However, what is now the reason for this result? Which of the factors (weather, demand, power plant portfolio) that vary between the countries is exactly driving this result?

To find this out, we employ a "factor separation". We run many counterfactual scenarios to identify the effect of each factor.

This factor separation method has already been used in other fields, such as climate science, and we are - to the best of your knowledge - the first ones to use it in #energysectormodelling.

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