DRE⁴M

Decarbonization Roadmapping and Energy, Environmental, Economic, and Equity Analysis Model

This is the implementation of the framework for the planning of the technological makeup of the industrial sector.

Motivated by the efforts to achieve carbon neutrality, the model of this framework modifies the portfolio of technologies over time for the sector of interest such that,

1. Net Present Value (NPV) is minimized
2. Constraint on Greenhouse Emissions (GHG), e.g. carbon dioxide, is satisfied
3. Demand of the underlying commodity is satisfied

The current implementation reflects a case study for the electric power sector.

The for a given initial set of capacities of different vintages, the space of decisions include,

• Retirement of the existing capacities.
• Retrofitting the existing capacities to alternative characteristics.
• Creation of new capacities from a technology portfolio.

All the associated quantities with the deployments, e.g. CO₂, heat requirement, etc.

Documentation

Documentation.

Source Code Organization

Directory	Description
test/	testing files
instance/	case studies
data/	instance data
src/	source code
docs/	documentation src

Contributors

• David Thierry, Argonne National Laboratory, ESIA division
• Sarang Supekar, Argonne National Laboratory, ESIA division

License

DRE⁴M (dre4m) is licensed under the 3-Clause BDS licence. Additionally, DRE⁴M (dre4m) utilizes several dependencies, which have their own licences. Please refer to their respective repositories for more information about the licenses.