Isaac Yong 5/16/2013

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Hi everyone,

I am new to LEAP program and would be great if anyone of you are able to help me on my project.

As stated, my goal is to use LEAP program to determine role of renewable energy in the future. To narrow down the topic, my idea is to create 3 scenarios to see how different energy policies can affect the outcome/share of renewable energy in the future.

Can someone give me advice on how I can kick start my analysis? I.e. What data do I need and also what functions would be useful for me. I have data obtained from Enerdata and World Bank Data, but not sure how to start my analysis.

Thanks in advance!

Kind Regards,
Isaac

Tory Clark 5/20/2013
 

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Hi Isaac,

Have you taken a look at our LEAP general purpose training materials or LEAP data requirements documents? Those are the best places to start. Take a look and let me know if you have any follow-up questions.

www.energycommunity.org/TrainingMaterials

www.energycommunity.org/documents/DataRequirements.pdf

Best,

Tory

Isaac Yong 5/29/2013
 

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Hi Tory,

Thanks a lot for your reply. Yea I have been working on the tutorial over the last few weeks and have good understanding how the system works.

However, I am having trouble to understand "Process Efficiency" and "Losses" under Electric Generation. I know they have relationship with "Heat Rate" but seem like they have no effects in my modelling. I.e. No matter how high or low I set the process efficiency, my final electricity production still remain the same.

Would be great if you can help me on this. Thanks heaps.

Charlie Heaps 5/30/2013
 

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Hi Isaac,

The efficiency won't effect the production of electricity, since electricity is typically an output from a module. Rather, changing efficiency (or losses) will effect the inputs of an electricity generation module.

I hope that helps?