Open source
Get the model
The model code is published openly. You do not need an agreement with DREAM to read, run or adapt it. The documentation is free to download as a PDF, and a user guide will follow.
What is in the repository
GAMS with Python
The model is written in GAMS. Python handles data preparation and the run scripts. A GAMS licence and solver are your own.
Documentation and guide
The theoretical documentation is published as a PDF on the Documentation page. The user guide will be added when it is published.
Benchmark data
The Danish benchmark data set was produced by Statistics Denmark and carries its own terms. What is redistributable is stated in the repository.
Licence
To be confirmed before launch. DREAM holds the intellectual property in the model. The licence text for version 2.0 will be stated here and in the repository. Code, documentation and data may sit under different terms.
If you are calibrating a country
The model is a small open economy CGE calibrated to national accounts and energy balances. The industry list is a property of the data set: the Danish benchmark has 57 industries, and other calibrations differ. Start from Chapter 1 of the documentation. A user guide will follow.
DREAM has supported ministry teams in Austria, Belgium, Finland and Italy through this route. Their work is described under Applications.