Bioenergy - POLES

Model Documentation - POLES
Corresponding documentation
AIM-Hub BLUES C3IAM COFFEE-TEA DNE21+ GCAM GRACE MESSAGE-GLOBIOM POLES PROMETHEUS TIAM-UCL WITNESS
Previous versions
Archive of POLES version ADVANCE
Model information
Model link	http://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/poles https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/poles-jrc-model-documentation-0
Institution	JRC - Joint Research Centre - European Commission (EC-JRC), Belgium, http://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/.
Solution concept	Partial equilibrium (price elastic demand)
Solution method	SimulationRecursive simulation
Anticipation	Myopic

Energy biomass is produced from the following surfaces:

• 1st generation biofuels: agricultural area, grassland
• other uses: forest area (for forest residues), grassland (for short rotation crops)

Yields evolve over time, based on historical evolutions.

Information sources include: FAO.