This page summarizes the published models and data sets produced from the research carried out by members of the Sustainable Energy Transitions Group at the MIT Energy Initiative. In many cases, the published data sets and models are accompanied by one or more research publications and these are pointed out below.
Models
| Description | Weblink | Related Publications |
| GenX: a configurable power system capacity expansion model for studying low-carbon energy futures. | Link | Sepulveda NA, Jenkins JD, Edington A, Mallapragada DS, Lester RK. The design space for long-duration energy storage in decarbonized power systems. Nat Energy 2021;6:506–16. |
| Techno-economic optimization model for evaluating cost of round-the-clock hydrogen production from co-located electricity coupled with low temperature electrolysis and energy storage. | Link | Mallapragada, DS, Gencer E, Insinger P, Keith DW, O'Sullivan FM. Can Industrial-Scale Solar Hydrogen Supplied from Commodity Technologies Be Cost-Competitive by 2030? Cell Reports Phys Sci 2020:100174. doi:10.1016/j.xcrp.2020.100174. |
| Model to project electricity consumption in India over the coming decades, which includes a bottom-up estimate of electricity consumption for two major growth drivers, air conditioning, and vehicle electrification | Link |
Barbar M, Mallapragada DS, Alsup M, Stoner R. Scenarios of future Indian electricity demand accounting for space cooling and electric vehicle adoption. Sci Data 2021 81 2021;8:1–11. doi:10.1038/s41597-021-00951-6 |
| Multi-vector energy infrastructure planning model (DOLPHYN) consider investment and operation of supply chains for electricity, hydrogen, CO2 and bioenergy. | Link |
He G, Mallapragada DS, Bose A, Heuberger-Austin CF, Gençer E. Sector coupling via hydrogen to lower the cost of energy system decarbonization. Energy & Environmental Science. 2021;14(9):4635-46.
Narayanan TM, He G, Gençer E, Shao-Horn Y, Mallapragada DS. Role of Liquid Hydrogen Carriers in Deeply Decarbonized Energy Systems. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 2022 Aug 9;10(33):10768-80. |
Data
| Description | Weblink | Related publications |
| Input/Output data sets related to electricity-hydrogen infrastructure modeling for the U.S. Northeast | Link |
He G, Mallapragada DS, Bose A, Heuberger-Austin CF, Gençer E. Sector coupling via hydrogen to lower the cost of energy system decarbonization. Energy Environ Sci 2021;14:4635–46. doi:10.1039/D1EE00627D. |
| Input/Output data set related to hydrogen infrastructure planning model developed for the US Northeast | Link |
He G, Mallapragada DS, Bose A, Heuberger CF, Gencer E. Hydrogen supply chain planning with flexible transmission and storage scheduling. IEEE Trans Sustain Energy 2021;12:1730–40. doi:10.1109/TSTE.2021.3064015. |
| Electricity demand projections for various technology and economic growth scenarios for the Indian context | Link |
Barbar M, Mallaprgada DS, Alsup M, Stoner R, Scenarios of future Indian electricity demand accounting for space cooling and electric vehicle adoption, Scientific Data 2021;8 (178): 1-7 doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00951-6 |