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==The energy supply and demand model (TIMER)== | ==The energy supply and demand model (TIMER)== | ||
The IMage Energy Regional model (also referred to as (TIMER model|TIMER | The IMage Energy Regional model (also referred to as ([[TIMER model|TIMER]]) is an energy model that has been developed to explore different scenarios for the energy system in the broader context of the IMAGE global environmental assessment framework ([[De Vries et al., 2001]]; [[Van Vuuren, 2007]]). TIMER is an energy system simulation model, describing the demand and supply of 12 different primary energy carriers in 26 world regions. Its main objective is to analyse the long-term trends in energy demand and supply, in the context of the sustainable development challenges described in the first paragraph . For this purpose, the model simulates long-term trends in energy use, issues related to depletion, energy-related greenhouse gas and other air polluting emissions, along with land-use demand for energy crops. The focus is on dynamic relationships within the energy system, such as inertia and learning-by-doing in capital stocks, depletion of the resource base and trade among the different regions. Similar most other parts of IMAGE, TIMER also is a simulation model. Its results depend on a single set of deterministic algorithms according to which the system state in any future year is derived entirely from previous system states. This differs from most macroeconomic models, which let the system evolve on the basis of a minimisation (of cost) or a maximisation (of utility) under boundary conditions. As such, TIMER can be compared to energy simulation models such as POLES ([[Criqui et al. 2003]]) and GCAM ([[Thomson et al. 2011]]). First, the energy supply and demand model is briefly introduced, followed by discussions on the different parts of the model in more detail, in subsequent sections. | ||
==Model description== | ==Model description== |
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