CORDIS · MEDEAS
Guiding European Policy toward a low-carbon economy. Modelling Energy system Development under Environmental And Socioeconomic constraints
- Code
MEDEAS- Programme
- H2020
- Call
LCE-21-2015- Status
- CLOSED
- Period
- 2016-01-01 – 2019-12-31
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Participants
| Organisations | Role | Country | Grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS | coordinator | ES | 844 250 € |
| UNIVERSIDAD DE VALLADOLID | participant | ES | 427 772 € |
| ÖSTERREICHISCHE ENERGIEAGENTUR - AUSTRIAN ENERGY AGENCY | participant | AT | 411 204 € |
| ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY | participant | UK | 393 376 € |
| Masarykova univerzita | participant | CZ | 297 781 € |
| CHERNOMORSKI IZSLEDOVATELSKI ENERGIEN TSENTAR | participant | BG | 280 625 € |
| CONSORZIO INTERUNIVERSITARIO NAZIONALE PER LA SCIENZA E TECNOLOGIA DEI MATERIALI | participant | IT | 271 250 € |
| CENTRE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES AND SAVING FONDATION | participant | EL | 244 794 € |
| INTERNATIONALES INSTITUT FUER ANGEWANDTE SYSTEMANALYSE | participant | AT | 226 772 € |
| FUNDACION CIRCE CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION DE RECURSOS Y CONSUMOS ENERGETICOS | participant | ES | 131 577 € |
| BLUE4YOU SPRL | participant | BE | 120 000 € |
| HNUTI DUHA - FRIENDS OF THE EARTH CZECH REPUBLIC | participant | CZ | 85 907 € |
Description
The transition to a low carbon economy needs to achieve multiple aims: competitiveness, protection of the environment, creation of quality jobs, and social welfare. Thus policy-makers and other key stakeholders require tools that need to focus beyond the energy sector by including these other domains of economy, society and the environment. Currently, most available tools lack integration of these important areas despite being tightly connected to the energy sector. Moreover, current energy modelling tools often lack documentation, transparency and have been developed for a specialized insider audience, which makes validation and comparison of results as well as independent review impossible. Our project aims to solve the current needs of integration and transparency by developing a leading-edge policy modelling tool based on WoLiM, TIMES and LEAP models and incorporating Input-Output Analysis, that allows for accounting of environmental, social and economic impacts. The modular design of the tool will take into account the necessary flexibility to deal with different levels and interests of stakeholders at great sectorial and spatial detail. Finally, transparency will be achieved through an open access freeware distribution of the model based on the open access programming language (Python), providing a detailed user manual, addressed to a wider non-specialist audience, and including free internet courses and learning materials.
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