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Project plan4res (www.plan4res.eu) involves the development of a modular framework for the modeling and analysis of energy system strategies at the European level. It will include models describing the investment and operation decisions for a wide variety of technologies related to electricity and non-electricity energy sectors across generation, consumption, transmission and distribution. The modularity of the framework allows for detailed modelling of major areas of energy systems that can help stakeholders from different backgrounds to focus on specific topics related to the energy landscape in Europe and to receive relevant outputs and insights tailored to their needs. The current paper presents a qualitative description of key concepts and methods of the novel modular optimization framework and provides insights into the corresponding energy landscape.
This paper gives an overview of the modeling
framework that is being developed within the Horizon2020 project
plan4res. In the context of energy transition, integration of high
shares of renewable energies will play a vital role for achieving the
proposed climate targets. This brings new challenges to modeling
tools, including data construction, implementation and solution
techniques. In order to address these challenges, plan4res aims to
create a well-structured and highly modular framework that will
provide insights into the needs of future energy systems. An
overview of the central modeling aspects is given in this paper.
Finally, three case studies are presented that show the adequacy
and relevance of the proposed optimization framework.