Transition planning
The SET-Plan proposed three main implementation instruments as a basis for an Energy Technology Policy for Europe. Alongside the European Industrial Initiatives (EIIs) and the European Energy Research Alliance (EERA), the 3rd implementation pillar relates to activities addressing future European energy infrastructure networks and systems transition planning.
The European Commission has been working on this front with the launch of an FP7 Support Action named ATEsT(Analysing Transition Planning and Systemic Energy Planning Tools for the implementation of the Energy Technology Information System). The aim of the ATEsT project is to address the methodologies and modelling toolbox required to support the decision-making of the SET-Plan in the priority area of transition planning of the deployment of low carbon technologies and their supporting infrastructures, through a joint effort between European research institutes and the Joint Research Centre.
The “tools” that were evaluated in the framework of ATEsT are methodologies for the analysis of energy policies and mathematical models that can be used in order to simulate the development of the energy system or analyse the transition planning in the energy system.
The objectives of the project are to:
- Review models/tools used in European countries, bearing in mind what is used outside Europe and what are the requirements of the SET-Plan.
- Identify and recommend common tools and/or methods to be used in the Member States and in SETIS, and gain consensus on these models.
- Identify and recommend existing sets of data (on technologies, energy resources, statistics, etc.), and provide a roadmap for the development of the data on a European and regional level.
- Identify the roadmap for the improvement and development of the tools and methods in order to cover the needs of the SET-Plan implementation.
More information can be found on the ATEsT project website.
