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Nour Shihabuddin 6/1/2020
Can LEAP model different kind of DSM activities like Demand response and load shifting? if yes, How can this be modeled/ is there a manual to help explain the steps? or is it only restricted to Energy Efficiency ( activity levels and intensities ) ?
Charlie Heaps 6/2/2020
>>Can LEAP model different kind of DSM activities like Demand response and load shifting? if yes, How can this be modeled/ is there a manual to help explain the steps? or is it only restricted to Energy Efficiency ( activity levels and intensities ) ?
Hi Nour,
Yes in LEAP2020 you can do this by specifying the load shapes of different technologies. For example you might have a policy to switch between slow vs fast charging electric vehicles with annual similar energy intensities but different load shapes.
Take a look at the time slice demo data set that can be installed into LEAP2020 using menu option Area: Install: Install from Internet, which shows how to use a library of load shapes attached to different devices. There is also a video demo of this data set here: https://leap.sei.org/default.asp?action=videos (3rd video)
Also here are a few relevant pages from the Manual:
Yearly Shapes: https://leap.sei.org/help/Supporting_Screens/Load_Shapes.htm
I hope this helps!
Charlie
Nour Shihabuddin 6/8/2020
Thank you!
I also wanted to know how Demand and supply are linked in the model. So if, for example, I want to see the effects of DSM changes on supply, would this be possible to explore on LEAP? or are demand and supply studies not linked on LEAP?
Charlie Heaps 6/8/2020
>>I also wanted to know how Demand and supply are linked in the model. So if, for example, I want to see the effects of DSM changes on supply, would this be possible to explore on LEAP?
Yes - LEAP is an integrated modeling framework. All the supply elements (which we call Transformation in LEAP) are driven by the demand calculations. The Transformation module (e.g. electric generation, charcoal making, oil refining, etc.) are run to try and meet the demand for fuels coming from your demand analysis (with appropriate adjustments as fuels are imported and exported). Some modules may be run primarily to meet domestic demands (e.g. an electric generating system), while others may run at full capacity on the assumption they are feeding supply into a larger global or regional market (e.g. an oil refinery). LEAP has lots of modeling flexibility to let you adapt your model to the realities of any particular city, state, country, region, etc.
Hope this helps,
Charlie