Model Documentation - MESSAGE-GLOBIOM
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Corresponding documentation
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Previous versions
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Model information
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Model link
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Institution
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International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria, http://data.ene.iiasa.ac.at.
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Solution concept
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General equilibrium (closed economy)
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Solution method
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Optimization
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Anticipation
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Apart from oil refining as predominant supply technology for liquid fuels at present a number of alternative liquid fuel production routes from different feedstocks are represented in MESSAGE (see Table 1). Different processes for coal liquefaction, gas-to-liquids technologiesand biomass-to-liquids technologies both with and without CCS are covered. Some of these technologies include co-generation of electricity, for example, by burning unconverted syngas from a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis in a gas turbine (c.f. Larson et al., 2012 1). Technology costs for the synthetic liquid fuel production options are based on Larson et al. (2012) (1).
Table 1: Liquid fuel production technologies in MESSAGE by energy source
Energy Source
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Technology
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Electricity cogeneration
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Biomass
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Fischer-Tropsch biomass-to-liquids
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yes
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Fischer-Tropsch biomass-to-liquids with CCS
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yes
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Coal
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Fischer-Tropsch coal-to-liquids
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yes
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Fischer-Tropsch coal-to-liquids with CCS
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yes
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coal methanol-to-gasoline
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yes
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coal methanol-to-gasoline with CCS
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yes
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Gas
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Fischer-Tropsch gas-to-liquids
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no
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Fischer-Tropsch gas-to-liquids with CCS
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no
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Oil
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simple refinery
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no
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complex refinery
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no
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References
- a b | Eric D Larson, Zheng Li, Robert H Williams (2012). Chapter 12 - Fossil Energy. In Global Energy Assessment - Toward a Sustainable Future(pp. 901--992). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK and New York, NY, USA and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria: .