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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
energy
OSeMOSYS: The Open Source Energy Modeling System. An introduction to its ethos, structure and development.
Energy Policy, Volume 39, No. 10, Year 2011
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This paper discusses the design and development of the Open Source Energy Modeling System (OSeMOSYS). It describes the model's formulation in terms of a 'plain English' description, algebraic formulation, implementation-in terms of its full source code, as well as a detailed description of the model inputs, parameters, and outputs. A key feature of the OSeMOSYS implementation is that it is contained in less than five pages of documented, easily accessible code. Other existing energy system models that do not have this emphasis on compactness and openness makes the barrier to entry by new users much higher, as well as making the addition of innovative new functionality very difficult. The paper begins by describing the rationale for the development of OSeMOSYS and its structure. The current preliminary implementation of the model is then demonstrated for a discrete example. Next, we explain how new development efforts will build on the existing OSeMOSYS codebase. The paper closes with thoughts regarding the organization of the OSeMOSYS community, associated capacity development efforts, and linkages to other open source efforts including adding functionality to the LEAP model. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Howells, Mark I.
Sweden, Stockholm
The Royal Institute of Technology Kth
Rogner, Hans Holger
Austria, Vienna
International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna
Strachan, Neil D.
United Kingdom, London
University College London
Heaps, Charles G.
United States, Stockholm
Stockholm Environmental Institute
Huntington, Hillard G.
United States, Palo Alto
Stanford University
Kypreos, Socrates
Switzerland, Villigen
Paul Scherrer Institut
Hughes, Alison
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Silveira, Semida
Sweden, Stockholm
The Royal Institute of Technology Kth
DeCarolis, Joseph F.
United States, Raleigh
Nc State University
Bazillian, Morgan
Austria, Vienna
United Nations Industrial Development Organization
Roehrl, Alexander
United States, New York
United Nations
Statistics
Citations: 655
Authors: 11
Affiliations: 10
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.enpol.2011.06.033
ISSN:
03014215