Improving energy system modelling Open energy modelling initiative A grass roots community of energy system modellers from universities and research institutes across Europe and elsewhere

Wolfdeibishof, Schwarzward, Germany • 18 February 2017 • GPS 48.1315 8.1987 • 5156

Beginning as a mailing list on 4 October 2014, the openmod initiative is building a community of energy system modellers promoting open code, open data, and open science. The opening up of energy models can increase their transparency, quality, and credibility, leading to better research and better policy advice. Collaboration can reduce the duplication of effort and assist with the development of ideas.

The Energiewende in the Schwarzwald

The openmod initiative offers the following channels / media / meetings: + + + + + +

Open modelling supply chain Each building block in the supply chain must be in place, supported by dedicated communities and protected by open licensing. The openmod initiative is helping to coordinate and document these often disparate activities.

Strausberg, Brandenburg, Germay • 12 February 2017 • GPS 52.5653 13.8405 • 5112

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HVAC transmission in Brandenburg Energy Modelling Platform for Europe (EMP–E) meeting Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission, Brussels, Belgium 17–18 May 2017 Eva Schmid drew the first version of the open modelling supply chain diagram Robbie Morrison designed the poster and took the photographs The openmod mailing list provided feedback on the content File: openmod-poster-empe-2017-poster.svg | Format: A0 | Release: 02 | Date: 2017-05-09 | Status: for discussion Copyright: (c) 2017, Robbie Morrison. Some rights reserved This poster is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) License

public mailing list (250 participants) internet forum collaborative wiki website GitHub repository two-day academic workshops (6 to date)

The following issues are currently being tackled by openmod members: + + + + +

good practice in open source projects barriers to developing open source projects energy data and metadata standards energy model classification and cataloguing energy software and data licensing

Join us by signing up to our mailing list and our other services. There is no application process or membership fee. Benefits include: + + + +

a like-minded community information sharing and debate contributing to a collaborative effort being on the right side of history :)

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