Introduction to Energy Systems Modelling

Andrea Herbst, Felipe Andrés Toro, Felix Reitze and Eberhard Jochem

Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES), 2012, vol. 148, issue II, 111-135

Abstract: The energy demand and supply projections of the Swiss government funded by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy and carried out by a consortium of institutes and consulting companies are based on two types of energy models: macroeconomic general equilibrium models and bottom-up models for each sector. While the macroeconomic models are used to deliver the economic, demographic and policy framework conditions as well as the macroeconomic impacts of particular scenarios, the bottom-up models simulate the technical developments in the final energy sectors and try to optimise electricity generation under the given boundary conditions of a particular scenario. This introductory article gives an overview of some of the energy models used in Switzerland and – more importantly – some insights into current advanced energy system modelling practice pointing to the characteristics of the two modelling types and their advantages and limitations.

Keywords: energy modelling; bottom-up; top-down; hybrid energy system modelling; Switzerland (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C63 L61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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