Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/185997 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Citation: 
[Journal:] Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics [ISSN:] 2235-6282 [Volume:] 148 [Issue:] 2 [Publisher:] Springer [Place:] Heidelberg [Year:] 2012 [Pages:] 111-135
Publisher: 
Springer, Heidelberg
Abstract: 
The energy demand and supply projections of the Swiss government funded by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy and carried out by a consortium of institutes and consulting companies are based on two types of energy models: macroeconomic general equilibrium models and bottom-up models for each sector. While the macroeconomic models are used to deliver the economic, demographic and policy framework conditions as well as the macroeconomic impacts of particular scenarios, the bottom-up models simulate the technical developments in the final energy sectors and try to optimise electricity generation under the given boundary conditions of a particular scenario. This introductory article gives an overview of some of the energy models used in Switzerland and – more importantly – some insights into current advanced energy system modelling practice pointing to the characteristics of the two modelling types and their advantages and limitations.
Subjects: 
energy modelling
bottom-up
top-down
hybrid energy system modelling
Switzerland
JEL: 
C63
L61
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Document Type: 
Article

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