Capacity Expansion Data
Units
Power - MW Energy - MWh lengths - km
Setup for each model
folder-name: [region]-[nodes] subfolder: TS - containing time-series-data [dependency].csv |Timestamp| [nodes...]| |–––-|––––| |[some iterator]| relative value of installed capacity for renewables or absolute values for demand or so| |...| ...|
capcosts.csv, fixcosts.csv, var_costs.csv
| tech | [currency] | [LCA-Impact categories...] |
|---|---|---|
| [techs] | Cost per unit Power(MW) or Energy (MWh) | Emissions per unit Power(MW) or Energy (MWh)... |
| ... | ... | ... |
nodes.csv
| nodes | region | infrastruct | [techs...] |
|---|---|---|---|
| [nodes...] | region of this node | ex for existing or limit for limiting capacity | installed capacity of each tech at this node |
| ... | ... | ... |
techs.csv
tech | categ | sector | `fuel | eff_in | eff_out | max_gradient | time_series | lifetime | financial_lifetime | discount_rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [techs...] | function handeling those | el for electricity | fuel dependency | efficiency in for storage | efficiency out for storage | max gradient of this technology | time-series dependency of this tech | lifetime of an installed cap | time in which you have to pay back your loan | discount_rate |
lines.csv
|lines|node_start|node_end|reactance|resistance|power|voltage|circuits|length| |[lines...]|node where line starts| node where line ends| reactance| resistance| max power| voltage or description| number of circuits included| length in km|
GER_1
Germany one node, with existing infrastructure of year 2015, no nuclear
Time Series
- solar: "RenewableNinja", "Open Power System Data. 2018. Data Package Time series. Version 2018-06-30. https://doi.org/10.25832/time_series/2018-06-30. (Primary data from various sources, for a complete list see URL)."
- wind: "RenewableNinja": "Open Power System Data. 2018. Data Package Time series. Version 2018-06-30. https://doi.org/10.25832/time_series/2018-06-30. (Primary data from various sources, for a complete list see URL)."
- eldemand: Open Source Electricity Model for Germany (ELMOD-DE) Data Documentation, Egerer, 2016, "Open Power System Data. 2018. Data Package Time series. Version 2018-06-30. https://doi.org/10.25832/timeseries/2018-06-30. (Primary data from various sources, for a complete list see URL)."
Installed CAP
nodes
- wind, pv, coal, gas, oil: Open Source Electricity Model for Germany (ELMOD-DE) Data Documentation, Egerer, 2016
Cost Data
General
- economic lifetime T: Glenk, "Shared Capacity and Levelized Cost with Application to Power-to-Gas Technology", Glenk, 2019
- cost of capital (WACC), r: Glenk, "Shared Capacity and Levelized Cost with Application to Power-to-Gas Technology", Glenk, 2019
cap_costs
- wind, pv, coal, gas, oil: "Sektorübergreifende Modellierung und Optimierung eines zukünftigen deutschen Energiesystems unter Berücksichtigung von Energieeffizienzmaßnahmen im Gebäudesektor", Palzer, 2016
- trans: !Costs for transmission expansion are per MW*km!: "Zielkonflikte der Energiewende - Life Cycle Assessment der Dekarbonisierung Deutschlands durch sektorenübergreifende Infrastrukturoptimierung", Reinert, 2018
- bat: "Konventionelle Kraftwerke - Technologiesteckbrief zur Analyse 'Flexibilitätskonzepte für die Stromversorgung 2050'", Görner & Sauer, 2016
- h2: "Shared Capacity and Levelized Cost with Application to Power-to-Gas Technology", Glenk, 2019
fix_costs
- wind, pv, gas, bat, h2: Percentages M/O per cap_cost: "Sektorübergreifende Modellierung und Optimierung eines zukünftigen deutschen Energiesystems unter Berücksichtigung von Energieeffizienzmaßnahmen im Gebäudesektor", Palzer, 2016
