(PDF) Mr. Abdullah Aljarboua, KAPSARC, KSA
Future Low-Carbon Hydrogen Production Technology Penetration with Aspen-Based Electrolyzer Modeling and GCAM
(PDF) Mr. Ankur Singhal, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India
The potential role of alternative fuels in the decarbonization of hard-to-abate transport sectors
(PDF) Mr. Alessio Vai, University degli studi di Torino (UniTo), Italy
15:30-16:00
Coffee Break
16:00-17:15
Session 4: Modelling Details
Chair: Dr Pernille Seljom
Development of an AFOLU module for TIMES
(PDF) Dr. Ida Græsted Jensen, Energy Modelling Lab, Denmark
Towards a national integrated energy, land and food system model for long term carbon removal
(PDF) Ms. Doorgeshwaree Jaggeshar, University College Cork, Ireland
A platform for open, realistic, and reproducible benchmarking of solvers on energy models
(PDF) Dr. Siddharth Krishna, Open Energy Transition
TIMES-NZ 3.0: automating upstream data processing for an open-source workflow
(PDF) Luke Searle, EECA, New Zealand
17:15-18:00
Open Discussion on the ETSAP Workprogramme for the next annex
Chair: Prof. Brian O’ Galachoir
Open discussion among the participants
June 10, 2025 (09:00-13:00)
ETSAP Regular Workshop Day 2
09:00-10:00
Session 5: Technology Modelling II
Chair: Dr Kathleen Vaillancourt
The plant-level decarbonization pathways and mitigation cost of global oil refineries
(PDF) Prof. Jing Meng, University College London, UK
IEA H2 TCP Task 52 Hydrogen for Iron and Steel Making
(PDF) Dr. Changlong Wang, Monash University, Australia
Near-optimal solutions for long-term energy planning facing the possible critical raw materials supply disruption
(PDF) Dr. Matteo Nicoli, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
10:00-11:00
Session 6: Modelling Approaches
Chair: Dr Matteo Nicoli
Does myopic foresight modeling better capture the real-world energy transition? Hindcasting in 31 European countries
(PDF) Ms. Hui Shen, University Of Geneva, Switzerland
Integrated TIMES-E3ME-PLEXOS-DASMOD Modelling Framework for Assessing The Czech NECP
(PDF) Milan Scasny, Lukas Recka, Vojtech Maca, Inaki Alberto Veruete, Matej Opatrny. Charles University Environment Center, Czech Republic
Generalized levelized cost as a metric for explaining model behavior of linear programming-based energy systems models
(PDF) Dr. Takuya Hara, IIASA, Toyota Motor Corporation, Japan
11:00-11:30
Coffee Break
11:30-13:00
Session 7: TIMES Related Modelling Topics
Chair: Dr G. Giannakidis
TIMES2JuMP project status report; Learnings on the feasibility of Migrating TIMES to Julia JuMP
(PDF) Dr James Glynn (ESMA), Dr Olexandr Balyk, Dr Siddharth Krishna (Open Energy Transition)
xl2times: progress update & a proof-of-concept interactive notebook-based workflow
(PDF) Dr. Siddharth Krishna, Open Energy Transition
Liberating energy models from modelers
(PDF) Dr. Amit Kanudia, KanORS-EMR, India
13:00-14:00
Lunch Break