The National Energy Modeling System: An Overview 2003

RFM Outputs

Inputs from NEMS

Exogenous Inputs

  Energy production capacities
 Capital costs
 Operating costs (including wood    supply prices for the wood    submodule)
 Capacity factors
 Available capacity
 Biomass fuel costs
 Biomass supply curves

 Installed energy production    capacity
 Gross domestic product
 Population
 Interest rates
 Avoided cost of electricity
 Discount rate
 Capacity additions
 Biomass consumption

 Site-specific geothermal resource quality data
 Site-specific wind resource quality data
 Plant utilization (capacity factor)
 Technology cost and performance parameters
 Landfill gas capacity