Renpass, renewable energy pathways simulation system - open source as an approach to meet challenges in energy modeling

Introducing an Open Data and Open Source approach into energy modeling practice in science and society is a precondition to overcome key challenges in energy modeling and cope with future trends of energy system modeling. Implementing of a full scale electricity model to simulate 100% renewable electricity systems based solely on Open Data and Open Source software is possible but there are barriers, especially in the field of data availability.