EMPIRE: An open-source model based on multi-horizon programming for energy transition analyses

Energy and power system models represent important insights on the technical operations of energy technologies that supply the energy consumption in time steps with hourly resolution. This paper presents the European Model for Power system Investments with Renewable Energy (EMPIRE) that combines sho...

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Published inSoftwareX Vol. 17; p. 100877
Main Authors Backe, Stian, Skar, Christian, del Granado, Pedro Crespo, Turgut, Ozgu, Tomasgard, Asgeir
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier B.V 01.01.2022
Elsevier
Subjects
Energy systems modelling
Multi-horizon representation
Power system planning software
Stochastic programming
Power system planning software
Energy systems modelling
Multi-horizon representation
Stochastic programming
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Summary:Energy and power system models represent important insights on the technical operations of energy technologies that supply the energy consumption in time steps with hourly resolution. This paper presents the European Model for Power system Investments with Renewable Energy (EMPIRE) that combines short-term operations with the representation of long-term planning decisions including infrastructure expansion. The EMPIRE model has an unique mathematical modelling structure based on multi-horizon stochastic programming, which means investment decisions are subject to short-term uncertainty represented by different realizations of operational scenarios. The model is open source and ready to use to analyse energy transition scenarios towards 2050 and beyond. This paper outlines the building blocks of the model and its software structure. We also present an illustrative example of results from using the software.
ISSN:2352-7110
2352-7110
DOI:10.1016/j.softx.2021.100877