Tag: WP2 – Solar PV

IEW – College Park

IEW – College Park

As I had anticipated in my previous posts, in the past days I took part in the 36th International Energy Workshop (IEW), which was held in College Park, Maryland, organized by the Joint Global Change Research Institute of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and University of Maryland (UMD). This is a lower-scale conference compared to the EAERE event, but being specifically focused on energy, it was not difficult at all for me to find very interesting presentations, often close to…

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Solar PV learning in Integrated Assessment Models

Solar PV learning in Integrated Assessment Models

As anticipated in my previous post in this category, one of the two activities I worked on in the past weeks (apart from my quick tour that I described in the Life section 🙂 ) is the modeling of learning in solar PV power plants in Integrated Assessment Models. This activity – which involves four IAMs, including WITCH of course – was conceived at the end of the ADVANCE project and could not be completed within the end of the…

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Project outline

Project outline

The abstract of the project is reported in the About section. This post reports a detailed outline of the Work Packages and the Tasks.   WP 1 – Power sector modeling improvements (UC Berkeley) Task 1.1 – Training on the SWITCH model Task 1.2 – System integration Task 1.3 – Electricity storage Task 1.4 – Electrical grid Task 1.5 – Electricity trade   WP 2 – Technology prospects: EU policy scenario (FEEM) Task 2.1 – Study of the state of…

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