Energy demand - WITCH

Model Documentation - WITCH
Corresponding documentation
AIM-Hub BLUES C3IAM COFFEE-TEA DNE21+ GCAM GEM-E3 GRACE IFs IMACLIM IMAGE MESSAGE-GLOBIOM POLES PROMETHEUS REMIND-MAgPIE TIAM-UCL WITCH
Previous versions
Archive of WITCH version 4.8
Model information
Model link	https://www.witchmodel.org/ https://github.com/witch-team/witchmodel https://doc.witchmodel.org
Institution	European Institute on Economics and the Environment (RFF-CMCC EIEE), Italy, http://www.eiee.org.
Solution concept	General equilibrium (closed economy)
Solution method	Optimization
Anticipation

The energy service demand is part of the Constant Elasticity of Substitution production function. Energy services have endogenous improvements in energy efficiency. Energy efficiency increases with investments in dedicated energy R&D, which build up the stock of knowledge. The stock of knowledge can then replace (or substitute) physical energy in the production of energy services.

The energy demand is mainly determined by the economic growth, which is calibrated from the growth rate of total factor productivity.