Energy Modelling Platform for Europe (EMP-E) 2017 in Brussels

         

Subject

The objective of this first EMP-E meeting is to provide a peer-reviewed digest of model and policy insights for European energy scenario projects. It aims to initiate a long-term forum for exchanging research, development and practice of energy system modelling in Europe and, where feasible, promote the sharing of data and resources and improve the efficiency of research in the area. The results of the meeting will be published in a special issue of the journal “Energy Strategy Reviews”, which will be provided as input to high-level events such as COP23 [1] in Bonn.

Furthermore, as a first meeting it provides the possibility to discuss future EMP-E meeting structure and format with the aim to propose follow-up meetings. The EMP-E fulfils a recommendation of the Horizon 2020 Advisory Group [2] for Energy to set up a European forum for energy modelling [3].

Key themes to be highlighted in the 2017 meeting are the ‘energy union’, its ‘transition’, transparency, scenario definitions and the SET Plan. Furthermore the EMP-E concept will be discussed with the aim to propose follow-up actions.

Agenda / Programme

You find the abstracts of the speeches here.

Current programme can be downloaded here (v3).

Presentations and slides can be accessed here.

Focus Groups

• Designing and comparing energy transition pathways
  KTH and IER (contact: gardumi@kth.se (Francesco Gardumi))
• Capacity expansion planning in high RES worlds
  Artelys and KIT  (contact: laurent.fournie@artelys.com (Laurent Fournie))
• Publishing in open databases and increasing transparency and reproducibility
  RLI (contact: berit.mueller@rl-institut.de (Berit Müller))
• Bridging the gap between policy questions and models
  TNO (contact: Christian.Bos@tno.nl (Christian Bos))
• Modelling of environmental impacts and externalities
  DTU  (contact: keka@dtu.dk (Kenneth Karlson))
• Methodologies for linking models
  IER and TU Wien (contact: ulrich.fahl@ier.uni-stuttgart.de)

Call for papers

Link to the call for papers (v2)

Deadlines

• Registration Deadline 7th April 2017
• EMP-E conference 17th/18th May 2017
• Submission of journal paper (4 pages or 6-10 pages)15th July 2017
  

Time and place

The conference will take place on 17-18th of May, 2017
at the RTD/JRC headquarters in Brussels.
21 rue du champ de Mars / Marsveldstraat 21, 1050 Brussels

Registration

Registration is only possible with invitation.

Organisation committee

  
European Commission DG RTD

[1] Conference of the Parties (COP 23) to the UN Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) http://sdg.iisd.org/events/unfccc-cop-23/
[2] http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=2981
[3] Recommendation 9.d. Page 14 : http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetailDoc&id=25609&no=1