The Energy Technology Systems Analysis Program (ETSAP) is an Implementing Agreement of the International Energy Agency (IEA), first established in 1976. It functions as a consortium of member country teams and invited teams that actively cooperate to establish, maintain, and expand a consistent multi-country energy/economy/environment/engineering (4E) analytical capability.

Its backbone consists of individual national teams in nearly 70 countries, and a common, comparable and combinable methodology, mainly based on the MARKAL/TIMES family of models, permitting the compilation of long term energy scenarios and   in-depth national, multi-country, and global energy and environmental analyses.

Workshops

 


By statute, ETSAP meets twice a year to exchange experiences, discuss ways to improve the tools and manage the common activities. Local experts are invited to these meetings so that they are exposed to the paradigm and can interact with the ETSAP participants from their country. These meetings are also held in non-Annex I countries and they often lead to collaborative model building projects with local and third party funds.

Next regular ETSAP workshop and Executive Committee meeting will be held in Cork (Ireland)

Training Courses

 


ETSAP offers training courses at the introductory, intermediate and advanced levels to introduce new users to its model generators and user interfaces. Please get in touch with support@etsap.org if you are interested.

A training course on VEDA-TIMES is proposed in Delhi, India, around Sep/Oct 2010.

Next training on TIMES features will be held in Cork (Ireland) on November 11-13, 2010. The course is free of charge for ETSAP members; the cost for other participants from companies, institutions and universities is € 1200, € 1000 and € 750, respectively.

Job Opportunities

 

  • The Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. (EPRI, www.epri.com) is seeking one or more Economists – Global Climate who will be responsible for conducting and supporting economic and technology analyses of energy and environmental policy options, particularly on the U.S. energy sector. Most time will be spent developing and running large scale and computable general equilibrium models. More information.
  • The Energy Studies Institute at the National University of Singapore invites applications for the position of Research Fellow in Energy and Economic Policy. Candidates must have a Ph.D. in Economics or expect to complete their Ph.D. by August 2010. More information.

Other News Archives

 

  • A discussion forum has been set up to facilitate multilateral discussions on various ETSAP issues. ETSAP members are encouraged to register and participate.
  • ETSAP members can now access the TIAM-ETSAP model.
  • Proceedings of the Delhi workshop are available now.
  • The first draft factsheets of the IEA-ETSAP Energy Technology Data Source are now posted at www.etsap.org/E-techDS.
  • You may obtain a fully functional evaluation version of the MARKAL/TIMES, and GAMS, running under the ANSWER and/or VEDA “shells” upon execution of the ETSAP Letter of Agreement governing access to and use of ETSAP Tools. More information.