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National, Regional and Local Scale Energy-Environment and Economic Models
Citation:
Kaplan, O. National, Regional and Local Scale Energy-Environment and Economic Models. Invited Lecture in Rutgers University, News Brunswick, NJ, October 18, 2018.
Impact/Purpose:
Energy systems modeling helps researchers identify strategies where multipollutant, multi-media impacts and the unintended consequences can be evaluated and compared. This knowledge can guide federal, state, and city governments, as well as corporations and other entities, in making robust and efficient technology pathways and argue the economic implications of adopting new technologies over adapting to environmental problems later. The objective of the energy systems modeling work at U.S. EPA’s Office of Research and Development (ORD) is to provide the Agency and other stakeholders with expertise, analyses, and tools to examine scenarios that describe the evolution towards more sustainable energy systems. The cornerstone of this effort is the U.S. EPA database (EPAUS9r), a regional database representing the U.S. energy system for use with the MARKAL/TIMES energy-environmental-economic bottom-up optimization frameworks. In recent years, U.S. EPA’s ORD has also started to develop two state- and local-level tools to aid local decision making.
Description:
Energy systems modeling helps researchers identify strategies where multipollutant, multi-media impacts and the unintended consequences can be evaluated and compared. This knowledge can guide federal, state, and city governments, as well as corporations and other entities, in making robust and efficient technology pathways and argue the economic implications of adopting new technologies over adapting to environmental problems later. The objective of the energy systems modeling work at U.S. EPA’s Office of Research and Development (ORD) is to provide the Agency and other stakeholders with expertise, analyses, and tools to examine scenarios that describe the evolution towards more sustainable energy systems. The cornerstone of this effort is the U.S. EPA database (EPAUS9r), a regional database representing the U.S. energy system for use with the MARKAL/TIMES energy-environmental-economic bottom-up optimization frameworks. In recent years, U.S. EPA’s ORD has also started to develop two state- and local-level tools to aid local decision making.