Informing Energy and Climate Policies Using Energy Systems Models Insights from Scenario Analysis Increasing the Evidence Base /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Giannakidis, George (Editor), Labriet, Maryse (Editor), Ó Gallachóir, Brian (Editor), Tosato, GianCarlo (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Energy, 30
• Subjects: Energy.; Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Climate change.; Electric power production.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.; Climate Change Management and Policy.; Energy Technology.

This book highlights how energy-system models are used to underpin and support energy and climate mitigation policy decisions at national, multi-country and global levels. It brings together, for the first time in one volume, a range of methodological approaches and case studies of good modeling pra...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Energy Systems Modelling for Decision-Making
• Energy policies influenced by energy systems modeling-Case studies in UK, Ireland, Portugal and G8
• A global renewable energy roadmap: Comparing energy systems models with IRENA’s REmap 2030 project
• Energy decisions in an uncertain climate and technology outlook : how stochastic and robust methodologies can assist policy-makers.