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Documentation: MUSE documentation consists of a referencecard and detailed model documentation

Institution: Imperial College London (Imperial College London), UK, https://www.imperial.ac.uk/.

Model link: http://paris-reinforce.epu.ntua.gr/detailed_model_doc/muse

Name and version: MUSE 1.0

Process state: in preparation

Model scope and methods

Geographical scope: Global

Model type: Energy system model

Objective: MUSE is an agent-based energy systems model which simulates the decision-making process of firms and consumers in the energy system. It aims at capturing the multi-faceted aspects of the energy systems transitions in a realistic way as they would be affected by limited knowledge of the future and the technology readiness adopting a bottom-up approach to the technology description.

Policies: Emission tax, Emission pricing, Capacity targets, Emission standards, Energy efficiency standards

Solution concept: Partial equilibrium (price elastic demand)

Solution method: Simulation

Spatial dimension: Number of regions:28

Temporal dimension: Base year:2010, time steps:5 or 10, horizon: configurable (2050 or 2100)

Time discounting type: Discount rate exogenous

Socio-economic drivers

Education level: Yes (exogenous)

GDP: Yes (exogenous)

Population: Yes (exogenous)

Population age structure: Yes (exogenous)

Energy

Electricity technologies: Coal w/o CCS, Coal w/ CCS, Gas w/o CCS, Gas w/ CCS, Oil w/o CCS, Bioenergy w/o CCS, Bioenergy w/ CCS, Geothermal power, Nuclear power, Solar power-central PV, Solar power-distributed PV, Solar power-CSP, Wind power, Wind power-onshore, Wind power-offshore, Hydroelectric power, Ocean power

Energy technology choice: Lowest cost with adjustment penalties

Energy technology deployment: Expansion and decline constraints, System integration constraints

Energy technology substitutability: Mixed high and low substitutability

Freight transportation: Freight trains, Heavy duty vehicles, Freight aircrafts, Freight ships

Heat generation: Coal heat, Natural gas heat, Oil heat, Biomass heat, Geothermal heat, Solarthermal heat, CHP (coupled heat and power)

Hydrogen production: Coal to hydrogen w/o CCS, Coal to hydrogen w/ CCS, Natural gas to hydrogen w/o CCS, Natural gas to hydrogen w/ CCS, Biomass to hydrogen w/o CCS, Biomass to hydrogen w/ CCS

Industry: Paper production

Passenger transportation: Passenger trains, Buses, Light Duty Vehicles (LDVs), Electric LDVs, Hydrogen LDVs, Hybrid LDVs, Gasoline LDVs, Diesel LDVs, Passenger aircrafts

Refined liquids: Coal to liquids w/o CCS, Coal to liquids w/ CCS, Gas to liquids w/o CCS, Gas to liquids w/ CCS, Bioliquids w/o CCS, Bioliquids w/ CCS, Oil refining

Residential and commercial: Space heating, Space cooling, Cooking, Refrigeration, Washing, Lighting

Land-use

Agriculture and forestry demands: Agriculture food, Agriculture food crops, Agriculture food livestock, Agriculture bioenergy, Agriculture residues, Forest industrial roundwood, Forest residues

Land cover: Cropland food crops, Cropland energy crops, Managed forest, Natural forest, Pasture

Emission, climate and impacts

Carbon dioxide removal: Bioenergy with CCS

Greenhouse gases: CO2 fossil fuels, CO2 cement, CO2 land use, CH4 energy, CH4 land use, N2O energy, N2O land use