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web site http://www.medeas.eu/
MEDEAS project is an European Project funded by H2020 programme that will design a new energy-economy model for the EU transition to a low carbon emissions energy system. This model will take into account the necessary flexibility to deal with different levels and interests of stakeholders at great sectorial and spatial detail and will be based on the open access programming language (Python).
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The transition to a low carbon economy needs to satisfy multiple (often competing) objectives including: socio-economic competitiveness, protection of the environment, creation of quality jobs, and social welfare. Policy-makers and other key stakeholders require more holistic tools which do not just focus on the energy sector, but consider the implications of policies on other domains including the economy, society and the environment. Currently, many tools lack sufficient integration of these important areas despite being tightly connected to the energy sector. Furthermore, current modelling tools often lack sufficient documentation, transparency and have been predominately developed for a specialised audience, which makes validation and comparison of results as well as independent review more challenging. The MEDEAS project aims to solve the current challenges of integration and transparency by developing a leading-edge policy-modeling tool.
The MEDEAS model will be based on WoLiM, will consider TIMES and LEAP models and will incorporate Input-Output Analysis, which supports the accounting of environmental, social and economic impacts. 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.
PARTNERS AND COLLABORATORS
Spanish National Research Council, Spain (CSIC), National Interuniversity Consortium of Materials Science and Technology, Italy (INTSM), Centre for Renewable Energy Sources and Saving, Greece (CRES), Masaryk University, Czech Republic (MU), Universidad de Valladolid, Spain (UVa), Anglia Ruskin University, United Kingdom (ARU), Black Sea Energy Research Centre, Bulgaria (BSERC), International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria (IIASA), Hnuti DUHA, Czech Republic, Austrian Energy Agency, Austria (AEA), Blue4You, Belgium.
Project MEDEAS is funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 691287.
MEDEAS Project web site http://www.medeas.eu/
MEDEAS linkedin group https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13522396
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