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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Hall, Lisa M.H.
• Buckley, Alastair R.

Titel

A review of energy systems models in the UK: Prevalent usage and categorisation

Ist Teil von

• Applied energy, 2016-05, Vol.169, p.607-628

Ort / Verlag

Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2016

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• •We review UK academic and policy literature since 2008 on energy systems modelling.•We find that nearly 100 models are referenced within academic literature.•We propose a classification schema and define its suggested usage.•The UK model landscape is considered and 22 models are classified within the schema. In this paper, a systematic review of academic literature and policy papers since 2008 is undertaken with an aim of identifying the prevalent energy systems models and tools in the UK. A list of all referenced models is presented and the literature is analysed with regards sectoral coverage and technological inclusion, as well as mathematical structure of models. The paper compares available models using an appropriate classification schema, the introduction of which is aimed at making the model landscape more accessible and perspicuous, thereby enhancing the diversity of models within use. The distinct classification presented in this paper comprises three sections, which specify the model purpose and structure, technological detail and mathematical approach. The schema is not designed to be comprehensive, but rather to be a broad classification with pertinent level of information required to differentiate between models. As an example, the UK model landscape is considered and 22 models are classified in three tables, as per the proposed schema.