Introduction
A warm welcome you to the 13th European Open Energy Modelling Workshop in Stockholm, Sweden on 25–26 March 2025! The agenda, details about locations, social events and other information are all contained below.
The organizers are the KTH division of Energy Systems. At KTH division of Energy Systems, we have a history of working inclusively with researchers and modellers in low and middle-income countries (LMIC), conducting capacity building on model use and development and conducting research outside of Europe in regions where data is scarce, poor quality and often not open. As we are hosting this year, we thought to bring this topic to the agenda of openmod 2025 to challenge you so that you can share your experiences working in similar (or quite different) contexts. That said, in the spirit of inclusiveness, we also welcome more traditional open-energy-modelling contributions!
The open energy modelling initiative (openmod) is one of the largest grassroots initiatives in the energy planning field. We exchange ideas and source code, lobby for policy support for open projects, actively share data, results, and know-how, and seek community-wide solutions to overarching challenges. Learn more about openmod by reading the manifesto.
We are expecting European researchers, laboratories and companies committed to open-source practices to come and discuss energy system modelling for policy-making, long-term planning, design and operation. Some keywords: open models and data, optimisation models, agent-based models, dynamic models, machine learning, sector coupling, electricity markets and stability, hydrogen, heat, water, carbon, resources, justice, equity, resilience, global south.
This workshop is open to all researchers working on similar or related topics, whether they are experienced, beginners, from universities, research facilities or companies. Everyone is welcome to participate by contributing through a lightning talk and/or a poster or a breakout session (see the Call for participation.)
Concept: Promoting open and inclusive energy modelling
Addressing the complex challenges of climate mitigation and adaptation, alongside the wicked problems inherent in energy systems, demands transdisciplinary and co-creative modelling support. As a community of energy modellers, we must balance the need to retain disciplinary expertise while embracing collaboration across disciplines.
We invite contributions that explore ways to expand the inclusiveness and impact of open energy modelling without compromising technical rigour. These may include describing tools, methods, and experiences that foster broader participation, such as model comparison, benchmarking, and model coupling to integrate insights from diverse disciplinary perspectives.
Inclusiveness, in this context, extends to:
- Groups with physical barriers to modelling participation.
- Practitioners with tangential expertise who may be users of model outcomes.
- New modellers, particularly from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and underrepresented regions.
- Stakeholders across sectors, including academia, industry, and government.
We welcome submissions showcasing methodological innovation, capacity building, and collaborative approaches advancing open and impactful energy modelling. Join us in shaping a more diverse and effective modelling community equipped to tackle global sustainability challenges.
Call for Participation
We call for lightning talks, posters, break-outs (do-a-thon sessions and tutorials) on the following themes:
- Open practices and tools for high-resolution and high computational effort modelling
- Best practices for efficient, accessible and inclusive code;
- Good modelling practices (such as the proper choice of units to avoid scaling problems);
- Coding for concurrency and parallel execution;
- Automated workflows;
- Addressing data scarcity in LMICs applications
- Gathering data points for rural and broken datasets
- Novel (and open) approaches to data collection, data quality and management
- Collaborative modelling
- Co-creating models and data with people from lower and middle-income countries;
- Diversification of participants and expertise;
- Model intercomparison, coupling and benchmarking exercises working across methods, tools and disciplines
- Moving towards inclusive energy modelling
- Designing trainings and workshops also to overcome physical barriers (e.g. for visually impaired);
- How to run days-long computationally intensive calculations in systems with blackouts and internet breaks;
- Bridging the gap between the Euro-centric understanding of modelling challenges faced in LMICs, and capacity gaps in LMICs
Lightning talks: A lightning talk is a very short presentation of your topic in (strictly less than) 4 minutes . The aim is to provide some key information to the community or introduce your work to provoke informal discussions later on.
Breakout groups: A breakout group is a session of 1.5–3.0 hours dedicated to a particular topic. It can take several forms including tutorials, do-a-thons, etc. Feel free to propose your own format!
Poster Session: There is a print shop on the KTH campus. They require at least 24 hours notice. Their instructions are as follows “To place an order if you wish to pay by card please send us an email with your name, phone number, the size of the poster and a pdf file of your poster 24 hours before you need to have it.” A0 costs 439 sek + 25% VAT (around €55!)
You are also welcome to suggest a short social activity alongside the event — typically before the first-morning slot or at the end of the day. This can include, for instance, meditation, stretching, walking, debating, etc. please get in touch with us!
