Energy system models: a review of concepts and recent advances using bibliometrics

Abstract

The present bibliometric review highlights the qualitative and quantitative study on Energy System Models by scanning the Scopus database between the years 2000 and 2023. Utilising co-citation analysis and bibliographic coupling from 1288 documents, the VOSviewer analysis presents meaningfully contributing authors, author keywords, nations, and cited references. Of 7930 keywords reviewed, the top keywords as per total link strength were ‘energy system model’, ‘energy systems’, ‘carbon dioxide’, and ‘energy policy’. From 2014 till 2020, research areas like energy systems, energy storage, and energy transitions were studied. Results from citations of sources, organisations, authors, and countries reveal that out of 2491 organisations, 189 have a minimum of two documents for analysis. European nations including the United Kingdom, Ireland and Germany lead in research on energy systems and power demand modelling. Future research will likely focus on ‘electric vehicles’, ‘long-term energy planning scenarios’, ‘use of alternative fuels’, ‘power demand modelling’ and ‘energy security’.

Keywords

• energy systems modelling
• power demand modelling
• bibliometric analysis
• variable renewable energy resources
• energy planning