Heat - MESSAGE-GLOBIOM

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Model Documentation - MESSAGE-GLOBIOM

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    Model information
    Model link
    Institution International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria, http://data.ene.iiasa.ac.at.
    Solution concept General equilibrium (closed economy)
    Solution method Optimization
    Anticipation

    A number centralized district heating technologies based on fossil and renewable energy sources are represented in MESSAGE (see <xr id="tab:MESSAGE-GLOBIOM_heat"/>). Similar to coupled heat and power (CHP) technologies that are described in the Electricity section of MESSAGE-GLOBIOM, these heating plants feed low temperature heat into the district heating system that is then used in the end-use sectors. In addition, there are (decentralized) heat generation options in Industrial sector of MESSAGE-GLOBIOM and Residential and commercial sectors of MESSAGE-GLOBIOM.

    <figtable id="tab:MESSAGE-GLOBIOM_heat">

    List of centralized heat generation technologies represented in MESSAGE by energy source
    Energy Source Technology
    coal coal district heating plant
    oil light fuel oil district heating plant
    gas gas district heating plant
    biomass solid biomass district heating plant
    geothermal geothermal district heating plant

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