Overview of models

Model	Sectors	Model class	Math modeltype	Decisions	Timeresolution	Georesolution	Is suited for many scenarios
AMIRIS	electricity	Agent-based electricity market model	Simulation Agent-based	dispatch	Hour	National	true
ASAM	Electricity Electricity Market Electric power	Agent-based Simulation Market Model Electricity System Model German and European Electricity Market	Simulation Agent-based	dispatch	15 Minute	Individual power stations	true
ASSUME	All / Electricity	German and European Electricity Market Network-constrained Unit Commitment and Economic Dispatch Agent-based electricity market model	Simulation Agent-based	dispatch	15 Minute	NUTS0 - NUTS3, for DE	false
AdOpT-NET0		Multi Energy System Model	Optimization	dispatch investment	Hour	User dependent	true
Antares-Simulator	Electricity Methane Hydrogen Heat	Capacity Expansion Problem Production Cost Model	Optimization Simulation	dispatch investment	Hour	NUTS0 - NUTS2	true
AnyMOD	User-dependent	Framework	Optimization	dispatch investment	Hour	User-dependent	true
Backbone	All	Framework	Optimization	dispatch investment	15 Minute	Depends on user	true
Balmorel	User-dependent	Energy System Model	Optimization	dispatch investment	Hour	Hierarchical: countries, regions, areas	true
Breakthrough Energy Model	Electricity	Framework	Optimization Simulation	dispatch	Hour	Nodal	false
CAPOW	Electric power	CAISO and Mid-Columbia markets/U.S. West Coast	Simulation	dispatch	Hour	Zonal	true
CESAR-P	electricity heating cooling domestic hot water	Swiss building stock	Simulation		Hour	depending on input data	false
Calliope	User-dependent	Framework	Optimization	dispatch investment	Hour	User-dependent	true
CapacityExpansion	electricity heat gas	Capacity Expansion Problem	Optimization	dispatch investment		input data dependent	true
DESSTinEE	All / Electricity	Simulation	Simulation	dispatch	Hour	National	true
DIETER	electricity plus sector coupling (EVs P2Heat)	Optimization	Optimization	dispatch investment	Hour	In most applications so far, Germany as one node; version with additional central European country nodes available	true
Demod	end-use demand	Simulation	Simulation		Minute	depending on input data	true
Dispa-SET	Power system	EU power system	Optimization	dispatch	Hour	NUTS1	true
ELMOD	Electricity Heat	German and European Electricity Market	Optimization	dispatch	Hour	power plant block, transmission network node	false
EMLab-Generation	Electricity Market Carbon Market	Agent-based Simulation	Simulation Agent-based	dispatch investment	Year	Zones	true
EMMA	Electricity	Power market model	Optimization	dispatch investment	Hour	Countries	false
EOLES elec	Electricity Sector Carbon Market	Electricity System Model	Optimization Simulation	dispatch investment	Hour	Country level	false
EOLES elecRES	Electricity Sector	Electricity System Model	Optimization Simulation	dispatch investment	Hour	Coutry	false
ESO-X	Electricity	power system model	Optimization	dispatch investment	Hour	single-node (ESONE: 29 nodes)	true
Energy Access Explorer (EAE)			Other	investment	Multi year	1 km	false
Energy Policy Simulator	Electricity buildings transportation industry district heat land agriculture hydrogen etc...	System Dynamics	Simulation	dispatch investment	Year	single region	true
Energy Transition Model	Households Buildings Agriculture Transport Industry Energy	Demand driven energy model	Simulation	dispatch	Year	Country	true
EnergyRt		Reference Energy System	Optimization				true
EnergyScope	All (Electricity Heating and mobility)	Regional energy system design	Optimization	dispatch investment	Hour	Country	true
Ficus	electricity heating ...	energy system optimization model	Optimization	dispatch investment	15 Minute		true
FlexiGIS	Electricity Sector	urban energy systems	Optimization Simulation		15 Minute	building, street, district, city	false
GAMAMOD	Gas	German Transmission Grid	Optimization Simulation	dispatch investment	Day	NUTS0 - NUTS3, for DE	true
GENeSYS-MOD	Electricity Heat Transport Industry Buildings	multi‑commodity optimization	Optimization	dispatch investment	Hour	NUTS1, federal states	false
GRIMSEL-FLEX	Electricity Heat Hydrogen Buildings Transport	Energy System Model Optimization Social Planner	Optimization	dispatch	Hour	Consumer types and Urban settings	false
Genesys	Electricity	Electricity System Model	Optimization Simulation	dispatch investment	Hour	EUMENA, 21 regions	false
GridCal	Electricity	Transmission Network Model and Data (input and output)	Optimization Simulation				true
Heat4Future	district heating Heat	district heating system planning	Simulation	dispatch	Hour		false
HighRES	Electricity	European electricity system model GB electricity system model	Optimization	dispatch investment	Hour	Country level, 20 zones for GB	true
IRENA FlexTool	All sectors (user can add more)	Multi-purpose	Optimization	dispatch investment	Hour	User dependent	true
Lemlab	local energy markets	agent-based simulation	Simulation Agent-based				false
LoadProfileGenerator					Minute		false
MEDEAS	electricity heat liquid fuels gas solid fuels		Other		Year	global, continents, nations	true
Medea	Electricity Heat	Austrian and German electricity market	Optimization	dispatch investment	Hour	Countries	true
MicroGridsPy	Micro-grids design	Energy Modeling Framework	Optimization	dispatch investment	Hour	Village-scale	true
Mosaik	electricity heat mobility household	distributed energy systems smart grid simulation	Optimization Simulation Agent-based		Second		true
NEMO			Optimization Simulation	dispatch	Hour	NEM regions	true
NEMO (SEI)	All	Full energy system optimization flexible geographic and sectoral scope	Optimization	dispatch investment	Hour	Flexible - user-defined regionalization	true
OMEGAlpes	Electricity Heat all	Production consumption conversion storage	Optimization				false
OSeMOSYS	all		Optimization	investment	Day	Country	true
Oemof	Electricity Heat Mobility	Energy Modelling Framework	Optimization Simulation	dispatch investment	Hour	Depends on user	false
OnSSET	Electricity		Optimization		Multi year	Settlement level	true
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