The purpose of the Balmorel project is to support modelling and analyses of the energy sector with emphasis on the electricity and combined heat and power sectors. Such analyses typically cover a number of countries, and include aspects of energy, environment and economy.
The project maintains and develops the Balmorel model, a tool that can be used by energy system experts, energy companies, authorities, transmission system operators, researchers and others for the analyses of future developments of a regional energy sector. The model is developed and distributed under open source ideals.
In the initial 1999 - 2000 phase of the project a number of institutions from the region contributed, see the list of participants. The project was financed by the Danish Energy Research Program as well as by the institutions involved in the project, and aimed at the Baltic Sea region.The project succeeded in developing the Balmorel model, and a number of studies were made with it. The model has since then consistently been developed and applied in various contexts, also outside the original focus area.
In the present continuation phase the project contributes:
The Balmorel model has been applied in projects in Denmark, Norway, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, Austria and Ghana. It has been used for analyses of, i.a., security of electricity supply, the role of flexible electricity demand, hydrogen technologies, wind power development, the role of natural gas, development of international electricity markets, market power, heat transmission and pricing, expansion of electricity transmission, international markets for green certificates and emission trading, environmental policy evaluation.
See the activities page for a list of ongoing and past activities of the Balmorel project.
For further information on the project, please contact: Hans Ravn.