Supported by Natural Resources Canada, the Energy Modelling Initiative (EMI) launched a call for projects in October 2020. A total of 15 projects related to the transformation of the electricity sector and its contribution to decarbonization of Canada’s economy were selected for funding. Two additional projects were not eligible for funding but are participating on a voluntary basis.
The outcomes of those projects will be presented through a series of five webinars.
For the complete schedule go to:
https://emi-ime.ca/events/modelling-projects-presentation/_ _ _ _ _ _
Session A / 22 March 2021, 13:00 – 15:00 (EDT)
1. An open-access standardized dataset for decarbonizng Canada’s energy system
Madeleine McPherson, University of Victoria
2. Leveraging open source tools to produce scenario explorer for Canadian energy system transition
Mohammad Miri, University of Victoria
3. Integrated electricity supply and demand modelling to investigate renewable energy pathways at the city scale
Robert Xu, University of Victoria
4. Modeling demand-side low-carbon innovations and their potential to impact on socio-technical energy systems
Yuxu Zhao, York University
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Session B / 24 March 2021, 13:00 – 15:00 (EDT)
1. Electrification and deep decarbonization of Canada’s energy system with electricity prosumers
Elizaveta Kuznetsova, Polytechnique Montréal
2. Application of the CityInSight model to evaluate the implications of deep decarbonisation pathways for electricity grids
Ralph Torrie and Yuill Herbert, Sustainability Solutions Group
3. Electricity and renewable gas energy system alternatives for fossil fuel substitution in British Columbia
Kevin Palmer-Wilson, University of Victoria
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Session C / 26 March 2021, 13:00 – 14:30 (EDT)
1. Power to Gas to Enable Renewable Resources in Canada
Sina Motalebi, Simon Fraser University
2. Exploring Failure and Success Conditions of Canadian Energy Policy with an Integrated Energy-Emissions Model
Jason R. Wang
3. Open and common approaches for evaluating marginal emission factors: a case study of the Alberta electric grid
Véronique Delisle, CanmetENERGY
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Session D / 30 March 2021, 13:00 – 14:30 (EDT)
1. Examining the Value of the Site C megaproject using a Linear Programming Model of Western Canadian Electricity infrastructure and generation with endogenous investment
Brett Dolter, University of Regina
2. BC Nexus Model: Impacts of electrification on land and water resources through 2050
Nastaran Airanpoo, Simon Fraser University
3. Role of Hydrogen Supply-side Pathways in GHG Mitigation in Canada
Robin White, ECCC
4. Electrification of Canadian Northern Communities, Using Low Emission Micro-grids
Mehrdad Pirnia, University of Waterloo
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Session E / 1 April 2021, 13:00 – 14:30 (EDT)
1. Exploring the near-optimal solution space of an energy system optimization model to explore similarly costly but techno-economically diverse decarbonization pathways for Western Canada
Cameron Wade, University of Victoria
2. A comprehensive method for the energy and emissions assessment of future mobility scenarios
Francesco Ciari, Polytechnique Montréal
3. eHighway technology simulation for freight transport decarbonization on the A20-H401 highway corridor
Johanne Normand, HEC Montréal and Clara Kayser-Bril, CPCS
