National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Energy Analysis: Energy Collaborative Analysis Initiative

Overview

Energy Analysis Vision

Participants at the workshop identified high-priority energy issues for both analysts and decision-makers that should be addressed in the next 5-10 years. As participants continue to work on activities related to the analysis collaboration topics, the vision will be refined as needed. Several common themes emerged:

• Improve model representation of complex and disjointed policy frameworks, and technology deployment; enhance tools to better analyze actual policy opportunities and market influence.
• In analysis, augment reflection of behavioral factors that influence consumer, supplier and investment decisions (particularly for transportation and end-user consumer decisions).
• Develop methods to capture uncertainty and risk analysis in current modeling; they are critical to the potential effectiveness of a policy or the impact on the market and must be modeled better.
• Increase energy model comprehensiveness and/or stronger linkages to better represent market complexities and to understand the total projected impacts/value of energy.

Access the Vision Session section for more details on each general theme. Vision Session Details provides more specific information on the three topics outlined as priority issues including electricity, transportation, and energy efficiency and demand-side generation.