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Energy Policy Simulator (EPS) Documentation

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Documentation for the Energy Policy Simulator (EPS), including a web interface tutorial and detailed policy design guidance. It covers a wide range of decarbonization strategies such as carbon pricing, electric vehicle policies, industrial energy efficiency, and urban mobility. The site provides methodology and scenario data for various regional models, including U.S. states, South Korea, Poland, and Chinese provinces, as well as technical guidance for post-2050 technologies like Carbon Capture and Sequestration.

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What's inside Energy Policy Simulator

  2. Overview of Vehicle Performance Standards

    Vehicle performance standards (often called fuel economy standards) establish maximum allowable levels of fuel consumption or greenhouse gas emissions per unit distance traveled. The primary goal is to ensure all vehicles, or a sales-weighted average of a manufacturer's fleet, meet minimum performance targets. This raises overall fleet energy efficiency, reduces oil consumption and GHG emissions, and encourages investment in innovative technologies.

  3. Overview of the Guangdong Energy Policy Simulator (EPS)

    The Guangdong Energy Policy Simulator (EPS) is a free, open-source model created by Energy Innovation (EI) and the Institute for Green Development (iGDP). It is based on the original model developed by EI and is designed to analyze energy consumption and emission trends in Guangdong Province, focusing on low-carbon transition paths for industry, buildings, transportation, and electricity.

  4. Overview of the Oregon Energy Policy Simulator (EPS)

    The Oregon Energy Policy Simulator (EPS) is a free, open-source computer model developed by Energy Innovation LLC, Power Oregon, and the Green Energy Institute at Lewis & Clark Law School. It is used to model energy policy and emissions scenarios, including Business-as-Usual (BAU) and Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) assumptions.

  6. Overview of the China (NCSC) Energy Policy Simulator

    The China (NCSC) Energy Policy Simulator (EPS) is a free, open-source computer model created by Energy Innovation (EI) and adapted for China in collaboration with the National Center for Strategic Studies on Climate Change (NCSC) and the Energy Research Institute (ERI).

  7. Overview of the Hainan Energy Policy Simulator (EPS)

    The Hainan Energy Policy Simulator (EPS) is a free, open-source model created by Energy Innovation (EI) and the Institute for Green Development Policy (iGDP). It is based on the original model developed by Energy Innovation.

  8. Overview of Geoengineering in Energy Policy Simulator (EPS)

    The Energy Policy Simulator (EPS) implements two specific geoengineering strategies focused on carbon dioxide removal (CDR) to represent negative emissions. It does not model solar radiation management (SRM) because the EPS tracks greenhouse gas emissions rather than planetary temperatures or radiative forcing.

    Supported strategies include:

    1. Direct Air Capture (DAC): The use of artificial machines or chemical processes to remove CO2 directly from the atmosphere.
    2. Enhanced Rock Weathering: The distribution of crushed silicate rocks (e.g., basalt) over land to sequester CO2 as carbonate rock.

  9. Overview of the Illinois Energy Policy Simulator (EPS)

    The Illinois Energy Policy Simulator (EPS) is a free, open-source computer model developed by Energy Innovation LLC and RMI. It allows users to simulate energy policy impacts, including business-as-usual (BAU) and nationally determined contribution (NDC) scenarios. The model is available both as an interactive browser-based tool and as a downloadable version for local installation.
    Browser-based simulator: https://energypolicy.solutions/simulator/illinois/en

  10. Overview of the Texas Energy Policy Simulator (EPS)

    The Texas Energy Policy Simulator (EPS) is a free, open-source computer model developed by Energy Innovation LLC and The Webber Energy Group at The University of Texas at Austin. It is used to simulate energy policy impacts and is released under the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3).

  11. Overview of the LULUCF sector in Energy Policy Simulator (EPS)

    The Land Use, Land Use Change, and Forestry (LULUCF) sector in the Energy Policy Simulator (EPS) manages pollutant emissions and carbon sequestration related to forests and specific land uses.

    Scope of LULUCF:

    • Included: Forest set-asides, afforestation/reforestation, avoided deforestation, forest management, and land conversion between forest and cropland.
    • Excluded: Fuel use (e.g., wood burning for heat is in the Buildings sector; timber-harvesting business fuel is in the Industry sector) and general agricultural operations (handled in the Industry sector).

    Implementation Logic: Policies are defined based on researched potential for a specific country. The user specifies a fraction of this potential to be achieved each year, which the model then translates into the amount of land affected.

  12. Overview of Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) calculations

    The CCS sheet performs supporting calculations for the electricity, industry, and hydrogen sectors. It calculates the quantity of CO2 sequestered, fuel burned to power sequestration, capital equipment costs, and O&M costs. Final emissions and cash flow calculations are not performed on this sheet; instead, the results are passed to the respective sector sheets. In the model, variables in italics denote data moving between different sectors.