Customization Basics

Your analytical starting point - from ready-to-use to fully customized

Start with validated models, customize with confidence. VerveStacks eliminates months of setup work, letting you focus on your unique analytical questions.

Three Levels of Customization

VerveStacks supports a clear spectrum of customization based on your needs, timeline, and expertise:

🟒 Parameter Modifications

Ready today - Same day to 1 week

For immediate insights with existing model structure

What You Can Do: - Modify technology costs and performance parameters - Test policy scenarios and carbon pricing impacts - Adjust renewable deployment targets and timelines - Change fuel price assumptions and constraints - Explore different demand growth trajectories

Who This Serves: Government analysts, utility planners, researchers conducting sensitivity analysis

Platform: VEDA Online or VEDA 2.0 with downloaded models

🟑 Structural Enhancements

VEDA-TIMES expertise required - 2-8 weeks

For model structure modifications while preserving system integrity

What You Can Do: - Add new technology representations and sectors - Enhance transmission topology for congestion analysis - Implement detailed storage technology modeling - Develop sector-specific electrification pathways - Create custom regional demand response programs

Who This Serves: Experienced TIMES modelers, research institutions, consulting firms

Support Options: DIY with VEDA-TIMES expertise, consultant partnership, or targeted KanORS support

πŸ”΄ Data Pipeline Integration

KanORS partnership - 1-6 months

For maximum analytical precision with proprietary operational data

What You Can Do: - Replace global datasets with local operational data (10x+ resolution improvement) - Integrate real-time grid dispatch and constraint data - Incorporate proprietary demand patterns and industrial processes - Connect live market pricing and ancillary service costs - Embed organization-specific technology performance data

Who This Serves: Major utilities, government agencies, research institutions with comprehensive datasets

Quick Start Guide

Step 1: Choose Your Level - Need to test scenarios with existing technologies? β†’ Parameter Level - Need to model new technologies or enhanced systems? β†’ Structural Level - Have proprietary data that would significantly improve accuracy? β†’ Data Pipeline Level

Step 2: Assess Your Resources

Resource

🟒 Parameter

🟑 Structural

πŸ”΄ Data Pipeline

Skills

Excel, basic VEDA

VEDA-TIMES expertise

Data engineering + TIMES

Timeline

Days to 1 week

2-8 weeks

1-6 months

Support

Documentation

TIMES consultant (optional)

KanORS partnership

Step 3: Get Started - Parameter Level: Start with VEDA Online or download models for VEDA 2.0 - Structural Level: Download full model suite for VEDA-TIMES environment - Data Pipeline Level: Contact KanORS team for data integration architecture

Why Start with VerveStacks

Comprehensive Foundation Every model includes validated representations of 200+ countries with detailed technology portfolios, existing power plant fleets, renewable resource potential, and policy frameworks.

Modeling Team Accelerator - Months of setup work β†’ Days to analytical insights - Generic assumptions β†’ Validated country-specific foundations - Isolated analysis β†’ Full system context maintained

Quality Assurance All customizations build on extensively validated foundations, ensuring your specialized work maintains connection to broader energy system dynamics.

Next Steps

  1. Explore Examples: Browse case studies to see customization approaches in action

  2. Access Models: Visit the model library to download country-specific starting points

  3. Get Support: Check community resources for tutorials, forums, and expert networks

  4. Advanced Needs: Contact KanORS for Data Pipeline Integration discussions

Note

For detailed customization guidance: See the complete customization framework with real-world examples, user journey matrices, and comprehensive implementation guides.