Publication of contents on the forum
Please note that your content must carry a CC‑BY‑4.0 license to be uploaded to the forum for distribution.
Agenda
Day 1
| Start | End | Description | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:30 | 10:15 | Opening and icebreaking activity | U1 |
| 10:15 | 10:30 | Presentation of break-out groups & vote | U1 |
| 10:30 | 10:45 | Coffee Break | |
| 10:45 | 12:00 | Lightning Talks | U1 |
| 12:00 | 13:00 | Lunch | Taste Restaurant |
| 13:00 | 13:30 | Poster Session | U61 Breakout |
| 13:30 | 15:15 | Parallel Session 1 | U1/Climate Action Centre |
| 15:15 | 19:00 | Social Activity (Guided Walk) | |
| 19:00 | Dinner | Hermans |
Day 2
| Start | End | Description | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:30 | 10:30 | Lightning Talks 2 | U1 |
| 10:30 | 12:00 | Parallel Session 2 | U1, U61, Climate Action Centre |
| 12:00 | 13:00 | Lunch | Taste Restaurant |
| 13:00 | 13:30 | Poster Session | U61 Breakout |
| 13:30 | 15:30 | Parallel session 3 | U1, U61, Climate Action Centre |
| 15:30 | 16:00 | Plenary – Closure | U1 |
Locations
The event is held on the KTH Valhallavägen Campus in Norra Djurgården (north of the city centre of Stockholm).
The workshop will be held across several rooms on the campus. These are referenced in the agenda.
U Building
Address: Brinellvägen 26
U1 - Auditorium
On the sixth floor. This is an auditorium where we will hold plenary sessions including lightning talks and the introduction and closing sessions of the conference. It can also be used for parallel sessions, but isn’t ideally set up for group work.
Capacity: 60
U1/U61 breakout
This is an open area on the 3rd floor where the posters will be set up and coffee and snacks served.
Capacity: 48
U61 - Classroom
A classroom accessed on the 6th floor for parallel sessions.
Capacity: 36
Climate Action Centre
Address: Teknikringen 43, 114 28 Stockholm
We will hold parallel sessions here.
Capacity: 35
Taste Restaurant
Address: Malvinas väg 4, 114 28 Stockholm
Lunch venue.
Breakout Groups / Do-a-thon Schedule
Parallel Session 1 - Tuesday 13:30 - 15:15
Parallel Session 2 - Wednesday 10:30-12:00
Parallel Session 3 - Wednesday 13:30-15:30
| Room | Session |
|---|---|
| U1 | On the application of Benders decomposition to energy system models |
| U61 | Open science principles and transparency in modelling cooperation with governments |
Lightning Talks Schedule
Session 1 - 25th March 2025 10:45 - 12:00
| # | Time | Presenter | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10:45-10:50 | Pandu Prianto | Quantifying role of flexibility in distribution grid |
| 2 | 10:50-10:55 | Wonsun Song | Geospatial Energy Modelling for the Energy Transition |
| 3 | 10:55-11:00 | Marco Antonio Navia Orellana | Bringing Stability Constraints to Open Energy Models: Lessons from Advanced Power Systems for Latin America |
| 4 | 11:00-11:05 | Pierre-Francois | Stochastic load-profiles generation from socio-economic audit surveys across Nigeria |
| 5 | 11:05-11:10 | Felix Nitsch | Runtime Coupling of Machine Learning Models with Electricity Market Simulations |
| 6 | 11:10-11:15 | Nikita Moskalenko | Empowering African Energy Planning: An Open Energy System Modelling Toolbox tailored for African Needs |
| 7 | 11:15-11:20 | Khaled Sayed Gad | An integrated modelling framework to address the energy trilemma in developing countries |
| 11:20-11:25 | 10 MIN BREAK | ||
| 8 | 11:25-11:30 | Paula Preuss | An overview of current Energy System Modelling efforts/tools at Reiner Lemoine Institute |
| 9 | 11:30-11:35 | Simon Malacek | A Python tool to estimate spatial-temporal heat demand using open data |
| 10 | 11:35-11:40 | Francesco Gardumi | RE-INTEGRATE - an open and multi-model energy system effort across the EU and AU |
| 11 | 11:40-11:45 | Nicolas Campion | Open-source data and tool for PV power measurements, time series analysis and PtX plant techno-economic assessments |
| 12 | 11:45-11:50 | Markus Millinger | Modelling to Generate Alternatives in PyPSA-Eur to assess biomass in the sector-coupled energy system |
| 13 | 11:50-11:55 | Jannis Kerl | Integrated Design of the Components of the Energy System to Plan the Uptake of Renewable Energy Sources: An Open Source Toolbox |
