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