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|Description=<h2>Data</h2>
|Description=<h2>Data</h2>
The data for the model come from a variety of sources, the main of which are:
The data for the model come from a variety of sources, the main of which are:
<caption>Table: Main data sources for the TIMER energy conversion module</caption>
Table: Main data sources for the TIMER energy conversion module
<table class="pbltable">
<table class="pbltable">
<tr>
<tr>
<th>Input</th><th>Data source</th>
<th>Input
<td>
</th>
* Electricity production and primary inputs. Source: [[IEA]] Energy Statistics and Data
<th>Data source
* Capacity of different plant types per region. Source: [[Enerdata Global Energy & CO2 Data]]; [[IEA]] Energy Statistics and Data
</th>
* Performance of fossil fuel and bio-energy fired plants. Source: [[Hendriks et al., 2004a]];
</tr>
</td><td>
<tr><td>
* CCS plants and storage. Source: [[Hendriks et al., 2004b]]
Electricity production and primary inputs
* Prices. Source: [[IEA]] Energy Statistics and Data
</td>
* Hydropower potential. Source: [[WEC-hydro]];
<td>{{abbrTemplate|IEA}} Statistics and Data ([[IEA, 2012a]])
* Solar and wind costs - calculated as described by [[Hoogwijk et al., 2007]]
</td></tr>
* Nuclear power - technology and resources. Source: [[WEC-Uranium]]; [[MIT]]
</tr><td>Capacity of different plant types per region
* Data on hydrogen technologies as described by [[Van Ruijven et al., 2007]]
</td>
<td>[[Enerdata Global Energy & CO2 Data|Energy Statistics and Data]] ([[Enerdata, 2010b]]; [[IEA, 2012a]])
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Performance of fossil fuel and bio-energy fired plants
</td>
<td>Hendriks et al. ([[Hendriks et al., 2004a|2004a]])
</td></tr>
<tr><td>{{abbrTemlate|CCS}} plants and storage
</td>
<td>Hendriks et al. ([[Hendriks et al., 2004b|2004b]])
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Prices
</td>
<td>IEA Statistics and Data ([[IEA, 2012a]])
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hydropower potential
</td>
<td>[[WEC-hydro|World Energy Council]] ([[WEC, 2010]])
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Solar and wind costs
</td>
<td>Hoogwijk et al., ([[Hoogwijk et al., 2007|2007]])
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Nuclear power - technology and resources
</td>
<td>[[WEC-Uranium]] ([[WEC, 2010]]); MIT ([[MIT, 2003|2003]])
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hydrogen technologies  
</td>
<td>Van Ruijven et al.,  ([[Van Ruijven et al., 2007|2007]])
</td>
</td>
</tr>
</tr>
</table.
==Uncertainties==
==Uncertainties==
Important uncertainties in the calculation of future energy conversion relate to development rates of the different conversion technologies and the consequences for the electricity system of a high level of market penetration.  
Important uncertainties in the calculation of future energy conversion relate to development rates of the different conversion technologies and the consequences for the electricity system of a high level of market penetration.  

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