Energy Policy Analysis And Modelling

Author : Mohan Munasinghe,Peter Meier
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1993-08-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521363268

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Energy Policy Analysis and Modelling by Mohan Munasinghe,Peter Meier Pdf

Energy plays a vital role in economic and social development. The analysis of energy issues and policy options is therefore a vital area of study. This book presents a hierarchical modelling scheme intended to support energy planning and policy analysis in developing countries. The authors introduce the concept of 'Integrated National energy Planning' (INEP), and examine the spreadsheet models, optimization models, and linear planning models which energy planners use. Environmental considerations are also introduced into the analysis. Techniques are then applied to two important energy subsectors, electricity and fuelwood, before problems of integration and policy implementation are discussed. Throughout the book, the authors examine actual practice in developing countries. Illustrative case material is drawn from Egypt, West Africa, Sudan, Pakistan, Colombia, India, Sri Lanka and Morocco. This book will be of interest to students and practitioners of energy planning, and to those concerned with the wider development implications of energy policy.

Author : Thomas G. Cowing,Daniel L. McFadden
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781483268491

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Microeconomic Modeling and Policy Analysis by Thomas G. Cowing,Daniel L. McFadden Pdf

Microeconomic Modeling and Policy Analysis: Studies in Residential Energy Demand analyzes the aggregates and distributional impacts from alternative energy polices related to the energy demands of residential consumers. The book also analyzes the use of micro-simulation models in the study. The book examines three alternative energy policies and their possible impacts on the residential energy demand. The text describes models on energy use including general micro-simulation and micro-simulation as applied in ""Residential End-Use Energy Planning Systems"" (REEPS) and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Residential Energy Consumption Model. The book describes REEPS as a model providing end-use specific forecasts of energy consumption at the household level. The text describes ORNL as a computationally simpler design but conceptually more complex one. The book then evaluates three different policy scenarios using each of these two models. The performance of REEPS and ORNL, as well as other dimensions of model projections, is examined. The implications regarding 1) policy analysis and 2) the use of micro simulation models are noted. The book then presents a table that summarizes the results of the comparative model evaluation. Energy policymakers, city and local government planning officials, development engineers, and environmentalists will find this book very relevant.

Author : Kenneth D. Foat,Gerard J. Protti,Gordon W. Douglas,Canadian Energy Research Institute
Publisher : Calgary : Canadian Energy Research Institute
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015011044958

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Models for Energy Policy Analysis by Kenneth D. Foat,Gerard J. Protti,Gordon W. Douglas,Canadian Energy Research Institute Pdf

Author : Hassan Qudrat-Ullah
Publisher : Springer
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781461486060

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Energy Policy Modeling in the 21st Century by Hassan Qudrat-Ullah Pdf

The roles and applications of various modeling approaches, aimed at improving the usefulness of energy policy models in public decision making, are covered by this book. The development, validation, and applications of system dynamics and agent-based models in service of energy policy design and assessment in the 21st century is a key focus. A number of modeling approaches and models for energy policy, with a particular focus on low-carbon economic development of regions and states are covered. Chapters on system dynamics methodology, model-based theory, fuzzy system dynamics frame-work, and optimization modeling approach are presented, along with several chapters on future research opportunities for the energy policy modeling community. The use of model-based analysis and scenarios in energy policy design and assessment has seen phenomenal growth during the past several decades. In recent years, renewed concerns about climate change and energy security have posed unique modeling challenges. By utilizing the validation techniques and procedures which are effectively demonstrated in these contributions, researchers and practitioners in energy systems domain can increase the appeal and acceptance of their policy models.

Author : B K Bala
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2022-04-20
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781000574319

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Energy Systems Modeling and Policy Analysis by B K Bala Pdf

Energy Systems Modeling and Policy Analysis covers a wide spectrum of topics including policy analysis and the optimal operational planning of integrated energy systems using a systems approach. This book details the importance of energy modeling and policy analysis, system dynamics and linear programming, modeling of energy supplies, energy demand, and environmental impact. Integrated energy systems at micro- and macro-levels, the application of simulation techniques for integrated rural energy systems, and integrated electric power systems/smart grids are covered as well. Features: Covers topics such as modeling, optimization and control of energy systems, and data analysis collected using a SCADA system Uses system dynamics methodology (based on control systems theory) as well as other modeling tools Focuses on energy and environmental issues Provides optimal operational planning and management of integrated electric power systems and smart grids Covers the simulated planning and management of integrated national electric power systems using system dynamics This book is aimed at graduate students in electrical engineering, energy technology, microgrids, energy policy, and control systems.

