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CenSES annual report 2011
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The first RA2 workshop held in 2011 was dedicated
to the following topics:
- Integration of technology and market modelling
- Including both politics and innovation/commer-
cialization in the learning curves for technology.
- The challenge of integrating different models and
methodologies
Future energy demand is an important input to
energy system models, and work related to identi-
fication of the need of energy demand projections
among CenSES partners has been carried out. We
have started to analyze the influence of energy ef-
ficiency, and will strengthen our effort to under-
stand the behavioral aspects and barriers related
to implementation of energy efficient measures. An
additional project to be able to include behavioral
aspects in energy system models is needed.
Various energy systems models are used by re-
searchers and PhD candidates. Improvements and
new functionality have been implemented in the
different models to be able to give a better descrip-
tion of the energy system. The main improvements
so far have been related to modelling uncertainty
and dynamics in long term investment models that
also include operational detail.
Studies of the effects of global policy on national
and regional energy systems are related to work
carried out in the two RENERGI projects LinkS and
NET-model. So far the modelling part of the projects
have been carried out, thus results from analysis of
effects of different policies will be available from
2012.
In the LinkS project, development and testing of an
investment algorithm for electricity infrastructure
in Europe continues in collaboration with RA5. Fur-
thermore, the Integrated Assessment Model GCAM
is now operative at SINTEF Energy, and will be used
for scenario analyses in RA5.
Participation in international networks like ETSAP
and EMF 28 has been prioritized. More information
can be found in the section on international coop-
eration.