The development and application of a temporal MARKAL energy system model using flexible time slicing

Applied Energy

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2261-2272

  Kannan, Ramachandran ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Electricity storage; Energy system model; Load curve; MARKAL flexible timeslice

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRICITY; HYDROGEN; INVESTMENTS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION;

BALANCING MECHANISMS; DEMAND-SIDE; DISAGGREGATION; ELECTRICITY DEMANDS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY SERVICES; ENERGY SYSTEM MODEL; ENERGY SYSTEMS; LOAD CURVES; MARKAL FLEXIBLE TIMESLICE; POWER SYSTEMS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SUPPLY AND DEMAND; TIME HORIZONS; TIME SLICING; TRANSPORT SECTORS;

HYDROGEN STORAGE;

DEMAND ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; LINEAR PROGRAMING; OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 79951514631     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2010.12.066     Document Type: Article

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