Building and calibrating a country-level detailed global electricity model based on public data

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dc.contributor.authorBrinkerink, Maarten
dc.contributor.authorÓ Gallachóir, Brian P.
dc.contributor.authorDeane, Paul
dc.contributor.funderEnergy Exemplar, Australiaen
dc.contributor.funderScience Foundation Irelanden
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-17T12:35:14Z
dc.date.available2020-12-17T12:35:14Z
dc.date.issued2020-12-10
dc.date.updated2020-12-17T12:17:01Z
dc.description.abstractDeep decarbonization of the global electricity sector is required to meet ambitious climate change targets. This underlines the need for improved models to facilitate an understanding of the global challenges ahead, particularly on the concept of large-scale interconnection of power systems. Developments in recent years regarding availability of open data as well as improvements in hardware and software has stimulated the use of more advanced and detailed electricity system models. In this paper we explain the process of developing a first-of-its-kind reference global electricity system model with over 30,000 individual power plants representing 164 countries spread out over 265 nodes. We describe the steps in the model development, assess the limitations and existing data gaps and we furthermore showcase the robustness of the model by benchmarking calibrated hourly simulation results with historical emission and generation data on a country level. The model can be used to evaluate the operation of today's power systems or can be applied for scenario studies assessing a range of global decarbonization pathways. Comprehensive global power system datasets are provided as part of the model input data, with all data being openly available under the FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship allowing users to modify or recreate the model in other simulation environments. The software used for this study (PLEXOS) is freely available for academic use.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.articleid100592en
dc.identifier.citationBrinkerink, M., Gallachóir, B. Ó. and Deane, P. (2021) 'Building and Calibrating a Country-Level Detailed Global Electricity Model Based on Public Data', Energy Strategy Reviews, 33, 100592 (12 pp). doi: 10.1016/j.esr.2020.100592en
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.esr.2020.100592en
dc.identifier.endpage12en
dc.identifier.issn2211-467X
dc.identifier.journaltitleEnergy Strategy Reviewsen
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/10840
dc.identifier.volume33en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherElsevieren
dc.relation.projectinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/SFI/SFI Research Centres/12/RC/2302/IE/Marine Renewable Energy Ireland (MaREI) - The SFI Centre for Marine Renewable Energy Research/en
dc.relation.urihttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211467X20301450
dc.rights© 2020 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)en
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectOpen dataen
dc.subjectPower systemen
dc.subjectPower system modellingen
dc.subjectEmissionsen
dc.subjectGlobalen
dc.titleBuilding and calibrating a country-level detailed global electricity model based on public dataen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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