Energy conversion

Component is implemented in:

TIMER model (version TIMER 3.2) Aggregated component: Energy supply and demand Components: Emissions Energy conversion Energy demand Energy supply

Related IMAGE components

Climate policy Drivers Land-use allocation

Projects/Applications

ADVANCE project Energy Modelling Forum - EMF Roads from Rio+20 (2012) project

Models/Databases

Enerdata Global Energy & CO2 Data weggooien IEA database WEC-Uranium

Key publications

De Boer and Van Vuuren, 2017 Hendriks et al., 2004a Hoogwijk et al., 2007

Flowchart Energy conversion. See also the Input/Output Table on the introduction page.

Key policy issues

• What is the potential role of energy conversion sector, particularly in power production, in achieving a more sustainable energy system?
• What are the potential roles of individual technologies, such as carbon capture and storage (CCS), nuclear power, hydrogen and renewable energy?

Introduction