CLEWs modelling workflow development to support coherent policy development

Abstract

CLEWs models provide a framework for evaluating the trade-offs between environment, energy infrastructure, water usage, land usage and resource cooperation of a nation or a group of nations.. CLEWs modelling also provides a path for governments to analyse which energy systems they should invest in and how resources, such as land and water should be allocated, to provide the lowest cost for a government’s targeted climate, agricultural and energy goals.

The project documents the current best practice for creating a CLEWs model using the Open Source Energy Modelling System (OSeMOSYS). Current best practices create a CLEWs model using OSeMOSYS Global for electricity system details and GeoCLEWS for the land and water use structure.  These pieces are then processed to build a CLEWs base model for any country.  The project identifies areas where the workflow can be streamlined and automated using Python scripts and snakemake automation.

I applied this workflow to a model of Guyana and provide example results highlighting the benefits and usefulness of the workflow.