This study analyzes 34 tools through 442 publications on energy systems modeling, aiming to identify the most relevant trends in research and the research gaps in energy planning. For detecting these gaps, the publications analyzed were categorized based on pre‐defined criteria regarding geographical coverage, sectoral coverage, time horizon, analytical approach and energy source. The categories were designed to be a broad classification with the appropriate level of information required to differentiate between models. The results show that there is a lack of studies concerned with better understanding the energy systems in Africa and South America. Environmentally‐oriented publications account for 50.4% of all the publications studied. Modelers have thus shown a greater interest in studying issues related to climate change mitigation than in other areas of the energy chain.

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能源系统建模：研究出版物的趋势

这项研究通过442篇有关能源系统建模的出版物分析了34种工具，旨在确定最相关的研究趋势和能源规划方面的研究差距。为了发现这些差距，根据预先确定的标准对分析的出版物进行了分类，这些标准涉及地理范围，行业范围，时间范围，分析方法和能源。这些类别被设计为一个广泛的分类，具有区分模型所需的适当信息水平。结果表明，缺乏更好地了解非洲和南美能源系统的研究。环保出版物占所有研究出版物的50.4％。