Energy end-use - IMAGE

Model Documentation - IMAGE
Model scope and methods - IMAGE Model concept, solver and details - IMAGE Temporal dimension - IMAGE Spatial dimension - IMAGE Policy - IMAGE Socio-economic drivers - IMAGE Population - IMAGE Economic activity - IMAGE Macro-economy - IMAGE Production system and representation of economic sectors - IMAGE Energy - IMAGE Energy resource endowments - IMAGE Fossil energy resources - IMAGE Energy conversion - IMAGE Electricity - IMAGE Heat - IMAGE Gaseous fuels - IMAGE Grid, pipelines and other infrastructure - IMAGE Energy end-use - IMAGE Transport - IMAGE Residential and commercial sectors - IMAGE Industrial sector - IMAGE Other end-use - IMAGE Energy demand - IMAGE Technological change in energy - IMAGE Land-use - IMAGE Agriculture - IMAGE Forestry - IMAGE Bioenergy land-use - IMAGE Other land-use - IMAGE Emissions - IMAGE GHGs - IMAGE Climate - IMAGE Modelling of climate indicators - IMAGE Non-climate sustainability dimension - IMAGE References - IMAGE
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 IMAGE version 3.0
Model information
Model link	https://models.pbl.nl/image
Institution	PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL), Netherlands, https://www.pbl.nl/en.
Solution concept	Partial equilibrium (price elastic demand)
Solution method	Simulation
Anticipation	Simulation modelling framework, without foresight. However, a simplified version of the energy/climate part of the model (called FAIR) can be run prior to running the framework to obtain data for climate policy simulations.

IMAGE contains a detailed description of the energy service consumption in the transport, residential, cement and steel sector. In these sectors the physical activity (e.g passenger km, tonne km, tonne cement, tonne steel and residential floor space) are projected which drive the sectors demand for energy. Modelling energy services gives the opportunity to better assess scenarios of structural change (e.g. in the transport sector modal shift), technology efficiency and saturation effects. More details on the transport, industry and residential modelling can be found on the Transport, Industrial sector and Residential and Commercial sectors pages.