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Technical-economic modeling in energy planning

Conference ·
OSTI ID:7286595

A combined technological-economic model has been developed and applied to the assessment of alternative energy technologies and policies. The individual models that have been assembled are the Hudson-Jorgenson model of the economy and interindustry transactions, and the Brookhaven Energy System Optimization Model. Other data bases and fixed coefficient input/output models are employed as data sources and accounting frameworks to support this combined technological-economic model. The combined model has been used to develop long-range projections of energy-economic relationships and to perform cost benefit analyses of the U.S. energy R and D programs. The models assist in the comprehensive analysis of the interrelationships between technological change, the overall economy, and the environment as new resources and options such as conservation are implemented.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, N.Y. (USA); Harvard Univ., Cambridge, Mass. (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
EY-76-C-02-0016
OSTI ID:
7286595
Report Number(s):
BNL-23087; CONF-771203-1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English