TY  - JOUR
A1  - Blinn, Alexander
A1  - te Heesen, Henrik
T1  - UCB-SEnMod: A model for analyzing future energy systems with 100% renewable energy technologies - methodology
T2  - Energies
N2  - While the contribution of renewable energy technologies to the energy system is increasing, so is its level of complexity. In addition to new types of consumer systems, the future system will be characterized by volatile generation plants that will require storage technologies. Furthermore, a solid interconnected system that enables the transit of electrical energy can reduce the need for generation and storage systems. Therefore, appropriate methods are needed to analyze energy production and consumption interactions within different system constellations. Energy system models can help to understand and build these future energy systems. However, although various energy models already exist, none of them can cover all issues related to integrating renewable energy systems. The existing research gap is also reflected in the fact that current models cannot model the entire energy system for very high shares of renewable energies with high temporal resolution (15 min or 1-h steps) and high spatial resolution. Additionally, the low availability of open-source energy models leads to a lack of transparency about exactly how they work. To close this gap, the sector-coupled energy model (UCB-SEnMod) was developed. Its unique features are the modular structure, high flexibility, and applicability, enabling it to model any system constellation and can be easily extended with new functions due to its software design. Due to the software architecture, it is possible to map individual buildings or companies and regions, or even countries. In addition, we plan to make the energy model UCB-SEnMod available as an open-source framework to enable users to understand the functionality and configuration options more easily. This paper presents the methodology of the UCB-SEnMod model. The main components of the model are described in detail, i.e., the energy generation systems, the consumption components in the electricity, heat, and transport sectors, and the possibilities of load balancing.
KW  - Energie
KW  - Energiemodell
KW  - energy
KW  - modeling
KW  - energy system
KW  - energy modeling
KW  - energy system modeling
KW  - renewable energy
KW  - environmental effect
KW  - strategy
KW  - CO2
KW  - electricity
KW  - heat
KW  - transport
KW  - optimization
Y1  - 2022
UR  - https://hst.opus.hbz-nrw.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/115
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:tr5-1157
VL  - 15
IS  - 12
SP  - 1
EP  - 22
PB  - MDPI
ER  -