Author : George Giannakidis,Maryse Labriet,Brian Ó Gallachóir,GianCarlo Tosato
Publisher : Springer
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2015-04-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783319165400

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Informing Energy and Climate Policies Using Energy Systems Models by George Giannakidis,Maryse Labriet,Brian Ó Gallachóir,GianCarlo Tosato Pdf

This book highlights how energy-system models are used to underpin and support energy and climate mitigation policy decisions at national, multi-country and global levels. It brings together, for the first time in one volume, a range of methodological approaches and case studies of good modeling practice on a national and international scale from the IEA-ETSAP energy technology initiative. It provides insights for the reader into the rich and varied applications of energy-system models and the underlying methodologies and policy questions they can address. The book demonstrates how these models are used to answer complex policy questions, including those relating to energy security, climate change mitigation and the optimal allocation of energy resources. It will appeal to energy engineers and technology specialists looking for a rationale for innovation in the field of energy technologies and insights into their evolving costs and benefits. Energy economists will gain an understanding of the key future role of energy technologies and policy makers will learn how energy-system modeling teams can provide unique perspectives on national energy and environment challenges. The book is carefully structured into three parts which focus on i) policy decisions that have been underpinned by energy-system models, ii) specific aspects of supply and end-use sector modeling, including technology learning and behavior and iii) how additional insights can be gained from linking energy-system models with other models. The chapters elucidate key methodological features backed up with concrete applications. The book demonstrates the high degree of flexibility of the modeling tools used to represent extremely different energy systems, from national to global levels.

Author : W.T. Ziemba,S.L. Schwartz
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789400987517

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Energy Policy Modeling: United States and Canadian Experiences by W.T. Ziemba,S.L. Schwartz Pdf

Alex Cowie As the twentieth century draws to a close, one of our greatest problems is the availability of energy. One way to study the energy problem is to resolve it into four areas: energy demand, energy sources, transportation of energy from sources to demand centers, and the optimal allocation of energy forms to demands. Each of these areas is extremely complex by itself. When efforts are made to tie them together, for example, to produce a National Policy, the complexities are compounded. Another way to study the energy problem, because of its political and social consequences, is to resolve it into geographical areas. Individual provinces of Canada or states of the United States will have their concerns about energy within their geographical boundaries. As producer, consumer, or both, each wants to ensure an energy development program which will work to the maximum benefit of its citizens. Similarly, countries endeavor to protect their citizens and undertake energy policies that will assure either a continuation of the existing quality of life or - particularly in the case of "Third World" countries - a marked improvement in quality of life. These competing and conflicting goals call for a study which encompasses the whole world. Again, complexity is piled upon complexity. If the prob lem is not yet sufficiently complex, there is an equally complex question of the effect of energy production and use on the ecology.

Author : Derek W. Bunn,Erik R. Larsen
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1997-07-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105019330088

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Systems Modelling for Energy Policy by Derek W. Bunn,Erik R. Larsen Pdf

Energy is a sector where there has always been a serious modelling tradition, but with the worldwide trend away from planned economies to new market structures, the risk, uncertainties and competitive aspects which need to be incorporated pose new challenges to analyse strategic as well as economic behaviour. Systems Modelling for Energy Policy addresses the strong and apparently countervailing themes dominating energy policy in the current decade: concerns about global warming have stimulated an intense and methodologically diverse level of analytical activity aimed ultimately at greater international co-ordination in policy and planning simultaneously we are witnessing a worldwide trend away from planned national energy policies to new market structures To accommodate these shifts in focus, more comprehensive analytical procedures are needed to address technical challenges in handling large models whilst smaller, policy-specific behavioural models may give greater insight to the strategic challenges involved in maintaining focus on key industry restructuring issues for which past data is not available. This volume provides a comprehensive and up-to-date reference to the range of issues and modelling alternatives that a systems perspective gives to the analysis of energy policy. Practitioners, analysts and researchers will find new studies and comparative modelling insights in this book which are not easily accessed elsewhere.

Author : International Energy Agency
Publisher : OECD
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015042757974

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Mapping the Energy Future by International Energy Agency Pdf

The IEA held a series of three seminars between May 1996 and October 1997 on the insights from modelling relevant to energy and climate change. The seminars brought together key analysts, government and business experts, and policy makers from IEA member countries directly involved with the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The participants' contributions and insights deserve strong acknowledgement. Modelling offers an indispensable analytical tool to evaluate how energy systems could best respond to restrictions on carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gas emissions, and to identify the most cost-effective and resilient policy instruments to reach these goals. It can provide key perceptions for analysis of comprehensive packages of economic and non-economic policy instruments within a consistent framework. This book maps the main approaches of energy modelling, their assumptions and their logic, to help policy makers and non-modellers understand and use its contributions. The text draws on papers prepared for the seminars by the IEA Secretariat, presentations given by participants and some general insights which emerged on economic modelling of climate change. In line with the main objective of the seminars, it avoids 'peer review' of different climate change models or specific policy suggestions, attempting instead to bridge the gap between modelling and policy making.

