Tools - Modelling Systems

TIAM-ECN

TIAM stands for TIMES Integrated Assessment Model and comprises several thousand technologies in all sectors of the energy system. It is characterized by several technical and economic parameters and by emission coefficients for the three main greenhouse gases: CO2, CH4, and N2O.

The following mitigation options are available in the model:

• energy and technology substitution;
• demand reduction;
• specific CH4 and N2O options;
• biological absorption of CO2;
• capture (electricity and hydrogen) and sequestration of CO2 (CCS). Outputs from the model include the rate of adoption of new technologies and subsequent emission levels.

The model is relevant to investigating the development of new 'greener' energy technologies and looking at the conditions for the adoption of these technologies. It covers the world, split into 15 regions.

The rest of the TIAM-ECN information we present on our website is in Dutch.
More detailed information in English on the ETSAP-TIAM model can be found at the site of the IEA Implementing Agreement Energy Technology Systems Analysis Program (ETSAP).

Find more information about the TIAM-ECN model on:

• New model developments
• Uses of the model in recent projects (in Dutch).

For more information please contact Bob van der Zwaan.