| 11:55-12:00 | END |
Session 2 - 26th March 2025 09:30 - 10:30
| # | Time | Presenter | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 9:30-9:35 | Christoph Schimeczek | Metadata Annotation of Models to Foster Collaboration |
| 15 | 9:35-9:40 | Claudia Sanchez-Solis | Capturing Socio-Cultural Influences on Rural Energy Use in LMICs: Insights from Bolivia and Benin |
| 16 | 9:40-9:45 | Franziska Bock | Truth and Objectivity in Energy Modelling: What Are Epistemic Beliefs, and Why Should We Discuss Them? |
| 17 | 9:45-9:50 | Alizon Triny Huallpara Lliully | Integrated non-energy water demands into a power system dispatch model: A case study for Bolivia |
| 18 | 9:50-9:55 | Ivan Ruiz Manuel | Clio - towards understandable and shareable energy systems modelling workflows |
| 19 | 11:10-11:15 | Diana Maldonado Castro | Assessing the Impact of Emerging Aircraft Concepts on Airport Energy Infrastructure |
| 20 | 10:00-10:05 | Sebastian Haglund | A journey through the deep jungle of open-source energy modelling |
| 21 | 10:05-10:10 | Pacifique KOSHIKWINJA Matabishi | Energy Modeling in Conflict-Affected Regions: Challenges and Opportunities |
| 22 | 10:10-10:15 | Carlos A. A. Fernandez Vazquez | About the challenges, advantages, and experiences of using open-source models in developing countries. The case of PyPSA-Earth application in Bolivia |
| 23 | 10:15-10:20 | Giang Ngoc Huong Vu | Assessing renewable energy policies and the associated socio-economic impacts in Vietnam’s Sustainable Energy Transition |
| 24 | 10:20-10:25 | Christian Kabongo Mbenga | From Data Challenges to the Creation of the Core Group |
| 10:25-10:30 | END |
Day 1 Social Activity
As a social activity (on March 25th, between 16:00 and 19:00), we will visit one of the most ambitious and innovative urban development projects in Sweden: Stockholm Royal Seaport (Norra Djurgårdsstaden), around 25 minutes walk through the forest from the workshop venue.
Stockholm Royal Seaport is a sustainability-profiled area designated by the Stockholm City Council to test and develop new solutions and processes for a more sustainable future. Former industrial land is being transformed into a green and vibrant part of Stockholm. One of Europe’s largest urban development areas, it aims to build 12,000 new homes and 35,000 workplaces. The area is being transformed into a sustainable urban district with schools, preschools and parks. The goal is to become fossil fuel-free by 2030, contributing to Stockholm’s ambition to be fossil-free and climate-positive by 2040.
Meet directly at Bobergsgatan 15 at 16:00 OR Meet outside the KTH Climate Action Centre at 15:15 to walk together (leaving 15:30 sharp) from KTH Campus.
Day 1 Dinner
Restaurant Hermans Trädgårdscafe is reserved for 60 people on Tuesday the 25th of March at 19:00. The menu is a Vegan buffet and the cost will be 275 kr for adults and 189 kr for students (bring your student ID).
There’s a great view over central Stockholm from the restaurant, which is a 10-minute walk from Slussen station.
Accommodation options
| Name | Notes |
|---|---|
| Elite Hotel Arcadia | * 5 minute walk to KTH (closest to seminar venue) * 4 star hotel with 90 rooms * Suites and apartment style available |
| Best Western at 108 | * 10 minute walk to KTH * 4 star hotel with standard style rooms |
| Hotel Birger Jarl | * 10 minute walk to KTH * 4 star hotel with 271 modern rooms and suites with gym onsite * Suites and family style room available |
| Scandic Park | * 12 minute walk to KTH * 4 star with modern and spacious rooms and suites near Humlegården * Walking distance to Östermalmstorg T-Bana station |
| Scandic Anglais | * 15 minute walk to KTH * Next to Östermalmstorg T-Bana station * 4 star with modern spacious rooms and suites |
| Rex Petit | * 10 minutes to walk to KTH * Budget option, 22 rooms at the Rex Petit are double rooms with comfortable and spacious bunk beds |
Contact
We have noticed that some emails have been filtered out from our main mailbox (openmod2025@kth.se) due to some overactive spam filters. We apologize for the inconvenience, if that is the case for you, please reach out via a direct message to @willu47 @manuelsalas or @jprr.