The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) conducts extensive research to enhance the scientific foundation for national environmental decision-making. In this context, is has developed COMET (City-based Optimization Model for Energy Technologies) which enables comprehensive analysis of energy planning strategies on an urban scale. COMET accounts for costs and emissions implications of technology pathways meeting […]
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ESMIA was selected by Transport Canada to perform a study on decarbonization pathways and GHG reduction potential for the marine shipping industry. Canada, committed to reducing its GHG emissions under the Paris Agreement, aims for a 40-45% reduction by 2030 and net-zero by 2050. The plans include a marine action plan to promote zero-emission technologies […]
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ESMIA was selected by the City of Toronto to provide the city with a suite of open-source energy modelling tools to support the implementation of its Net Zero Strategy accompanied by instruction manuals, tutorial videos, and case studies. The three-model platform involves: i) a long-term economy-wide energy system and GHG planning model (TEMOA), ii) a […]
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DIAMOND was a large-scale modelling project that sought to update, upgrade, and fully open six Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) to address in greater technical detail the integrated policy requirements of GHG mitigation pathways – from demand-side transformations to cross-sectoral interactions, to finance and labor dynamics, to broad societal transformation, to adaptation and other sustainability goals. […]
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ESMIA works closely with these ministries on the development of a sophisticated TIMES energy optimization model linked with a general equilibrium model for Quebec. Unveiled for the first time in 2020 by the Minister of Finance, the model is used since then to prepare the Implementation Plan of the 2030 Plan for a Green Economy […]
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