- oil, coal: assumption oil and coal similar to GuD fix/cap: Percentages M/O per cap_cost: "Sektorübergreifende Modellierung und Optimierung eines zukünftigen deutschen Energiesystems unter Berücksichtigung von Energieeffizienzmaßnahmen im Gebäudesektor", Palzer, 2016
- trans: assumption no fix costs
var_costs
- coal, gas, oil: Calculation: varcosts_th(Masterthesis Christiane Reinert)/eff(median(eff in ELMOD-DE))
- pv, wind, bat, trans: assumption no var costs
- h2: Glenk, "Shared Capacity and Levelized Cost with Application to Power-to-Gas Technology", Glenk, 2019
LCIA Recipe H Midpoint, GWP 100a
- pv, wind, trans, coal, gas, oil: Ecoinvent v3.3
- bat_e: "battery cell production, Li-ion, CN", 5.4933 kg CO2-Eq per 0.106 kWh, Ecoinvent v3.5
- h2_in: "fuel cell CH future 2kW", Ecoinvent v3.3
Other
- storage: efficiencies are in efficiency per month
- storage hydrogen: referenced in MWh with lower calorific value 33.32 kWh/kg "DIN 51850: Brennwerte und Heizwerte gasförmiger Brennstoffe" 1980
- h2in, h2out: Sunfire process
- h2_e: Cavern
GER_18
Germany 18 (dena) nodes, with existing infrastructure of year 2015, no nuclear
Time Series
- solar: RenewableNinja: geolocation from node with highest pv-Installation 2015, lat, lon, datefrom = "2014-01-01", dateto = "2014-12-31",capacity = 1.0,dataset="merra2",system_loss = 10,tracking = 0,tilt = 35,azim = 180)
- wind: RenewableNinja: geolocation from node with highest wind-Installation 2015, lat, lon, datefrom = "2014-01-01", dateto = "2014-12-31",capacity = 1.0,height = 100,turbine = "Vestas+V80+2000",dataset="merra2",system_loss = 10)
- eldemand: Open Source Electricity Model for Germany (ELMOD-DE) Data Documentation, Egerer, 2016, "Open Power System Data. 2018. Data Package Time series. Version 2018-06-30. https://doi.org/10.25832/timeseries/2018-06-30. (Primary data from various sources, for a complete list see URL)."
Installed CAP
nodes
- wind, pv, coal, gas, oil: Open Source Electricity Model for Germany (ELMOD-DE) Data Documentation, Egerer, 2016
lines
- trans: Open Source Electricity Model for Germany (ELMOD-DE) Data Documentation, Egerer, 2016
Cost Data
cap_costs
- wind, pv, coal, gas, oil: "Sektorübergreifende Modellierung und Optimierung eines zukünftigen deutschen Energiesystems unter Berücksichtigung von Energieeffizienzmaßnahmen im Gebäudesektor", Palzer, 2016
- trans: !Costs for transmission expansion are per MW*km!: "Zielkonflikte der Energiewende - Life Cycle Assessment der Dekarbonisierung Deutschlands durch sektorenübergreifende Infrastrukturoptimierung", Reinert, 2018
- bat: "Konventionelle Kraftwerke - Technologiesteckbrief zur Analyse 'Flexibilitätskonzepte für die Stromversorgung 2050'", Görner & Sauer, 2016
- h2: "Shared Capacity and Levelized Cost with Application to Power-to-Gas Technology", Glenk, 2019
fix_costs
- wind, pv, gas, bat, h2: Percentages M/O per cap_cost: "Sektorübergreifende Modellierung und Optimierung eines zukünftigen deutschen Energiesystems unter Berücksichtigung von Energieeffizienzmaßnahmen im Gebäudesektor", Palzer, 2016
- oil, coal: assumption oil and coal similar to GuD fix/cap: Percentages M/O per cap_cost: "Sektorübergreifende Modellierung und Optimierung eines zukünftigen deutschen Energiesystems unter Berücksichtigung von Energieeffizienzmaßnahmen im Gebäudesektor", Palzer, 2016
- trans: assumption no fix costs
- h2: "Shared Capacity and Levelized Cost with Application to Power-to-Gas Technology", Glenk, 2019
var_costs
- coal, gas, oil: Calculation: varcosts_th(Masterthesis Christiane Reinert)/eff(median(eff in ELMOD-DE))
- pv, wind, bat, h2, trans: assumption no var costs
LCIA Recipe H Midpoint, GWP 100a
- pv, wind, trans, coal, gas, oil: Ecoinvent v3.3
- bat_e: "battery cell production, Li-ion, CN", 5.4933 kg CO2-Eq per 0.106 kWh, Ecoinvent v3.5
- h2_in: "fuel cell CH future 2kW", Ecoinvent v3.3
Other
- trans efficiency is 0.9995 per km
- length in km
