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Global Energy System Model
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by TU Berlin
Authors:
Löffler, Konstantin; Hainsch, Karlo; Burandt, Thorsten; Kemfert, Claudia; von Hirschhausen, Christian
Contact:
Löffler, Konstantin
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The Global Energy System Model (GENeSYS‑MOD) is a linear cost-minimizing optimization model being developed at Technische Universität Berlin, Germany. The project was originally based on the OSeMOSYS framework and the first version was released in 2017 using GAMS. The codebase was later translated into Julia. Both versions and a representative dataset are available on GitHub.
GENeSYS‑MOD couples the demand sectors covering electricity, buildings, industry, and transport and finds the cost-optimal investment into conventional and renewable energy generation, storage, and infrastructure. The research focus is on long-term system development and pathway analysis.
The model was first used to analyze decarbonization scenarios at the global level, broken down into ten regions. However, the framework is highly flexible, allowing for calculations at various levels of detail, from individual households to global aggregations, depending on the desired research question and availability of input data.
Based on GAMS, Julia. Using for data processing.
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 Open Source
Apache License 2.0 (Apache-2.0)
Directly downloadable
Some input data shipped
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| Model Scope |
Model type and solution approach |
| Model class
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multi‑commodity optimization
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| Sectors
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Electricity, Heat, Transport, Industry, Buildings
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| Technologies
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Renewables, Conventional Generation, CHP
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| Decisions
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dispatch, investment
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| Regions
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| Geographic Resolution
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NUTS1, federal states
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| Time resolution
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Hour
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| Network coverage
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net transfer capacities
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| Model type
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Optimization
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Linear optimization
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| Variables
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| Computation time
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minutes
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| Objective
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Minimization of total system costs
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| Uncertainty modeling
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| Suited for many scenarios / monte-carlo
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No
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References
Scientific references
Löffler, Konstantin; Hainsch, Karlo; Burandt, Thorsten; Kemfert, Claudia; von Hirschhausen, Christian (2017). "Designing a model for the global energy system — GENeSYS-MOD: an application of the Open-Source Energy Modeling System (OSeMOSYS)". Energies. 10 (1468): 1468.
https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en10101468
Reports produced using the model
https://zenodo.org/communities/genesys-mod
Example research questions
Modeling the low-carbon transition of the European energy system — a quantitative assessment of the stranded assets problem
Decarbonizing China's energy system — Modeling the transformation of the electricity, transportation, heat, and industrial sectors
Energy transition scenarios: what policies, societal attitudes, and technology developments will realize the EU Green Deal?
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