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|Application=Roads from Rio+20 (2012) project; EU Resource efficiency (2011) project; ADVANCE project;
|MainComponent=Energy supply and demand
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|IMAGEComponent=Drivers; Human development; Forest management;
|FrameworkElementType=model component
 
|Status=Publishable
 
|IMAGEComponent=Energy supply and demand; Energy conversion; Energy supply; Drivers; Human development; Forest management;
 
 
|KeyReference=Daioglou et al., 2012; Girod et al., 2012; Van Ruijven et al., 2012;
 
|KeyReference=Daioglou et al., 2012; Girod et al., 2012; Van Ruijven et al., 2012;
|InputVar=GDP per capita; Value added; Private consumption; Population per Region; Energy intensity parameters; Energy efficiency technology; Exogenous market shares; Primary energy price; Electricity price; Lifestyle parameters;
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|InputVar=GDP per capita; Sector value added; Private consumption; Population; Energy intensity parameters; Energy efficiency technology; Primary energy price; Electricity price; Lifestyle parameters; Taxes and other additional costs; Preferences;  Secondary energy price
|OutputVar=Demand for primary energy; Demand for electricity and hydrogen; Demand for traditional biomass; People dependent on solid fuel;
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|Parameter=Exogenously set market shares;
|Parameter=Taxes and other additional costs; Preferences;
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|OutputVar=Demand for electricity, heat and hydrogen; Demand traditional biomass; People dependent on solid fuel; Energy and industry activity level; Demand for fossil fuels and bioenergy;
|Description=Global final energy use has increased rapidly since the industrial revolution. Although, for a historical perspective, most increases have occurred in currently high-income regions, more recently the largest increase occurred in emerging economies. Given the aspirations for income growth in medium- and low-income countries, a continued high rate of growth in energy demand is to be expected in the coming decades, with important implications for sustainability.  
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|Description=Global energy use has increased rapidly since the industrial revolution. For a historical perspective, most increases have occurred in high-income regions but more recently, the largest increase is in emerging economies. With the aspirations for income growth in medium- and low-income countries, energy demand is to be expected to grow in the coming decades, with major implications for sustainability.  
  
 
<h3>Energy demand sectors and processes</h3>
 
<h3>Energy demand sectors and processes</h3>
In the energy demand model, final energy demand is simulated as a function of changes in population, economic activity and energy intensity (see the flowchart on the left). The model considers five basic sectors:  
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In the TIMER energy demand module, final energy demand is simulated as a function of changes in population, economic activity and energy intensity (see flowchart). Five economic sectors are considered: industry; transport; residential; public and private services; and other sectors mainly agriculture. In each sector, final energy use is driven by the demand for energy services, such as motor drive, mass displacement, chemical conversions, lighting, heating and cooling. Energy demand is considered as a function of three groups of parameters and processes:  
# industry;
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*activity data, for example on population and income, and more explicit activity indicators, such as steel production;  
# transport;
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*long-term trends that determine the intensity of use, for example, economic structural change ({{abbrTemplate|SC}}), autonomous energy efficiency improvement ({{abbrTemplate|AEEI}}) and price-induced energy efficiency improvement ({{abbrTemplate|PIEEI}});
# residential;
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*price-based fuel substitution ( the choice of energy carrier on the basis of its relative costs).
# services (both public and private;
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These factors are implemented in different ways in the various sectors. In some sectors, a detailed end-use service-oriented modelling approach is used while in other sectors, the description is more generic and aggregate. Energy prices link the demand module with other parts of the energy model, as they respond dynamically to changes in demand, supply and conversion.
# other (mostly agriculture).
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Within each of these sectors, final energy use is driven by the demand for energy services, such as motor drive, mass displacement, chemical conversions, lighting, heating and cooling. Here, the demand for energy is considered a function of three groups of parameters and processes:  
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|AggregatedComponent=Energy supply and demand
#activity data (e.g. on population and income, and more explicit, activity indicators such as steel production);  
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|FrameworkElementType=pressure component
# long-term trends that determine the intensity of use (e.g. economic structural change ([[hasAcronym::SC]]), autonomous energy efficiency improvement ([[hasAcronym::AEEI]]) and price-induced energy efficiency improvement ([[hasAcronym::PIEEI]]));
 
# price-based fuel substitution (i.e. the choice of energy carrier on the basis of its relative costs).  
 
The ways in which these factors are implemented varies across the different sectors. For some sectors, a detailed end-use service-oriented modelling approach was implemented. For other sectors, the description is more generic and aggregate. It should be noted that energy prices link the demand modules with other parts of the energy model, as they respond dynamically to changes in demand, supply and conversion.
 
 
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Revision as of 08:04, 1 August 2017

TIMER model, energy demand module
Some sectors are represented in a generic way as shown here, the sectors transport, residential and heavy industry are modelled in specific modules.

Key policy issues

  • How will energy demand evolve particularly in emerging and medium- and low-income economies?
  • What is the mix of end-use energy carriers to meet future energy demand?
  • How can energy efficiency contribute to reducing the growth rate of energy demand and mitigate pressures on the global environment?

Introduction