Intermediate level training course on VEDA-TIMES - iea-etsap

Technical-economic modelling with the TIMES model generator:
<strong>Intermediate</strong> <strong>level</strong> <strong>training</strong> <strong>course</strong> on VEDA-TIMES
2 nd Draft Program (as of October 28, 2011)
Date: January 23-25, 2012
Hosted by
Venue:
Contact
IFE
Oslo
Pernille M Sire Seljom [Pernille.Seljom@ife.no]
Number of trainees: between 5 and 10
Trainers: Maurizio Gargiulo; gargiulo.maurizio@gmail.com; skype: gargiulomau
References
see base <strong>level</strong> program
Participation fee: The <strong>course</strong> is free of charge for ETSAP Contracting Parties
Participants of companies, institutions & universities pay €1200, €1000 & €750, respectively.
Note:
It is assumed that trainees have some experience in building TIMES models with VEDA.
Day 1
Multi-regional partial equilibrium models
9.00-9.15 All participants Presentation of the program and round table
9.15-10.00 Presentation: Partial equilibrium TIMES models
10.00-11.00 Hands-on: Entering own price elasticities of the demands
Price elastic vs. least cost scenarios
11.00-11.30 Coffee break
11.30-13.00 Presentation: Multi-region TIMES models: trade variables and attributes
Hands-on:
Building a tutorial multi-region TIMES model
13.00-14.00 Lunch break
14.00-15.30 Hands-on: Sub-RES and transformation files
Partial equilibrium multi-region models: Results analysis, VEDA-BE
15.30-15.50 Coffee break
15.50-16.30 Hands-on: Building scenarios with a partial equilibrium multi-region model
Scenario results analysis with VEDA-Back End
16.30-17.30 Questions and answers
Hands-on:
Results analysis with VEDA-BE
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Day 2
Complex processes and user’s constraints
9.00-9.30 Hands-on: Dual input/output processes and dual demand technologies
9.30-10.00 Hands-on: Defining input/output EFF for multi-input/multi-output process such as
dual input heat pump
10.00-11.00 Hands-on: CHP
11.00-11.30 Coffee break
11.30-13.00 Hands-on: Interpolation settings - Vintage
13.00-14.00 Lunch break
14.0-15.00 Hands-on: Carbon capture and sequestration
15.00-15.30 Hands-on: Static and dynamic user’s constraints
15.30-15.50 Coffee break
15.50-17.00 Hands-on: Static and dynamic user’s constraints
17.00-17.30 Open questions
Day 3 Complex commodities and complex processes part 2
9.00-11.00 Hands-on: Time slices, balance and peak equations
11.00-11.30 Coffee break
11.30-13.00 Hands-on: Storage processes: types, attributes, equations
13.00-14.00 Lunch break
14.00-15.30 Hands-on: Electricity transmission lines and pipeline (corridor approach)
15.30-16.00 Coffee break
16.00-17.00 Questions – Answers
17.00-17.30 Feedbacks – Conclusion
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