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|Reference=Hoogwijk, 2004; Van Vuuren, 2007; Hendriks et al., 2004b;  
|Reference=Hoogwijk, 2004; Van Vuuren, 2007; Hendriks et al., 2004b;
|Description=The [[TIMER model]] includes two energy conversion submodels: the electric power generation model and the hydrogen generation model. Here, the focus is on a description of the electric power generation model (The flowdiagram on the right also shows only the electricity model). The hydrogen model follows a similar structure, and its key characteristics are briefly discussed in this Section.  
|Description=The [[TIMER model]] includes two energy conversion submodels: the electric power generation model and the hydrogen generation model. Here, the focus is on a description of the electric power generation model (The flowdiagram on the right also shows only the electricity model). The hydrogen model follows a similar structure, and its key characteristics are briefly discussed in this Section.  


Electric power generation
Electric power generation
As shown in the flowdiagram, two key elements of the electric power generation model are the descriptions of the investment strategy and the operational strategy within the sector. A challenge of simulating electricity production in an aggregated model is that, in reality, electricity production depends on a whole range of complex factors, such as those related to costs, reliance, and the time it takes to switch on technologies. Modelling these factors requires a very high level of detail. Therefore, IAMs such as TIMER concentrate on introducing a set of simplified, meta relationships ([[Hoogwijk, 2004]]; [[Van Vuuren, 2007]]).  
As shown in the flowdiagram, two key elements of the electric power generation model are the descriptions of the investment strategy and the operational strategy within the sector. A challenge of simulating electricity production in an aggregated model is that, in reality, electricity production depends on a whole range of complex factors, such as those related to costs, reliance, and the time it takes to switch on technologies. Modelling these factors requires a very high level of detail. Therefore, IAMs such as TIMER concentrate on introducing a set of simplified, meta relationships ([[Hoogwijk, 2004]]; [[Van Vuuren, 2007]]).  


==Total demand for new capacity==
==Total demand for new capacity==

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