Project description DEENESFRITPL Innovative framework supporting the energy transition Transitioning to a low-carbon energy system in accordance with the EU’s energy and climate targets will mean redesigning the energy system primarily around renewable sources. Aiding this process, the EU-funded SENTINEL project will develop an energy system modelling framework that will support the transition. The framework, built with a renewable energy system in mind, will enable various decision makers to address critical design challenges. It will be modular in structure incorporating many separate models that will examine specific technological, geographic, and societal aspects of the transition to a low-carbon energy system. All the models will be linked together, and along with data, will be accessible via an online platform. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective The transition to a low-carbon energy system will involve a major redesign of the energy system, primarily around renewable sources. Existing energy system planning models are insufficient for guiding this transition, primarily because they do not capture enough of the technological, geographic, and societal details that are important when designing an energy system around new renewable sources of energy. Expanding such models to capture these details would make them even less comprehensible and transparent than they are now. Instead, we propose a new modelling framework, the Sustainable Energy Transitions Laboratory (SENTINEL). Extensive collaboration with stakeholders will inform the development and refinement of the SENTINEL framework, both through an initial evaluation of user needs, and then through a set of participatory case studies. The SENTINEL framework will be completely modular in structure. Many separate models will each go into a great deal of detail about specific aspects of the transition to a low-carbon energy system. The models will be able to be easily linked together to answer a wide range of different questions. Since any given user is likely to need to use only a subset of the models, the task of understanding how those models operate will be manageable. All of the models and data will be accessible via an online platform. The platform will contain a user interface, as well as making source code and data open source, supplemented by supporting documentation and guidance. This will enable other models to be added to the SENTINEL framework and online platform over time. We will disseminate the results and promote the platform to the appropriate target audiences: policy-analysts; model developers; and research scientists. We will organize an annual conference, to build a community of model users and developers to carry this work forward. We plan to continue the platform and conferences long after the project is completed. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energy Programme(s) H2020-EU.3.3. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Secure, clean and efficient energy Main Programme Topic(s) LC-SC3-CC-2-2018 - Modelling in support to the transition to a Low-Carbon Energy System in Europe Call for proposal H2020-LC-SC3-2018-2019-2020 See other projects for this call Sub call H2020-LC-SC3-2018-NZE-CC Funding Scheme RIA - Research and Innovation action Coordinator EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZUERICH Net EU contribution € 799 435,00 Address Raemistrasse 101 8092 Zuerich Switzerland See on map Region Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Zürich Zürich Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 Participants (12) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all AALBORG UNIVERSITET Denmark Net EU contribution € 444 785,00 Address Fredrik bajers vej 7k 9220 Aalborg See on map Region Danmark Nordjylland Nordjylland Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 KOZEP-EUROPAI EGYETEM Hungary Net EU contribution € 377 625,00 Address Nador utca 9 1051 Budapest See on map Region Közép-Magyarország Budapest Budapest Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 HERTIE SCHOOL GEMMEINNUTZIGE GMBH Germany Net EU contribution € 314 550,00 Address Friedrichstrasse 180 10117 Berlin See on map Region Berlin Berlin Berlin Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE GB Net EU contribution € 337 400,00 Address South kensington campus exhibition road SW7 2AZ London See on map Region London Inner London — West Westminster Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 UNIVERSITEIT UTRECHT Netherlands Net EU contribution € 336 000,00 Address Heidelberglaan 8 3584 CS Utrecht See on map Region West-Nederland Utrecht Utrecht Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the 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Address Al. papanastasiou 91 185 33 Piraeus See on map Region Αττική Aττική Πειραιάς Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES EV Germany Net EU contribution € 389 060,00 Address Berliner strasse 130 14467 Potsdam See on map Region Brandenburg Brandenburg Potsdam Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT Netherlands Net EU contribution € 150 000,00 Address Stevinweg 1 2628 CN Delft See on map Region West-Nederland Zuid-Holland Delft en Westland Activity type Higher or Secondary Education 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