The structure of an EnergyPATHWAYS scenario is shown below. Under the Scenario 1 directory a new folder is established for each case. Within each case folder, outputs get written. After all cases are finished, results get appended in an _aggregate_outputs_EP folder. The EP2RIO folders are files generated specifically for the RIO capacity expansion model.
EP scenarios
├── Scenario 1
│ ├── _aggregate_outputs_EP
│ │ ├── demand_outputs
│ │ │ ├── d_annual_costs.csv
│ │ │ ├── d_driver.csv
│ │ │ ├── d_energy.csv
│ │ │ ├── d_levelized_costs.csv
│ │ │ ├── d_sales.csv
│ │ │ ├── d_service_demand.csv
│ │ │ ├── d_stock.csv
│ │ ├── EP2RIO
│ │ │ ├── DEMAND_LEVELIZED_COSTS.csvd
│ │ │ ├── ShapeData
│ │ │ ├── EXO_DEMAND.csv
│ │ │ ├── SHAPE_META.csv
│ └── Case 1
│ │ ├── demand_outputs
│ │ ├── EP2RIO
│ │ ├── Case 1_demand_model.p
│ │ ├── solve.true
│ └── Case 2
│ └── Case 3
│ └── logs
│ │ ├── energyPATHWAYS log.log
│ └── config.INI
│ └── runs_key.csv
Annual spending on demand-side equipment (water heaters, vehicles, etc.) and efficiency measures. These costs are not levelized and represent actual needed outlays in each year.
Underlying drivers of demand stock and service demand projections (ex., households; heating degree days).
Final energy demand by technology and final energy type (ex., pipeline gas consumed by a residential natural gas furnace).
Demand-side equipment capital costs which are translated into annualized costs.
Quantity of demand-side equipment purchased each year by technology (ex., number of electric vehicles sold in each year)
Projections of energy service demands by demand sub-sector (ex., vehicle miles traveled; lumen-hours; etc.)
Quantity of demand-side equipment stocks by technology (ex., electric vehicles; water heaters).
Index Descriptions: - Unit: unit of demand technology stock. For example, the unit for commercial water heaters is kiloBTU capacity.
In addition to indices specific to each file, the following includes a list and description of common indices:
- Geography
The primary geography defines the geographic granularity for an EP run.
- Sector
Demand sectors that include residential, commercial, transportation, and productive (industrial and agricultural sectors excluding those that are part of the energy supply chain, Ex. refining)
- Subsector
More detailed units of demand analysis. Associated with unique energy service demands. Ex. residential water heating.
- Final Energy
An energy type consumed to satisfy energy service demand. Differentiated from upstream energy use that is consumed to produce final energy.
- Scenario
Scenario name
- Year
Corresponding year of outputs.