Research

SESAME

Evaluating the impacts of the global energy system

Sustainable Energy System Analysis Modelling Environment (SESAME) is a novel, system-scale energy analysis tool to assess the system-level greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of today’s changing energy system.

The underlying analytic tool constitutes more than a thousand individual energy pathways. SESAME, developed as a MATLAB application, provides a consistent platform to estimate life cycle GHG emissions of all stages of the energy sector. Furthermore, the system representation is embedded into the tool for power and transportation sectors.

Learn more at sesame.mit.edu

As part of the ongoing SESAME development, researchers are also highlighting the effects of Covid-19 on the energy sector through a dedicated dashboard at sesame.mit.edu/covid.