Input data for MESSAGEix-Materials

This page describes the structure and format of inputs required for building MESSAGEix-Materials.

Binary/raw data files

The code relies on the following input files, stored in data/material/:

Cement

CEMENT.BvR2010.xlsx

Historical cement demand data

Global_cement_MESSAGE.xlsx

Techno-economic parametrization data for cement sector combined (R12)

demand_cement.yaml

Base year demand data

Aluminum

demand_aluminum.xlsx

Historical aluminum demand data

aluminum_trade_data.csv

Data retrieved from IAI MFA model and used for trade calibration

aluminum_techno_economic.xlsx

Techno-economic parametrization data for aluminum sector

demand_aluminum.yaml

Base year aluminum demand data

Iron and Steel

STEEL_database_2012.xlsx

Historical steel demand data

Global_steel_MESSAGE.xlsx

Techno-economic parametrization data for steel sector combined (R12)

worldsteel_steel_trade.xlsx

Historical data from worldsteel Association

demand_steel.yaml

Base year steel demand data

Chemicals

nh3_fertilizer_demand.xlsx

Nitrogen fertilizer demand

fert_techno_economic.xlsx

Techno-economic parameters for NH3 production technologies

cost_conv_nh3.xlsx

Regional cost convergence settings for NH3 production technologies over time

methanol demand.xlsx

Methanol demand

methanol_sensitivity_pars.xlsx

Methanol sensitivity parameters

methanol_techno_economic.xlsx

Techno-economic parameters for methanol production technologies

petrochemicals_techno_economic.xls

Techno-economic parameters for refinery and high-value chemicals production technologies

steam_cracking_hist_act.csv

Steam cracker historical activities in R12 regions

steam_cracking_hist_new_cap.csv

Steam cracker historical capacities in R12 regions

ammonia/demand_NH3.yaml

Ammonia demand in each R12 region in year 2020

petrochemicals/demand_HVC.yaml

HVC demand in each R12 region in year 2020

methanol/demand_methanol.yaml

Methanol demand in each R12 region in year 2020

/methanol/results_material_SHAPE_comm.csv

Commercial sector data from MESSAGEix-Buidings SHAPE scenario used to get wood demands from buildings to estimate resin demands

/methanol/results_material_SHAPE_resid.csv

Residential sector data from MESSAGEix-Buidings SHAPE scenario used to get wood demands from buildings to estimate resin demands

/methanol/results_material_SSP2_comm.csv

Commercial sector data from MESSAGEix-Buidings SSP2 scenario used to get wood demands from buildings to estimate resin demands

/methanol/results_material_SSP2_resid.csv

Residential sector data from MESSAGEix-Buidings SSP2 scenario used to get wood demands from buildings to estimate resin demands

Power sector

NTNU_LCA_coefficients.xlsx

Material intensity (and other) coefficients for power plants based on lifecycle assessment (LCA) data from the THEMIS database, compiled in the ADVANCE project.

MESSAGE_global_model_technologies.xlsx

Technology list of global MESSAGEix-GLOBIOM model with mapping to LCA technology dataset.

LCA_region_mapping.xlsx

Region mapping of global 11-regional MESSAGEix-GLOBIOM model to regions of THEMIS LCA dataset.

LCA_commodity_mapping.xlsx

Commodity mapping (for materials) of global 11-regional MESSAGEix-GLOBIOM model to commodities of THEMIS LCA dataset.

Buildings

buildings/LED_LED_report_IAMC_sensitivity_R12.csv

Data from MESSAGEix-Buidings LED scenarios used to get steel/cement/aluminum demands from buildings

buildings/report_IRP_SSP2_BL_comm_R12.csv

Commerical sector data from MESSAGEix-Buidings used to get steel/cement/aluminum demands from buildings

buildings/report_IRP_SSP2_BL_resid_R12.csv

Residential sector data from MESSAGEix-Buidings used to get steel/cement/aluminum demands from buildings

Other

generic_furnace_boiler_techno_economic.xlsx

Techno-economic parametrization data for generic furnace technologies

iamc_db ENGAGE baseline GDP PPP.xlsx

SSP GDP projection used for material demand projections

MESSAGEix-Materials_final_energy_industry.xlsx

Final energy values to calibrate base year values for industries

residual_industry_2019.xlsx

Final energy values to calculate the residual industry demand

SSP_UE_dyn_input.xlsx

Calibration file for industry end-use energy demands

SSP_UE_dyn_input_all.xlsx

Calibration file for end-use energy demands

iea_mappings/all_technologies.csv

Mapping of MESSAGEix-GLOBIOM technologies to IEA EWEB flows and products

iea_mappings/chemicals.csv

Mapping of MESSAGEix-GLOBIOM industry technologies to IEA EWEB products of chemical sector flows

iea_mappings/industry.csv

Mapping of MESSAGEix-GLOBIOM industry technologies to IEA EWEB products of industry sector flows not covered by MESSAGEix-Materials

other/mer_to_ppp_default.csv

Default conversion factors for GDP MER to PPP used in MESSAGEix-GLOBIOM SSP2 scenarios. Used to create demand projections for steel/cement/aluminum/chemicals if GDP_PPP data is not in scenario

Data, metadata, and configuration

See Data and configuration files.