length not correct yet demand split up needs improvement
- storage: efficiencies are in efficiency per month
- storage hydrogen: referenced in MWh with lower calorific value 33.32 kWh/kg "DIN 51850: Brennwerte und Heizwerte gasförmiger Brennstoffe" 1980
- h2in, h2out: Sunfire process
- h2_e: Cavern
CA_1
California one node
Time Series
- solar, wind, demand: picked region with highest solar and wind installation within california (alt. mean): Ey
Installed CAP
nodes
- wind, pv, coal, gas, oil: Ey
lines
- trans: Ey
limits
- pv, wind: multiplied by 10
Cost Data
General
- economic lifetime T: Ey
- cost of capital (WACC), r: Ey
cap_costs
- wind, pv, coal, gas, oil, bat: Ey
- trans: !Costs for transmission expansion are per MW*km!: "Zielkonflikte der Energiewende - Life Cycle Assessment der Dekarbonisierung Deutschlands durch sektorenübergreifende Infrastrukturoptimierung", Reinert, 2018
- h2: "Shared Capacity and Levelized Cost with Application to Power-to-Gas Technology", Glenk, 2019
fix_costs
- wind, pv, gas, bat, h2, oil, coal: Ey
- trans: assumption no fix costs
var_costs
- pv, wind, bat, coal, gas, oil: Ey
- h2, trans: assumption no var costs
LCIA Recipe H Midpoint, GWP 100a
- pv, wind, trans, coal, gas, oil: Ecoinvent v3.3
- bat_e: "battery cell production, Li-ion, CN", 5.4933 kg CO2-Eq per 0.106 kWh, Ecoinvent v3.5
- h2_in: "fuel cell CH future 2kW", Ecoinvent v3.3
- php: ref plant: 15484 GWh/a (BEW 2001a). Lifetime is assumed to be 80 years: 4930800000 kg-CO2-eq (recipe-h-midpoint)/plant, 4930800000/(15484 000 MWh/a80a)(80a8760h/a) → CO2-eq/MW, Ecoinvent v3.5
Other
- trans: efficiency is 0.9995 per km
- storage: efficiencies are in efficiency per month
- storage hydrogen: referenced in MWh with lower calorific value 33.32 kWh/kg "DIN 51850: Brennwerte und Heizwerte gasförmiger Brennstoffe" 1980
- h2in, h2out: Sunfire process
- h2_e: Cavern
CA_14
Implementation
'CA_14' is currently not included in the published data. It will follow shortly.California multiple node
Time Series
- solar, wind, demand: Ey
Installed CAP
nodes
- wind, pv, coal, gas, oil: Ey
lines
- trans: Ey
limits
- pv, wind: multiplied by 10
Cost Data
cap_costs
- wind, pv, coal, gas, oil, bat: Ey
- trans: !Costs for transmission expansion are per MW*km!: "Zielkonflikte der Energiewende - Life Cycle Assessment der Dekarbonisierung Deutschlands durch sektorenübergreifende Infrastrukturoptimierung", Reinert, 2018
- h2: Glenk, "Shared Capacity and Levelized Cost with Application to Power-to-Gas Technology", Glenk, 2019
fix_costs
- wind, pv, gas, bat, h2, oil, coal: Ey
- trans: assumption no fix costs
var_costs
- pv, wind, bat, coal, gas, oil: Ey
- trans: assumption no var costs
- h2: "Shared Capacity and Levelized Cost with Application to Power-to-Gas Technology", Glenk, 2019
LCIA Recipe H Midpoint, GWP 100a
- pv, wind, trans, coal, gas, oil: Ecoinvent v3.3
- bat_e: "battery cell production, Li-ion, CN", 5.4933 kg CO2-Eq per 0.106 kWh, Ecoinvent v3.5
- h2_in: "fuel cell CH future 2kW", Ecoinvent v3.3
- php: ref plant: 15484 GWh/a (BEW 2001a). Lifetime is assumed to be 80 years: 4930800000 kg-CO2-eq (recipe-h-midpoint)/plant, 4930800000/(15484 000 MWh/a80a)(80a8760h/a) → CO2-eq/MW, Ecoinvent v3.5
Other
- trans: efficiency is 0.9995 per km
- storage: efficiencies are in efficiency per month
- storage hydrogen: referenced in MWh with lower calorific value 33.32 kWh/kg "DIN 51850: Brennwerte und Heizwerte gasförmiger Brennstoffe" 1980
- h2in, h2out: Sunfire process
- h2_e: Cavern
TX_1
Texas as one node, no existing capacity
Data from Merrick et al. 2016
Implemented with PV-price 0.5 /W fix: 2.388E+3 /MW cap: 5.16E+5 /MW
Alternatively for price of 1.0/W edit .csv files and replace costs with fix: 4.776E+3 /MW cap: 1.032E+6 /MW
Assuptions for transformation: demand mulitiplied with 1.48 solar devided by 1000