OPERA: a New High-Resolution Energy System Model for Sector Integration Research

• Published in: Environmental modeling & assessment Vol. 26; no. 6; pp. 873 - 889
• Main Authors: van Stralen, Joost N. P., Dalla Longa, Francesco, Daniëls, Bert W., Smekens, Koen E. L., van der Zwaan, Bob
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.12.2021; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Air pollution; Air pollution control; Air quality management; Alternative energy sources; Applications of Mathematics; Carbon; Clean energy; Climate change; Climate change mitigation; Decarbonization; Earth and Environmental Science; Emissions; Energy; Energy consumption; Energy efficiency; Energy industry; Energy policy; Energy technology; Energy transition; Energy usage; Environment; European Union; Global temperature changes; greenhouse gas emissions; Greenhouse gases; industry; Innovations; Integration; issues and policy; Math. Appl. in Environmental Science; Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics; Mathematical optimization; Netherlands; New technology; Operations Research/Decision Theory; Optimization; Pollution abatement; Public sector; Renewable energy; renewable energy sources; supply balance; system optimization; Temporal resolution; Netherlands; Sector integration; The Netherlands; Energy system; Variable renewable energy; Climate change mitigation

This article introduces and describes OPERA, a new technology-rich bottom-up energy system optimization model for the Netherlands. We give a detailed specification of OPERA’s underlying methodology and approach, as well as a description of its multiple applications. The model has been used extensive...