Documentation for the TIMES Model, R. Loulou, G. Goldstein, A. Kanudia, A. Lehtila, U. Remme, 2016
Deterministic, perfect foresight, myopic, stochastic.
Local, National, Regional, Global models
GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPL-3.0)
Partial equilibrium, least cost optimisation, with MIP, NLP options. Perfect foresight and myopic options.
Total discounted system cost minimisation
Regional Global models developed using TIMES
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.