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REMIND-D: A Hybrid Energy-Economy Model of Germany

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  • Eva Schmid

    (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research)

  • Brigitte Knopf

    (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research)

  • Nico Bauer

    (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research)

Abstract

This paper presents a detailed documentation of the hybrid energy-economy model REMIND-D. REMIND-D is a Ramsey-type growth model for Germany that integrates a detailed bottom-up energy system module, coupled by a hard link. The model provides a quantitative framework for analyzing long-term domestic CO2 emission reduction scenarios. Due to its hybrid nature, REMIND-D facilitates an integrated analysis of the interplay between technological mitigation options in the different sectors of the energy system as well as overall macroeconomic dynamics. REMIND-D is an intertemporal optimization model, featuring optimal annual mitigation effort and technology deployment as a model output. In order to provide transparency on model assumptions, this paper gives an overview of the model structure, the input data used to calibrate REMIND-D to the Federal Republic of Germany, as well as the techno-economic parameters of the technologies considered in the energy system module.

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  • Eva Schmid & Brigitte Knopf & Nico Bauer, 2012. "REMIND-D: A Hybrid Energy-Economy Model of Germany," Working Papers 2012.09, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei.
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    Keywords

    Hybrid Model; Germany; Energy System; Domestic Mitigation;
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    JEL classification:

    • O41 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - One, Two, and Multisector Growth Models
    • O52 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Europe
    • Q43 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Energy and the Macroeconomy

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