Outputs

Folder Structure

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

Output Files

d_annual_costs.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.

d_driver.csv

Underlying drivers of demand stock and service demand projections (ex., households; heating degree days).

d_energy.csv

Final energy demand by technology and final energy type (ex., pipeline gas consumed by a residential natural gas furnace).

d_levelized_costs.csv

Demand-side equipment capital costs which are translated into annualized costs.

d_sales.csv

Quantity of demand-side equipment purchased each year by technology (ex., number of electric vehicles sold in each year)

d_service_demand.csv

Projections of energy service demands by demand sub-sector (ex., vehicle miles traveled; lumen-hours; etc.)

d_stock.csv

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.

Output Terminology

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.