Open Energy Modelling Initiative
Abbreviation | openmod |
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Formation | September 2014[a] |
Type | Internet-based with periodic workshops |
Purpose | Promote open-source energy models and open energy sector data |
Official language | English |
Website | openmod-initiative |
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Wiki | wiki |
Forum | forum |
Email list | groups |
YouTube channel | www |
The Open Energy Modelling Initiative (openmod) is a
Context
The application of open-source development to energy modelling dates back to around 2003. This section provides some background for the growing interest in open methods.
Growth in open energy modelling
Just two active open energy modelling projects were cited in a 2011 paper: OSeMOSYS and TEMOA.[2]: 5861 Balmorel was also public at that time, having been made available on a website in 2001.[b] As of November 2016,[update] the openmod wiki lists 24 such undertakings.[3] As of October 2021,[update] the Open Energy Platform lists 17 open energy frameworks and about 50 open energy models.
Academic literature
This 2012 paper presents the case for using "open, publicly accessible software and data as well as crowdsourcing techniques to develop robust energy analysis tools".[4]: 149 The paper claims that these techniques can produce high-quality results and are particularly relevant for developing countries.
There is an increasing call for the energy models and
Given the importance of rapid global coordinated action on climate mitigation and the clear benefits of shared research efforts and transparently reproducible policy analysis, openness in energy research should not be for the sake of having some code or data available on a website, but as an initial step towards fundamentally better ways to both conduct our research and engage decision-makers with [our] models and the assumptions embedded within them.[14]: 214
A one-page opinion piece in Nature News from 2017 advances the case for using open energy data and modeling to build public trust in policy analysis. The article also argues that scientific journals have a responsibility to require that data and code be submitted alongside text for scrutiny, currently only Energy Economics makes this practice mandatory within the energy domain.[15]
Copyright and open energy data
Issues surrounding
In December 2017, participants from the Open Energy Modelling Initiative and allied research communities made a written submission to the
In May 2020, participants from the Open Energy Modelling Initiative made a further submission on the European strategy for data.[21][22] In mid‑2021, participants made two written submissions on a proposed Data Act — legislative work-in-progress intended primarily to improve public interest business-to-government (B2G) information transfers within the European Economic Area (EEA).[23][24] More specifically, the two Data Act submissions drew attention to restrictive but nonetheless compliant public disclosure reporting practices deployed by the European Energy Exchange (EEX).
Public policy support
In May 2016, the
Adoption by regulators and industry generally
A trend evident by 2023 is the adoption of regulators within the European Union and North America. Fairley (2023), writing in the IEEE Spectrum publication, provides an overview.[31] And as one example, the Canada Energy Regulator is using the PyPSA framework for systems analysis.[32]
Workshops
The Open Energy Modelling Initiative participants take turns to host regular academic workshops.
Date | Host | City | Country | Comment | |
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1 | 18–19 September 2014 | DIW Berlin [33] | Berlin | Germany | establishment meeting with 28 participants [33] |
2 | 13–14 April 2015 | MCC Berlin [34] | Berlin | Germany | |
3 | 10–11 September 2015 | Imperial College London (ICL) [35] | London | United Kingdom | in association with Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment |
4 | 28–29 April 2016 | KTH Royal Institute of Technology [36]
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Stockholm | Sweden | |
5 | 27–28 October 2016 | Department of Energy, Politecnico di Milano
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Milan | Italy | Archived 12 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine |
6 | 20–21 April 2017 | Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS) [37] | Frankfurt | Germany | |
7 | 12–13 October 2017 | Technical University of Munich (TUM) | Munich | Germany | |
8 | 6–8 June 2018 | Climate Policy Group, ETH Zurich | Zürich | Switzerland | 63 attendees |
9 | 22–24 May 2019 | Department of Engineering, Aarhus University | Aarhus | Denmark | |
10 | 18–19 September 2019 | National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) | Golden, Colorado | United States | |
11 | 15–17 January 2020 | Hertie School | Berlin | Germany | circa 190 attendees |
12 | March thru May 2020 | 2020 mini‑workshop series | online | — | during COVID-19 pandemic, 3 events for 2020 |
14 | 5 May 2021 | 2021 mini‑workshop | online | — | during COVID-19 pandemic |
15 | 17 February 2022 | 2022 mini‑workshop | online | — | during COVID-19 pandemic |
16 | 22–24 March 2023 | International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) | Laxenburg, Vienna | Austria | limited to 65 attendees |
17 | 13–14 November 2023 | Stanford University Campus | San Francisco Bay Area | United States | limited to 80 attendees |
18 | 26–28 March 2024 | CRESYM and OTE | Grenoble | France | limited to 120 attendees |
The Open Energy Modelling Initiative also holds occasional specialist meetings.
Date | Subject | City | Country | Comment | |
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13 | 4 December 2020 | Climate forecasting for energy workshop | online | — | joint organization with S2S4E project |
See also
- Crowdsourcing
- Energy modeling
- Energy system – the interpretation of the energy sector in system terms
- Free Software Foundation Europe – a non-profit organization advocating for free software in Europe
- Open data
- Open energy system models – a review of energy system models that are also open source
- Open energy system databases – database projects which collect, clean, and republish energy-related datasets
Notes
Further reading
- Generation R open science blog on the openmod community [38]
- Introductory video on open energy system modeling using the python language as an example [39]
- Introductory video on the Open Energy Outlook (OEO) project specific to the United States[40]
External links
Related to openmod
- Open Energy Modelling Initiative website
- Open Energy Modelling Initiative wiki
- Open Energy Modelling Initiative discussion forum
- Open Energy Modelling Initiative email list archive
- Open Energy Modelling Initiative YouTube channel
- Open Energy Modelling Initiative GitHub account
- Open Energy Modelling Initiative twitter feed
Open energy data
- Open Energy Platform – a collaborative versioned database for storing open energy system model datasets
- Enipedia[usurped] – a semantic wiki-site and database covering energy systems data worldwide
- Energypedia – a wiki-based collaborative knowledge exchange covering sustainable energy topics in developing countries
- Open Power System Data project – triggered by the work of the Open Energy Modelling Initiative [41][42]
- OpenEI – a US-based open energy data portal
Similar initiatives
- soundsoftware.ac.uk – an open modelling community for acoustic and music software
Other
- REEEM – a scientific project modeling sustainable energy futures for Europe
- EERAdata – a project exploring FAIR energy data for Europe
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