Adaptation of TIMES Model Structure to Industrial, Commercial and Residential Sectors

2020
Dzintars Jaunzems, Ieva Pakere, Signe Allena-Ozoliņa, Ritvars Freimanis, Andra Blumberga, Gatis Bažbauers

National energy sector management differs from country to country. Therefore, it is important to develop country-specific energy models to analyse the energy demand, structure and potential policy instruments. The paper presents a pathway for adaption and improvement of the standard TIMES model structure to the specific country requirements. The analysis is based on a three-sector (industrial, commercial and residential) case study of Latvia. Literature review presents experience of other research when developing different energy models as well as adapting the TIMES model structure. The main results show a distribution of the final energy consumption and the validation of the obtained results of the sectors studied. Method and intermediate results presented in the paper are part of an ongoing modelling process of Latvia's energy sector.

Keywords
Energy system modelling, final energy consumption, optimization bottom-up model, TIMES model
DOI
10.2478/rtuect-2020-0023
Hyperlink
https://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/rtuect/24/1/article-p392.xml

Jaunzems, D., Pakere, I., Allena-Ozoliņa, S., Freimanis, R., Blumberga, A., Bažbauers, G. Adaptation of TIMES Model Structure to Industrial, Commercial and Residential Sectors. Environmental and Climate Technologies, 2020, Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 392-405. ISSN 1691-5208. e-ISSN 2255-8837. Available from: doi:10.2478/rtuect-2020-0023

Publication language
English (en)