Training & Workshops
UCL Energy Institute (London, United Kingdom) – Special workshop on Short term versus long term energy planning
Title: 2016 – Special Workshop Short term versus long term energy planning: Considering temporal trade-offs in decarbonisation pathways
Host: UCL Energy Institute (London, United Kingdom)
Venue: Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
Date: April 28-29, 2016
Contacts: Neil Strachan
April 28, 2016 (11:00-21:00)
ETSAP Regular Workshop Day 1
11.00 – 11:30
Registration
11:30 – 11:45
Welcome and introduction
Neil Strachan, UCL Energy Institute, WholeSEM, UK
Francesco Fuso Nerini, UCL Energy Institute, UK
11:45 – 12:30
Keynote address
David Joffe, Committee on Climate Change, UK
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch
13:30 – 15:00
Session 1: Insights from TIMES-based myopic models 1
Arne Lind &Eva Rosenberg, Institute for Energy Technology (IFE), Norway
Implications of Limited Foresight on Wind Park Investments in Norway
Francesco Fuso Nerini, University College London, UK
The myopic UKTM model: lessons learned for reaching UK’s climate targets
Anna KrookRiekkola, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
Modelling Climate Policy Recommendations for Sweden
Markus Blesl, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Myopic Times and the PanEU model
15:00 – 15:30
Coffee break
15:30 – 17:00
Session 2: Integrating optimization and dispatch energy models
Marianne Zeyringer, University College London, UK
Modelling long- term energy pathways with high shares of variable renewable energy sources
Paul Deane, University College Cork, Ireland
Soft-linking Energy Models: Best of both worlds or just getting the wrong answer quicker?
Manuel Welsch, International Atomic Energy Agency, Austria
Incorporating flexibility into long-term energy systems models
17:00 – 17:30
Discussion
19:00 – 21:00
Dinner at the ‘Pescatori’ restaurant
(57 Charlotte St, London W1T 4PD)
April 29, 2016 (9:00-15:30)
ETSAP Regular Workshop Day 2
8.30 – 9:00
Coffee break
09:00 – 10:30
Session 3: Insights from TIMES-based myopic models 2
Helena Cabal and Yolanda Lechón, Centro de InvestigacionesEnergéticas, Medio Ambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT), Spain
The effect of foresight on the evolution of energy strategic indicators using the TIMES-Spain energy model
Rajesh Mathew Pattupara,Energy Economics Group, Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland
Analysing the impact of short-term vs long-term planning horizon on EU and Swiss electricity systems: myopic vs clairvoyant EUSTEM and STEM models
N. Maïzi, MINES ParisTech, France
Time-scale reconciliation to shed light on the plausibility of long-term low carbon pathways: power system issues
10:30 – 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 – 12:30
Session 4 – Dealing with time trade-offs in other modelling frameworks
Oisin Tummon, Statkraft, Norway
An industry perspective on challenges in modelling power markets beyond current policies
Hans Ravn, Aeblevangen, Denmark
Balmorel investments with various decision horizons and uncertainty
Chris Bataille, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Short and long run decision making in the CIMS and RGEEM hybrid technology simulation and CGE models
Kris Poncelet, KU Leuven, Belgium
Myopic Optimization Models for Simulation of Investment Decisions in the Power Sector
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch break
13:30 – 14:30
Panel discussion
Ilkka Keppo, University College London, UK
Peter Taylor, University of Leeds, UK
Markus Blesl, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Manuel Welsch, International Atomic Energy Agency, Austria
Chris Dent, Durham University, UK
14:30 – 15:30
Way forward, special journal issue and review paper
Francesco Fuso Nerini, University College London, UK Marianne Zeyringer, University College London, UK