Regions in energy market models [electronic resource] / W. Short.

Golden, Colo. : National Renewable Energy Laboratory, [2007]

This report explores the different options for spatial resolution of an energy market model--and the advantages and disadvantages of models with fine spatial resolution. It examines different options for capturing spatial variations, considers the tradeoffs between them, and presents a few examples from one particular model that has been run at different levels of spatial resolution. A large number of national energy market models are currently used to do market and policy analysis. The most widely known in the United States is probably the National Energy Modeling System (NEMS), developed by the Department of Energy's (DOE) Energy Information Administration (EIA). NEMS is used primarily for developing the Annual Energy Outlook (EIA 2005). However, there are many other models...one striking fact about these models is that none of them use the same regional structure.

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February 07, 2008

Mode of access: Internet from the NREL website. Address as of 1/16/08: http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy07osti/40506.pdf ; current access available via PURL.

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