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.
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.
The next IEA-ETSAP meetings will be held in Cape Town (South Africa), back to back with IEW2012, on June 2012
as follows: 13-15 training (see below); Monday 18, ETSAP-TIAM; 19-21 IEW; Friday 22, regular ETSAP workshop;
Saturday 23, ExCo. Please submit your paper by February 1, 2012 following the instructions given at
here.
If your submission on IEA-ETSAP methodology related research has not been accepted, please send it by mid-May to
GianCarlo Tosato and George Giannakidis it could be accepted to the IEA-ETSAP regular Workshop, to be held in Cape Town after
the IEW2012, Friday, June 22, 2012. The registration to both events is now open at here.
IEA-ETSAP offers training courses at the introductory, intermediate and advanced levels (programs and conditions) to introduce new users to its model generators and user interfaces. If you are interested, please post your intent icons (with expectations) on the forum where groups of potential participants can form in different parts of the world, or register at (registration form).
Next base level training courses will be held:
The EU Institute for Energy and Transport, located in Petten (NL) is looking for an Energy Systems Technology Modelling Expert. Reference: 2012-PTT-F-30-EIA-00123. Deadline for application: 2 July 2012.
More info at here
The University of Edinburgh is seeking to appoint a Lecturer in Science, Technology and Innovation Studies with special research and teaching interest in environmental sustainability, energy technologies and eco-innovation. The deadline for applications is 24th April 2012.
Further particulars can be found at here
Since September 2011, ETASP E-TechDS is working in cooperation with the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) to develop and update briefs on renewable energy technologies.
Since January 1, 2012, George Giannakidis of the Greek Centre for Renewable Energy sources is the new Operating Agent of IEA-ETSAP and GianCarlo Tosato remains IEA-ETSAP project head.
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 ETSAP-TIAM model.
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. here
