From 1777cb665ddb9d56d23aeb3f867a41ff1244742e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: cpschau Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 15:35:21 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] update default year for scaling RES capacities with IRENA data --- config.default.yaml | 2 +- doc/configtables/electricity.csv | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/config.default.yaml b/config.default.yaml index e70018fc6..431812b94 100644 --- a/config.default.yaml +++ b/config.default.yaml @@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ electricity: estimate_renewable_capacities: stats: "irena" # False, = greenfield expansion, 'irena' uses IRENA stats to add expansion limits - year: 2020 # Reference year, available years for IRENA stats are 2000 to 2020 + year: 2023 # Reference year, available years for IRENA stats are 2000 to 2023 p_nom_min: 1 # any float, scales the minimum expansion acquired from stats, i.e. 110% of 's capacities => p_nom_min: 1.1 p_nom_max: false # sets the expansion constraint, False to deactivate this option and use estimated renewable potentials determine by the workflow, float scales the p_nom_min factor accordingly technology_mapping: diff --git a/doc/configtables/electricity.csv b/doc/configtables/electricity.csv index 5dea5a432..eb4960c65 100644 --- a/doc/configtables/electricity.csv +++ b/doc/configtables/electricity.csv @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ conventional_carriers,--,"Any subset of {nuclear, oil, OCGT, CCGT, coal, lignite renewable_carriers,--, "Any subset of {solar, onwind, offwind-ac, offwind-dc, hydro}", "List of renewable power plants to include in the model from ``resources/powerplants.csv``." estimate_renewable_capacities,,, -- stats,, "{""irena"" or False}", "Defines which database to use, currently only ""irena"" is available. ""irena"" uses IRENA stats to add expansion limits. ``False`` enables greenfield expansion." --- year,, "Any year beetween 2000 and 2020", "Reference year for renewable capacities. Available years for IRENA stats are from 2000 to 2020." +-- year,, "Any year beetween 2000 and 2023", "Reference year for renewable capacities. Available years for IRENA stats are from 2000 to 2023." -- p_nom_min,,float,"Scales the minimum expansion acquired from stats. For example, 110% of 's capacities is obtained with p_nom_min: 1.1." -- p_nom_max,,float or ``False``,"sets the expansion constraint, False to deactivate this option and use estimated renewable potentials determine by the workflow, float scales the p_nom_min factor accordingly." -- technology_mapping,,, "Maps the technologies defined in ppm.data.Capacity_stats with the carriers in PyPSA-Earth." From 2350d55209bbeae09c6d019cfbf72d3e7989e80b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: cpschau Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 15:58:36 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] add release note --- doc/release_notes.rst | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/release_notes.rst b/doc/release_notes.rst index 838a42011..9d657500b 100644 --- a/doc/release_notes.rst +++ b/doc/release_notes.rst @@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ E.g. if a new rule becomes available describe how to use it `make test` and in o **Minor Changes and bug-fixing** +* The default configuration for `electricity:estimate_renewable_capacities:year` was updated from 2020 to 2023. `PR #1106 `_ + PyPSA-Earth 0.4.1 =================