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Energy Planning
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The focus of the research activities in Energy Planning
and Sustainable Development is on research and advisory
services on energy planning, sustainable energy, sustainable
development that cover technical, economic, environmental
and social aspects and issues. Primary among these are concerns
that step from the impending climate change and the efforts
to initiate adequate adaptation and mitigation actions.
Specific areas of current interest include:
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Estimation and inventoring of air emissions
from the various sectors and activities.
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Climate change mitigation policies and
measures
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Energy supply and demand modeling, forecast
and planning and development of relevant databases.
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Assessment of energy externalities.
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Cost-benefit analysis of policy options
and measures in the fields of energy and environment.
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Assessment of projected climate parameters
on a regional basis.
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Estimation of climate change impacts on
the various sectors of economic activity (e.g. agriculture,
energy, etc.).
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Flexible Mechanisms of the Kyoto Protocol
(Emissions Trading, Joint Implementation, Clean Development
Mechanism).
IERSD provides the following services to Greek ministries
(principally the Ministry for the Environment, Physical
Planning and Public Works and the Ministry for Development):
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Participation in meetings, technical and
political of relevant international organisations (e.g.
UNFCCC, OECD, IEA etc.) and associated expert groups.
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Preparation of the annual National Inventories
of Greenhouse Gases and other air emissions required by
the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC)
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Preparation of National Communications
required by the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change (UNFCCC).
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Technical support and participation in
the meetings of the Working Party on Climate Change of
the European Council and the official meetings of the
Conference of the Parties (COP) of the UNFCCC and its
Subsidiary Bodies (SBSTA-SBI).
The Group supports the above-mentions activities through
the development and use of the following computational tools:
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ENPEP (analytical tool for integrated
energy/electricity system planning)
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MAGICC & SCENGEN (climatic model)
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INTERNATIONAL FUTURES (global macroeconomic
model)
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GTAP (model for quantitative analysis
of global economic issues)
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COLLECTER (database application based
on the CORINAIR methodology for the compilation of an
emission inventory)
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COPERT (computational tool for the calculation
of emissions from the road transport sector)
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DSSAT (model for estimating the impacts
on agriculture resulting from climate change as well as
alternative cultivation techniques)
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RAINS (simulation tool for the investigation
of the impacts of acidification and eutrophication and
the evaluation of alternative abatement strategies)
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Multicriteria decision-aid tools (ELECTRE
I-IV, ELECTRE TRI, PROMETHEE, MACBETH).
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GTMAX (analytical model for optimizing
the operation of power systems in the new liberalized
environment)
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SPSS (tool for statistical analysis)
Details of scientific and technical papers, reports and
other relevant information on items of current interest
can be found in the Climate Change page of NOA (www.climate.noa.gr/)
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