ROMEO is the Regional Optimization Model for Emissions from Oil substitutes. ROMEO models the adoption of substitutes for conventional oil. It is a large-scale non-linear optimization model that projects potential paths of adoption of oil substitutes as well as the resulting emissions consequences from these oil substitutes.
ROMEO was presented at the Modeling the oil transition workshop, April 2006, a joint DOE and EPA conference.
Work on ROMEO has been funded by the University of California Energy Institute (UCEI) as well as the NSF-funded Climate Decision Making Center (CMDC) at Carnegie Mellon University.
The working paper below from the University of California Energy Institute describes the results of the baseline ROMEO scenario.