Author : William T. Ziemba,S.L. Schwartz
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789400987487

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Energy Policy Modeling: United States and Canadian Experiences by William T. Ziemba,S.L. Schwartz Pdf

Alex Cowie As the twentieth century draws to a close, one of our greatest problems is the availability of energy. One way to study the energy problem is to resolve it into four areas; energy demand, energy sources, transportation of energy from sources to demand centers, and the optimal allocation of energy forms to demands. Each of these areas is extremely complex by itself. When efforts are made to tie them together, for example, to produce a National Policy, the complexities are compounded. Another way to study the energy problem, because of its political and so cial consequences, is to resolve it into geographical areas. Individual prov inces of Canada or states of the United States will have their concerns about energy within their geographical boundaries. As producer, consumer, or both, each wants to ensure an energy development program which will work to the maximum benefit of its citizens. Similarly, countries endeavor to pro tect their citizens and undertake energy policies that will assure either a con tinuation of the existing quality of life or - particularly in the case of "Third World" countries - a marked improvement in quality of life. These competing and conflicting goals call for a study which encompasses the whole world. Again, complexity is piled upon complexity. If the prob lem is not yet sufficiently complex, there is an equally complex question of the effect of energy production and use on the ecology.

Author : National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on the National Energy Modeling System,Energy Engineering Board,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Committee on National Statistics
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1992-02-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309046343

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The National Energy Modeling System by National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on the National Energy Modeling System,Energy Engineering Board,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Committee on National Statistics Pdf

This book addresses the process and actions for developing enhanced capabilities to analyze energy policy issues and perform strategic planning activities at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on an ongoing basis. Within the broader context of useful analytical and modeling capabilities within and outside the DOE, this volume examines the requirements that a National Energy Modeling System (NEMS) should fulfill, presents an overall architecture for a NEMS, identifies data needs, and outlines priority actions for timely implementation of the system.

Author : B. A. Bayraktar
Publisher : Springer
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015047386910

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Energy Policy Planning by B. A. Bayraktar Pdf

The Advanced Research Institute (ARI) on "The Application of Systems Science to Energy Policy Planning" was held under the auspices of the NATO Special Programme Panel on Systems Science in collaboration with the National Center for Analysis of Energy Sys tems, Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA, as a part of the NATO Science Committee's continuous effort to promote the advancement of science through international cooperation. Advanced Research Institutes are sponsored by the NATO Science Committee for the purposes of bringing together senior scientists to seek consensus on an assessment of the present state of knowl edge on a specific topic and to make recommendations for future research directions. Meetings are structured to encourage inten sive group discussion. Invitees are carefully selected so that the group as a whole will contain the experience and expertise neces sary to make the conclusions valid and significant. A final report is published presenting the various viewpoints and conclusions. The NATO Systems Science Panel noted that the systems approach is increasingly being applied to energy policy analysis and plan ning in both public and private sectors of national economies. Consequently, it seemed appropriate at this time to bring together experts to review and evaluate recent experience, in order to iden tify strengths and weaknesses in current prac tice, and to make recommendations for research directions.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Power resources
ISBN : UOM:39015026720089

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Energy Abstracts for Policy Analysis by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jean-Baptiste Lesourd,Jacques Percebois,François Valette
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780415129756

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Models for Energy Policy by Jean-Baptiste Lesourd,Jacques Percebois,François Valette Pdf

Energy policy is a key area in all of the world's economies, this book integrates physical, technical, economic and social concerns.

Author : Janet Nagel
Publisher : Springer
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319963556

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Optimization of Energy Supply Systems by Janet Nagel Pdf

This book describes how a model for optimizing the energy supply system in Germany can be implemented. It focuses on the open energy modeling framework (Oemof) program for modeling energy supply systems. The individual elements of Oemof are described, as well as the model’s structure. The technical components of Oemof are subsequently demonstrated in mathematical calculations, along with sufficient Python code to begin basic modeling. The book will appeal to anyone with an interest in optimization models for energy supply systems, or in the mathematical description of the technical components of such systems in practical implementation, using a real example, Oemof. Thermodynamic descriptions of combustion are provided, so that readers can focus on modeling aspects. Researchers and practitioners will also find the book useful, as it expands on their knowledge of the technical components of energy supply systems, supported with detailed mathematical calculations.