Understanding the impact of major energy choices, such as replacing coal based production with solar, or expanding wind rather than gas based generation, calls for running simulations and building scenarios in advanced mathematical models. For several years, Ida Græsted Jensen, PhD and partner at Energy Modelling Lab, has taught professionals how to understand and use energy system modelling.
One course, organised by the DANIDA Fellowship Centre and held at the Technical University of Denmark, focuses on the Balmorel model.
Participants learn to construct a Balmorel model tailored to their own country, with the aim of finding the optimal future investments in energy systems. They come away able to understand large scale energy system analyses and analyse energy systems themselves, with critical thinking about results, their use and key assumptions forming an important part of the course.
The course targets professionals who are either new to modelling in Balmorel or need to refresh their skills, and participants are expected to have a basic knowledge of energy systems.
A tailored Balmorel model that participants construct for their own country, used to identify optimal future energy system investments.
Close collaboration with the Technical University of Denmark, Ea Energy Analyses and RAM-lose in designing and delivering the course.
Building lasting capacity in energy system modelling among professionals from partner countries, able to construct and interrogate their own Balmorel models.
Client: DANIDA Fellowship Centre
Reference: Professor Marie Münster, Danish Technical University
Collaborators: Technical University of Denmark, Ea Energy Analyses, RAM-lose
EML team: Ida Græsted Jensen
Budget: Not stated on the existing page
Duration: August 2023
Model: Balmorel