Model Factsheets
| Name | Pan European TIMES model |
| Acronym | TIMES PanEU |
| Methodical Focus | None |
| Institution(s) | Institute of Energy Economics and Rational Energy Use |
| Author(s) (institution, working field, active time period) | |
| Current contact person | Markus Blesl |
| Contact (e-mail) | Markus.Blesl@ier.uni-stuttgart.de |
| Website | https://www.ier.uni-stuttgart.de/en/research/models/times/ |
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| Support / Community / Forum | |
| Framework | TIMES |
| Link to User Documentation | - |
| Link to Developer/Code Documentation | - |
| Documentation quality | not available |
| Source of funding | - |
| Number of developers | less than 20 |
| Number of users | less than 10 |
| Open Source | |
| Planned to open up in the future | |
| Costs | - |
| Modelling software | VEDA TIMES; GAMS; CPLEX |
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| Modeled energy sectors (final energy) |
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| Modeled technologies: components for power generation or conversion |
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| Modeled technologies: components for transfer, infrastructure or grid |
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| Properties electrical grid |
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| Modeled technologies: components for storage |
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| User behaviour and demand side management | |||||||
| Changes in efficiency | Considered | ||||||
| Market models | fundamental model | ||||||
| Geographical coverage | EU27; UK; NO; CH | ||||||
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| Time resolution | Typical days | ||||||
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| Observation period | >1 year | ||||||
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| Model class (optimisation) | LP |
| Model class (simulation) | - |
| Other | |
| Short description of mathematical model class | Optimization |
| Mathematical objective | costs |
| Approach to uncertainty | Deterministic |
| Suited for many scenarios / monte-carlo | |
| typical computation time | less than a day |
| Typical computation hardware | - |
| Technical data anchored in the model | - |
| Interfaces | |
| Model file format | .gms |
| Input data file format | .xls |
| Output data file format | .xls |
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| Citation reference | - |
| Citation DOI | - |
| Reference Studies/Models | - |
| Example research questions | - |
| Model usage | - |
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| Model specific properties | - |