Our new report, entitled “Model adjustments and modifications to match emerging energy citizenship trends and patterns”, produced within the context of the ENCLUDE project, is now uploaded on Zenodo. The report describes emerging trends/ patterns of energy citizenship that could lead to the decarbonization of the energy system, and how the ENCLUDE modeling ensemble could address these trends/ patterns.

Our findings indicate that such trends/ patterns can relate to: (i.) the active participation in the energy market, such as the concept of prosumerism, smart technologies, etc., (ii.) behavioral attributes of citizens, (iii.) individual lifestyle changes, (iv.) collective initiatives and expressions of energy citizenship, and (v.) political activities.

In addition, the report specifies how the ENCLUDE modeling ensemble, consisting of the Agent-based Technology adOption Model (ATOM), the Dynamic high-Resolution dEmand-sidE Management (DREEM) model, and the Integrated Model to Assess the Global Environment (IMAGE), already address some of the aforementioned trends/ patterns, such as prosumerism and behavioral aspects of citizens, and what areas of further development are necessary to address the rest of them. Finally, the report develops and presents the various interface protocols for the soft-linkage between the three model, also addressing issues of scale.

Find the full report here.

For more information about ENCLUDE visit the project’s website!