Gateway:International/Energy Scenario Analysis
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What analysis tools and methods can I use to study my country's energy system?
Determining the potential for renewable energy and energy efficiency development in a country involves understanding the country's current energy situation, national trade and economic development policies that determine the availability of equipment for projects, and experiences with such development in other countries.
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Energy System Models
- Energy and Power Evaluation Program (ENPEP-BALANCE)
- ENPEP-BALANCE is a software tool developed at Argonne National Laboratory that allows users to evaluate the entire energy system (supply and demand sides) and the environmental implications of different energy strategies.
- EnergyPLAN
- The Advanced Energy System Analysis Computer Model, or EnergyPLAN, is a free model developed at the Aalborg University's Department of Development and Planning in Denmark. The model runs on Windows computers and optimizes national or regional energy systems. It is a deterministic model based on simulations in hourly time steps that helps answer questions about the impact of renewable energy targets and other energy regulations on a country or region's energy supply.
- International Atomic Energy Agency - Indicators for Sustainable Energy Development
- The International Atomic Energy Agency Planning and Economic Studies Section has conducted analysis and published reports on Indicators for Sustainable Energy (ISED) through its Energy, Economic, and Environmental Studies (3-E Analysis) work. The analysis is intended to help countries track progress on energy for sustainable development, and is part of the United Nations Work Program on Indicators of Sustainable Development (WPISD). The publications and reports present guidelines and country studies to assist statisticians, analysts, policy makers and academics to study the relationship between energy policies and sustainable development.
- International Energy Agency RECaBS Interactive REcalculator
- The International Energy Agency's RECaBS Interactive Renewable Energy Calculator is a web-based calculator for international and national policy makers to help account for the economic value of clean energy project externalities, or non-economic, indirect benefits of these projects. The calculator allows you to include the value of such externalities as air emissions, system integration, supply security, jobs creation in the calcuation of energy prices.
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Energy Flow Charts
- Long-range Energy Alternatives Planning System (LEAP)
- LEAP is a Windows application for medium- to long-term energy planning and greenhouse gas mitigation assessment developed by the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI). It is used by government agencies, academics, non-governmental organizations, consulting companies, and energy utilities for integrated resource planning and greenhouse gas mitigation assessments from city-scale analyses to analyses on a national, regional, and global scale. The model can track energy consumption, production and resource extraction in all sectors of an economy, and can account for greenhouse gas emission sources and sinks in both the energy and non-energy sectors.
- MARKet ALlocation (MARKAL)
- MARKAL is a computer-driven, dynamic optimization model that uses upwards of 10,000 equations and constraints to foster strategic energy planning developed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
- UNDP Energy Costing Tool
- The UNDP Energy Costing Tool is a Microsoft Excel model for government planners and decision makers to estimate the number and type of investments required to meet Millennium Development Goals (MDG). The tool helps to quantify the financial, human resource, and infrastructure requirements for a country to meet its MDGs.
Project Databases
- UNEP-Risoe Centre for Energy, Climate and Sustainable Development CDM/JI Pipleline Analysis and Database
- The UNEP Risoe CDM/JI Pipleine Analysis and Database is a website that provides analysis results and lists of projects submitted to the Clean Development Mechanism and Joint Implementation Kyoto Protocol mechanisms of the carbon market. The website includes lists of renewable energy and energy efficiency projects organized by country and project type. The lists can be downloaded as Excel spreadsheets. The website also includes a library of CDM guidebooks that can be downloaded as PDF files.
Country Energy Information
- Ecofys - Factors underpinning future action; Simple country fact sheets
- Ecofys country fact sheets updated in December 2009 provide information on greenhouse gas emissions, energy use, sectoral trends, emission reduction costs and climate policies for 61 countries as well as for the world, Annex I and non Annex I countries.
- LBL Climate Change and International Studies
- The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's (LBL) Climate Change and International Studies website provides a list of climate change, country study, energy efficiency standards, and industrial energy analysis projects of the laboratory.
- NREL International Activities Bilateral Partnerships
- The National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL) International Bilateral Partnerships website lists and describes the laboratory's international activities in different countries and regions of the world. The website also provides access to websites describing other NREL international activities.
- PNNL Advanced International Studies Unit Energy Efficiency Centers
- The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) Energy Efficiency Centers website lists the six independent energy efficiency centers that the laboratory's Advanced International Studies Unit helped to establish. The website includes links to each of the center's website and to a publication describing the centers.
- U.S. Energy Information Administration Country Energy Profiles
- The U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration Country Energy Profiles website provides access to official U.S. government energy statistics for 215 countries. The statistics include crude oil production, oil consumption, natural gas production and consumption, electricity generation and consumption, primary energy, energy intensity, carbon dioxide emissions, and fuel imports and exports for each country. In addition, Country Analysis Briefs are availalbe for 54 countries.
Additional Resources
- Ecofys Sectoral Proposal Templates
- Ecofys is working to develop templates to assist developing countries in planning sectoral emission baselines under a post-Kyoto climate regime.
- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
- The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis is an independent institution that conducts climate change, energy security, and sustainable development research. In the energy sector, the institute has developed several analytical tools for its research, which are described on the website and in publications available for download. The institute also provides access to greenhouse gas databases.
- REN21 Renewables Global Status Report 2009
- The Renewables Global Status Report prepared by the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21) describes the status of renewable energy investment and installations worldwide.
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