MEDEAS begins
The European project “MEDEAS” is starting. The acronym has little to do with the mythological figure of Medea but stands for “Modeling the Energy Development under Environmental And Socioeconomic constraints” and it is an ambitious attempt at creating a new model that will define the future of the energy system in Europe, taking into account the physical constraints involved. This is not a new idea, it goes back to 1972, at the time of the “Limits to Growth” study. What is new is that the concepts developed at that time are re-emerging after a period of neglect and are now sponsored and financed by the European Union. A remarkable vindication of the ideas of the group of pioneers who carried out the early 1972 study and that turned out to be prophetic, beyond perhaps the expectation of even those who had developed the model.
The MEDEAS project begins
As one of the partners of the MEDEAS project, I’ll see to cover the development of the project in the “Cassandra’s Legacy” blog. As a start, let me propose to you a post by Antonio Turiel, also involved in the project, from his blog “The Oil Crash”
The MEDEAS project begins
by Antonio Turiel
Dear readers,
Today and tomorrow (Feb 18 and 19 2016) the institute of sciences of the Seas of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas – CSIC hosted the kick-off meeting of the MEDEAS project.
MEDEAS (acronym of Modeling the Energy Development under Environmental And Socioeconomic constraints” is a European project financed in the framework of the “Horizon 2020” program to finance European research. This project is coordinated by my institution, and in practice by my colleague, Jordi Solé.
From the institute of Marine Sciences, we have in this project Antonio García-Olivares, Joaquim Ballabrera, Emilio García and yours truly.
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