TY - JOUR
T1 - Gamification model for communicating and evaluating renewable energy planning
AU - Marrero-Trujillo, Verónica
AU - Arias-Gaviria, Jessica
AU - Arango-Aramburo, Santiago
AU - Larsen, Erik R.
PY - 2023/10
Y1 - 2023/10
N2 - Most energy models used for policy analysis are too complex for non-experts. We propose an energy model and demonstrate how non-experts can employ it to understand and evaluate renewable energy policies. The model has a game-like user interface, known as a microworld, made accessible to a broader range of users, allowing them to interact directly with the model without needing a specialist, enhancing the user's comprehension of the regulatory options for renewables. This microworld has been used in workshops with specialists and graduate and undergraduate students. The tool and the complementary material are freely available online.
AB - Most energy models used for policy analysis are too complex for non-experts. We propose an energy model and demonstrate how non-experts can employ it to understand and evaluate renewable energy policies. The model has a game-like user interface, known as a microworld, made accessible to a broader range of users, allowing them to interact directly with the model without needing a specialist, enhancing the user's comprehension of the regulatory options for renewables. This microworld has been used in workshops with specialists and graduate and undergraduate students. The tool and the complementary material are freely available online.
KW - Microworlds
KW - Open models
KW - Renewables
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85165530997&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jup.2023.101624
DO - 10.1016/j.jup.2023.101624
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85165530997
SN - 0957-1787
VL - 84
JO - Utilities Policy
JF - Utilities Policy
M1 - 101624
ER -