Energy demand

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

Drivers Forest management Human development

Projects/Applications

ADVANCE project EU Resource efficiency (2011) project Roads from Rio+20 (2012) project

Key publications

Daioglou et al., 2012 Girod et al., 2012 Van Ruijven et al., 2012

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