This is the wiki page for the upcoming Fourth Workshop of the Open Energy Modelling Initiative, a grass-root organization of modellers from various European research institutes and universities. After two workshops in Berlin and one in London, the next one will be in Stockholm, Sweden hosted by KTH.The workshop takes place on 28-29 April, 2016. As always, there is no registration fee, so feel free to join!
This wiki page will be updated frequently; with a program and practical information. All participants are invited to contribute suggestions of different sessions to be included in the program. And in the meantime, feel free to register on the mailing list where all things regarding energy modelling are discussed.
Background
Energy models are widely used for policy advice and research. They serve to answer questions on energy policy, decarbonization, and transitions towards renewable energy sources. Yet, most energy models are black boxes – even to fellow researchers. This is what we want to change. We are a group of modellers from various universities and research institutes who want to promote open energy modelling. We believe that Open Source models and Open Data will advance knowledge and lead to better energy policies. Our mission is to enable Open Source energy modelling by providing a platform for collaboration as well as tools along the full value chain of energy economics and energy system models. That is why we founded the Open Energy Modelling Initiative (openmod initiative) just a year ago. You are welcome to join us for our next workshop!
Practical information
Venue: KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
Map: https://goo.gl/maps/rrmJwDPzS382
Dates: 28-29 April, 2016
Begin: Thursday (28 April) 10.00
End: Friday (29 April) 16:00
Day 1 (Thursday, 28/04) will be in room M311, Brinellvägen 68 and Day 2 (Friday, 29/04) will be in ‘Salongen’, KTH Library
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Fee: no registration fee, but you will need to cover your own food and lodging expenses.
Accommodation option: Elite Hotel Arcadia is the closest hotel to the venue.
The workshop is hosted by the Unit of Energy Systems Analysis, KTH.
Registration
We've now reached the upper size limit of the rooms booked for the workshop (50 people), so registration is closed! If addition space becomes available, we will re-open the registration.
All the information that you entered in the form is visible on the participant list, apart from your email address which is kept private.
If you run into any problems with the registration, drop an email to Tom Brown (brown at fias.uni-frankfurt.de).
If you would like to give a 4-minute talk, please edit the list of talks below (you have to create an account on the wiki and log in first - see the buttons at the top right of this page).
Participants
Everyone who has registered is visible on the participant list.
Proposed Programme
Thursday morning (Venue: M311, Brinellvägen 68)
10.00 Start
10.00 – 10.05 Welcome and important information (Abhi)
10.05 – 10.15 What is open-mod (Stefan)
10.15 – 10.45 Introduction (everyone)
10.45 – 11.30 Short talks and presentations (1-8) (plenary)
11:30 – 11:45 Coffee break
11.45 – 12.30 Short talks and presentations (9-17) (plenary)
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch
Thursday afternoon (Venue: M311, Brinellvägen 68)
13.30 – 13.45 Introducing break-out groups (plenary)
13.45 – 15.00 Break-out groups 1 (parallel)
15.00 – 15.30 Reporting back (plenary)
15.30 – 15.45 Coffee break
15.45 – 16.00 Introducing break-out groups (plenary)
16.00 – 17.15 Break-out groups 2 (parallel)
17.15 – 17.30 Reporting back (plenary)
18.00 End of day
19.30 Dinner at Restaurang Cypern
Friday morning (Venue: 'Salongen', KTH Library)
10.00 Start
10.00 – 10.15 Summary of first day
10.15 – 10.30 Introducing break-out groups
10.30 – 10.45 Coffee break
10.45 – 12.00 Break-out groups 3 (parallel)
12.00 – 12.30 Reporting back (plenary)
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch
Friday afternoon (Venue: 'Salongen', KTH Library)
13.30 – 14.30 TechTalks or other discussion
14.30 – 15.30 Wrap up, next workshop
16.00 End of workshop
Break-out-groups
A break-out-group is a workshop-like gathering of interested individuals for a timespan of 1-2 hours to actively discuss a common topic. All groups feature 1-2 organisers whose responsibility is to moderate the discussion and capture any results in written form.
Session 1
Session 2
Session 3
(also: continued discussion of previous topics in their respective result docs)
Archived organisation
The history of organising/finding topics has been moved to the Break-out group Google Doc.
Short talks and presentations
Please list your name and a proposed title of a specific topic or research activity that you would like to present (4 minutes talk, 1 minutes Q&A, maximum 3 ppt slides)
- PyPSA: Network modelling with free software (Tom Brown)
- Using causal network analysis to measure electricity market synchronisation (Giorgio Castagneto-Gissey)
- Ensemble forecasting in district heating (Magnus Dahl)
- Urban energy systems modelling & the HUES platform (Andrew Bollinger)
- Concept of expanding the openmod online presence (introduction to the breakout group (outreach)) (Eva Wiechers/Martin Glauer)
- open_eGo: Electricty Grid Optimization. GIS-Analyses for demand and generation data (Ludwig Schneider)
- Using Open GIS-data and Models for Spatio-temporal Analysis of Urban Energy Systems (Alaa Alhamwi)
- ONSSET: A GIS based electrification planning tool using open datasets (Alexandros Korkovelos)
- An open model management infrastrucuture: MoManI (Yousef Almulla)
- Model based analysis of policy measures and transformation pathways to a sustainable energy system in europe (Francesco Gardumi)
- state of open energy modelling framework (oemof) (Berit Müller)
- Opening Energy Modeling to unconventional participants, the early-stage case of MELiSsa (Fabrizio Fattori)
- Building an open database of power plants (Johannes Friedrich)
- A very brief update on two projects: Open Power System Data (OPSD) and Renewables.ninja (Stefan Pfenninger)
- mosaik: A flexible smart grid co-simulation framework (Jan Sören Schwarz)
- Current Model Development and Data Management at IIASA (Matthew Gidden)
- Renewable energy potential considering theroretical, legal, technical and economic constraints (Pietro Zambelli)
Tech talks
- Toy optimisation models in three modelling languages (Johannes Dorfner)
- Flow-based market clearing (FBMC) (Fadi Bitar)
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