]> 2026-04-18T12:04:03+02:00 ZEN-garden 0 Jacob Mannhardt, Alissa Ganter, Lukas Kunz, Lukas Schmidt-Engelbertz, Janis Fluri, Vinzenz Muser, Johannes Burger, Francesco De Marco, Christoph Funke, Nour Boulos, Paolo Gabrielli, Giovanni Sansavini https://doi.org/10.1016/j.softx.2025.102059 Mannhardt, J., Ganter, A., Burger, J., De Marco, F., Kunz, L., Schmidt-Engelbertz, L., Gabrielli, P., & Sansavini, G. (2025). ZEN-garden: Optimizing energy transition pathways with user-oriented data handling. SoftwareX, 29, 102059. DOI:10.1016/j.softx.2025.102059 ZEN-garden team some dispatch investment Scenario Analysis (Deterministic) Zero-emissions Energy Networks Node true MIT license (MIT) Optimization Minimize net-present costs or minimize carbon emissions Framework true Python transmission distribution DC load flow false true Mannhardt, J., Gabrielli, P., & Sansavini, G. (2024). Understanding the vicious cycle of myopic foresight and constrained technology deployment in transforming the European energy system. iScience, 27(12), 111369. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.111369 Mannhardt, J., Gabrielli, P., & Sansavini, G. (2023). Collaborative and selfish mitigation strategies to tackle energy scarcity: The case of the European gas crisis. iScience, 26(5), 106750. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.106750 Ganter, A., Lonergan, K. E., Büchi, H. M., & Sansavini, G. (2024). Shifting to low-carbon hydrogen production supports job creation but does not guarantee a just transition. One Earth, 7(11), 1981–1993. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2024.10.009 Ganter, A., Gabrielli, P., & Sansavini, G. (2024). Near-term infrastructure rollout and investment strategies for net-zero hydrogen supply chains. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 194, 114314. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2024.114314 All Renewables Conventional Generation CHP ZEN-garden is an open-source linear optimization model of long-term energy system transition pathways. ZEN-garden, with a modular and flexible design, can be used to optimize different types of energy systems, value chains, or other network-based systems. ZEN-garden particularly provides a detailed description of transition pathways with, among other features, cumulative or annual carbon limits, capacity expansion constraints, and construction years. Data handling is user-oriented with features covering unit consistency, scaling, and parallelizable scenario analysis. Results output by ZEN-garden are investigated on an intuitive and flexible visualization platform. Hour 2025-04-23T09:02:47Z 2460788.8769329 2025-05-09T07:50:38Z 2460804.8268287 false ZEN-garden