Database for climate and energy scenarios (ScenarioDB): Research of scenario data and exemplary extension of OpenEnergy database.

High-quality data is important for modeling and analyzing climate and energy scenarios. If data are accessible and openly licensed, working with them becomes more efficient, transparent and reproducible. This joint project dealt with the development of the Scenarios Database (SzenarienDB) on the Open Energy Platform .

The goal of the SzenarienDB is to make input and output data of climate and energy scenarios freely available on the Internet - according to the principles of Open Science.

The joint project consisted of 4 subprojects, in each of which the project team focused on specific aspects.

The aim of this sub-project was to research scenarios that can provide data for filling the database (open energy database - oedb) conceived in the overall project. The research provided an overview of which data from a selection of published scenarios are available in principle, and under which conditions they can be made available to the public in the oedb. An exemplary filling of the oedb with the data whose licensing allows it was the overall goal of the subproject.

The sub-project also helped gather experience that provides important guidance for future endeavours of this type. Thus, it eases the way for those who also want to make scenario data available in the future. Thus, by simultaneously extending the functionality of the open energy database in the context of this project, it not only helps to show the way how data can be made available, but also where.

Selected publications and products:

• Peer-reviewed article: Introducing the Open Energy Ontology: Enhancing data interpretation and interfacing in energy systems analysis . Meisam Booshehri, Lukas Emele , Simon Flügel, Hannah Förster , Johannes Frey, Ulrich Frey, Martin Glauer, Janna Hastings, Christian Hofmann, Carsten Hoyer-Klick, Ludwig Hülk, Anna Kleinau, Kevin Knosala, Leander Kotzur, Patrick Kuckertz, Till Mossakowski, Christoph Muschner, Fabian Neuhaus, Michaja Pehl, Martin Robinius, Vera Sehn, Mirjam Stappel. Energy and AI, Volume 5,2021,100074, ISSN 2666-5468, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyai.2021.100074 Lizenz: CC BY 4.0
• Briefing: File Formats in Climate and Energy System Modelling. Fraunhofer IEE, Öko-Institut, Otto von Guericke Universität Magdeburg, Reiner Lemoine Institut. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3957444 Lizenz: CC BY 4.0
• Briefing: Conversion Necessities in Climate and Energy System Modelling. Fraunhofer IEE, Öko-Institut, Otto von Guericke Universität Magdeburg, Reiner Lemoine Institut. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3949691 Lizenz: CC BY 4.0
• Peer-reviewed article: Identification of user requirements for an energy scenario database. Reder, K., Stappel, M., Hofmann, C., Förster, H., Emele, L., Hülk, L., Glauer, M.. International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management (25), p. 95-108. https://doi.org/10.5278/ijsepm.3327 Lizenz: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0
• Ontologie: Open Energy Ontology Lizenz: CC0 1.0 Universal