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<p>Created page with &quot;{{Model |Full_Model_Name=The Integrated MARKAL EFOM Model |Acronym=TIMES |author_institution=IEA-ETSAP |authors=IEA-ETSAP |contact_persons=George Giannakidis |contact_email=gg...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Model<br /> |Full_Model_Name=The Integrated MARKAL EFOM Model<br /> |Acronym=TIMES<br /> |author_institution=IEA-ETSAP<br /> |authors=IEA-ETSAP<br /> |contact_persons=George Giannakidis<br /> |contact_email=ggian@etsap.org<br /> |website=www.etsap.org<br /> |source_download=https://github.com/etsap-TIMES/TIMES_model<br /> |logo=TIMES.png<br /> |text_description=The TIMES model generator combines two different, but complementary, systematic approaches to modelling energy: a technical engineering approach and an economic approach. TIMES is a technology rich, bottom-up model generator, which uses linear-programming to produce a least-cost energy system, optimized according to a number of user constraints, over medium to long-term time horizons.<br /> |Primary outputs=Capacities, Investement requirements, Energy flows, Costs, Emissions<br /> |User documentation=https://iea-etsap.org/index.php/documentation<br /> |Code documentation=https://iea-etsap.org/index.php/documentation<br /> |Source of funding=IEA-ETSAP<br /> |open_source_licensed=Yes<br /> |license=GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPL-3.0)<br /> |model_source_public=Yes<br /> |Link to source=https://github.com/etsap-TIMES/TIMES_model<br /> |open_future=No<br /> |modelling_software=GAMS<br /> |processing_software=EXCEL, VEDA, ANSWER<br /> |External optimizer=CPLEX<br /> |GUI=Yes<br /> |model_class=Local, National, Regional Global models developed using TIMES<br /> |sectors=All sectors<br /> |technologies=Renewables, Conventional Generation, CHP<br /> |Demand sectors=Households, Industry, Transport, Commercial sector, Other<br /> |Energy carrier (Gas)=Natural gas, Biogas, Hydrogen<br /> |Energy carrier (Liquid)=Diesel, Ethanol, Petrol<br /> |Energy carriers (Solid)=Biomass, Coal, Lignite, Uranium<br /> |Energy carriers (Renewable)=Geothermal heat, Hydro, Sun, Wind<br /> |Transfer (Electricity)=Transmission<br /> |Transfer (Gas)=Transmission<br /> |Transfer (Heat)=Transmission<br /> |Storage (Electricity)=Battery, CAES, Chemical, Kinetic, PHS<br /> |Storage (Gas)=Yes<br /> |Storage (Heat)=Yes<br /> |Market models=Full competition<br /> |decisions=dispatch, investment<br /> |georegions=Local, National, Regional, Global models<br /> |georesolution=Local, National, Regional, Global models<br /> |timeresolution=Hour<br /> |network_coverage=transmission, DC load flow, net transfer capacities<br /> |Observation period=More than one year<br /> |Additional dimensions (Ecological)=Pollutants emission, water demand can be modelled<br /> |Additional dimensions (Economical)=Total system discounted cost, marginal prices<br /> |math_modeltype=Optimization<br /> |math_modeltype_shortdesc=Partial equilibrium, least cost optimisation, with MIP, NLP options. Perfect foresight and myopic options. <br /> |math_objective=Total discounted system cost minimisation<br /> |deterministic=Deterministic, perfect foresight, myopic, stochastic.<br /> |is_suited_for_many_scenarios=Yes<br /> |montecarlo=Yes<br /> |computation_time_minutes=5 mins - hours<br /> |citation_references=Documentation for the TIMES Model, R. Loulou, G. Goldstein, A. Kanudia, A. Lehtila, U. Remme, 2016<br /> |report_references=https://iea-etsap.org/index.php/documentation<br /> |example_research_questions=https://iea-etsap.org/index.php/documentation<br /> |Model input file format=No<br /> |Model file format=No<br /> |Model output file format=No<br /> }}</div>

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