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Mowdudur Dewan 3/13/2017
Hi, I have given input for building a scenario up to 2041. I have taken Natural Gas and Coal as Indigenous resources (primary resources) and Diesel as secondary resource. I am getting the energy which would be supplied by those resources up to 2041. But I also want to know that yearly how much demand would be for those Resources in Cubic Feet scale (for Natural Gas) / Tonnes scale (for coal and others) to understand that how much coal or natural gas would be left to use after 2041. Is it possible to generate this analysis through LEAP? How?
With thanks,
Mowdud.
Taylor Binnington 3/24/2017
Hello Mowdud,
Yes, you can use LEAP to generate these results. Use the Base Year Reserve and Additions to Reserves variables to specify the amount of coal and gas which exists in the base year of your analysis, and additions for subsequent years (if applicable).
http://www.energycommunity.org/WebHelpPro/Resources/Base_Year_Reserves.htm
http://www.energycommunity.org/WebHelpPro/Resources/Additions_to_Reserves.htm
In LEAP's Results view, you may then use the result Resources: Reserves to tell you how much of each resource is remaining.
http://www.energycommunity.org/WebHelpPro/Results_Categories/Reserves.htm
Note that LEAP only displays these results using energy units (one of these is "tonnes of coal equivalent", or TCE, though you are free to create new customized energy units within LEAP's Units database), not mass or volume units.
As a secondary resource, you cannot specify reserves for diesel fuel. LEAP only permits reserves for fuels which have been designated "primary" within the software's Fuels database.
Hope this helps,
Taylor