Targets IMage Energy Regional (TIMER) Model, Technical Documentation
Vries B de Vuuren D van Elzen M den Janssen M
Vries B de
Vuuren D van
Elzen M den
Janssen M
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2002-07-05
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Targets IMage Energy Regional (TIMER) Model,
Technical Documentation
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Het Targets IMage Energie Regionaal (TIMER) model
- Technische documentatie
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Abstract
Er wordt een gedetailleerde beschrijving gegeven van
het Targets IMage Energy Regional (TIMER) simulatiemodel. Het model is
ontwikkeld en toegepast in nauwe relatie met het Integrated Model to Assess
the Global Environment (IMAGE) 2.1-2.2. . Het TIMER model is een
systeem-dynamisch simulatiemodel van het wereld-energiesysteem op een
intermediair aggregatieniveau. Het model kan zowel als afzonderlijk model
alsook geintegreerd met het IMAGE 2.2 modelkader worden gebruikt. Het
model simuleert de wereld op basis van 17 regio's. De belangrijkste
doelstellingen van het TIMER model zijn het analyseren van de lange-termijn
dynamica van energiebesparing en de overgang naar niet-fossiele brandstoffen
in een geintegreerd modelkader, en het verkennen van de lange-termijn trends
inzake energie-gelieerde broeikasgas-emissies. Belangrijke ingredienten van
de diverse deelmodellen zijn: prijsgedreven brandstof en technologie
substitutieprocessen, kostendaling als gevolg van accumulerende produktie
('learning-by-doing'), hulpbron uitputting als een functie van cumulatief
gebruik (lange-termijn kosten-aanbodcurves) en prijsgedreven
brandstofhandel.
The Targets IMage Energy Regional simulation model, TIMER, is described in detail. This model was developed and used in close connection with the Integrated Model to Assess the Global Environment (IMAGE) 2.2. The system-dynamics TIMER model simulates the global energy system at an intermediate level of aggregation. The model can be used on a stand-alone basis or integrated within the framework of the integrated assessment model IMAGE 2.2. The model simulates the world on the basis of 17 regions. The main objectives of TIMER are to analyse the long-term dynamics of energy conservation and the transition to non-fossil fuels within an integrated modelling framework, and explore long-term trends for energy-related greenhouse gas emissions. Important components of the various submodels are: price-driven fuel and technology substitution processes, cost decrease as a consequence of accumulated production ('learning-by-doing'), resource depletion as a function of cumulated use (long-term supply cost curves) and price-driven fuel trade.
The Targets IMage Energy Regional simulation model, TIMER, is described in detail. This model was developed and used in close connection with the Integrated Model to Assess the Global Environment (IMAGE) 2.2. The system-dynamics TIMER model simulates the global energy system at an intermediate level of aggregation. The model can be used on a stand-alone basis or integrated within the framework of the integrated assessment model IMAGE 2.2. The model simulates the world on the basis of 17 regions. The main objectives of TIMER are to analyse the long-term dynamics of energy conservation and the transition to non-fossil fuels within an integrated modelling framework, and explore long-term trends for energy-related greenhouse gas emissions. Important components of the various submodels are: price-driven fuel and technology substitution processes, cost decrease as a consequence of accumulated production ('learning-by-doing'), resource depletion as a function of cumulated use (long-term supply cost curves) and price-driven fuel trade.
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