National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Energy Analysis: Energy Collaborative Analysis Initiative

Analysis Collaboration Topics

Sixty-two analysts from 27 organizations identified eight high-priority energy issues for analysts and decision makers that should be addressed in the next three years. Various collaboration activities were discussed under the eight analysis collaboration topics:

1. Enhance Research, Development, and Deployment Portfolio Analysis Tools
2. Improve Deployment Partnerships between Industry and Government
3. Augment Energy Technologies and Demand Response Representation in Energy Models
4. Enhance Regional Technology Characterizations and Transmission Constraints in Energy Models
5. Improve Impact Evaluation Tools: Economic Development, Energy Security, Environmental Impacts
6. Improve Policy Analysis Tools and Integration of Data/Tools at State and Federal Levels
7. Enhance Biofuel Resource Potential and Infrastructure Analysis
8. Improve Behavioral Factors in Market/Choice Models and Tools

More information on these topics — including proposed/current activities, next steps, and group lead — can be accessed by linking from the individual topic.

You can also access the activity matrix for a consolidated version of current activity updates.