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SOFTWAREX
Volume 17, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.softx.2021.100877
Keywords
Power system planning software; Stochastic programming; Multi-horizon representation; Energy systems modelling
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- Research Council of Norway [257660]
- Horizon 2020 research and innovation program [824260]
- ZEN partners
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This paper presents the European Model for Power system Investments with Renewable Energy (EMPIRE), which combines short-term operations and long-term planning decisions. The model can be used to analyze energy transition scenarios and plan for energy beyond 2050.
Energy and power system models represent important insights on the technical operations of energy technologies that supply the energy consumption in time steps with hourly resolution. This paper presents the European Model for Power system Investments with Renewable Energy (EMPIRE) that combines short-term operations with the representation of long-term planning decisions including infrastructure expansion. The EMPIRE model has an unique mathematical modelling structure based on multi-horizon stochastic programming, which means investment decisions are subject to short-term uncertainty represented by different realizations of operational scenarios. The model is open source and ready to use to analyse energy transition scenarios towards 2050 and beyond. This paper outlines the building blocks of the model and its software structure. We also present an illustrative example of results from using the software. (C) 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.
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