Global and national TIMES models: Use of IEA-ETSAP TIMES models in Denmark

An important part of the cooperation within the IEA (International Energy Agency) is organised through national contributions to ”Implementing Agreements” on energy technology and energy analyses. One of them is ETSAP (Energy Technology Systems Analysis Programme), started in 1976. Denmark has signed the agreement and contributed to some early annexes.

This document is the final report of the project ”Danish participation in IEA-ETSAP, Annex XII, 2011-2013” under the Danish Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Programme (EUDP) 2010. A first complete draft of the ETSAP final report for Annesx XII will not be relaased until January 2015. A new project, ”Danish participation in IEA-ETSAP, Annex XIII, 2014-2016” was granted by the EUDP 2013.

The current report from the Annex XII project is final edition of the preliminary edition Risø-R-1774, which was published in March 2011. The use of the ETSAP tools is linked to many other projects focusing on model application worldwide. This includes the organisations and institutions gathering in the annual International Energy Workshops (IEW), which are held back-to-back with one of the ETSAP semi-annual workshops.

In recent years the ETSAP modelling tools have contributed to several projects under the various European research programmes.