config_germany.yaml

version: 0.1
tutorial: false
logging:
  level: INFO
  format: '%(levelname)s:%(name)s:%(message)s'

summary_dir: results


scenario:
  sectors: [E]
  simpl: ['']
  ll: ['copt']
  clusters: [5]
  opts: [Co2L-24H]

countries: ['DE']

snapshots:
  start: "2013-01-01"
  end: "2014-01-01"
  closed: 'left' # end is not inclusive


enable:
  prepare_links_p_nom: false
  retrieve_databundle: true
  build_cutout: false
  build_natura_raster: false

electricity:
  voltages: [220., 300., 380.]
  co2limit: 100.e+6
  BAU_mincapacities:
    CCGT: 5000
    coal: 5000
    onwind: 5000
    offwind-ac: 5000
    offwind-dc: 5000
    solar: 5000
    OCGT: 5000
    H2: 5000
    battery: 5000
  SAFE_reservemargin: 0.5
  agg_p_nom_limits: ../data/agg_p_nom_minmax.csv
  extendable_carriers:
    Generator: [OCGT]
    StorageUnit: [battery, H2]
    Store: [] #battery, H2

  max_hours:
    battery: 6
    H2: 168

  powerplants_filter: false # use pandas query strings here, e.g. Country not in ['Germany']
  custom_powerplants: true # use pandas query strings here, e.g. Country in ['Germany']
  conventional_carriers: [] # [nuclear, oil, OCGT, CCGT, coal, lignite, geothermal, biomass]

  estimate_renewable_capacities_from_capacity_stats:
  # Wind is the Fueltype in ppm.data.Capacity_stats, onwind,
  # offwind-{ac,dc} the carrier in PyPSA-Eur
    Wind: [onwind, offwind-ac, offwind-dc]
    Solar: [solar]

atlite:
  nprocesses: 4
  cutouts:
    europe-2013-era5:
      module: era5
      xs: [4., 15.]
      ys: [56., 46.]
      months: [3, 3]
      years: [2013, 2013]

renewable:
  onwind:
    cutout: europe-2013-era5
    resource:
      method: wind
      turbine: Vestas_V112_3MW
    capacity_per_sqkm: 3 # ScholzPhd Tab 4.3.1: 10MW/km^2
    # correction_factor: 0.93
    corine:
      # Scholz, Y. (2012). Renewable energy based electricity supply at low costs:
      #  development of the REMix model and application for Europe. ( p.42 / p.28)
      grid_codes: [12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23,
                   24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32]
      distance: 1000
      distance_grid_codes: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
    natura: true
    potential: simple # or conservative
    clip_p_max_pu: 1.e-2
  offwind-ac:
    cutout: europe-2013-era5
    resource:
      method: wind
      turbine: NREL_ReferenceTurbine_5MW_offshore
    capacity_per_sqkm: 3
    # correction_factor: 0.93
    corine: [44, 255]
    natura: true
    max_shore_distance: 30000
    potential: simple # or conservative
    clip_p_max_pu: 1.e-2
  offwind-dc:
    cutout: europe-2013-era5
    resource:
      method: wind
      turbine: NREL_ReferenceTurbine_5MW_offshore
    # ScholzPhd Tab 4.3.1: 10MW/km^2
    capacity_per_sqkm: 3
    # correction_factor: 0.93
    corine: [44, 255]
    natura: true
    min_shore_distance: 30000
    potential: simple # or conservative
    clip_p_max_pu: 1.e-2
  solar:
    cutout: europe-2013-era5
    resource:
      method: pv
      panel: CSi
      orientation:
        slope: 35.
        azimuth: 180.
    capacity_per_sqkm: 1.7 # ScholzPhd Tab 4.3.1: 170 MW/km^2
    # Determined by comparing uncorrected area-weighted full-load hours to those
    # published in Supplementary Data to
    # Pietzcker, Robert Carl, et al. "Using the sun to decarbonize the power
    # sector: The economic potential of photovoltaics and concentrating solar
    # power." Applied Energy 135 (2014): 704-720.
    correction_factor: 0.854337
    corine: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,
             14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 31, 32]
    natura: true
    potential: simple # or conservative
    clip_p_max_pu: 1.e-2

lines:
  types:
    220.: "Al/St 240/40 2-bundle 220.0"
    300.: "Al/St 240/40 3-bundle 300.0"
    380.: "Al/St 240/40 4-bundle 380.0"
  s_max_pu: 0.7
  length_factor: 1.25
  under_construction: 'zero' # 'zero': set capacity to zero, 'remove': remove, 'keep': with full capacity

links:
  p_max_pu: 1.0
  include_tyndp: true
  under_construction: 'zero' # 'zero': set capacity to zero, 'remove': remove, 'keep': with full capacity

transformers:
  x: 0.1
  s_nom: 2000.
  type: ''

load:
  scaling_factor: 1.0

costs:
  year: 2030
  discountrate: 0.07 # From a Lion Hirth paper, also reflects average of Noothout et al 2016
  USD2013_to_EUR2013: 0.7532 # [EUR/USD] ECB: https://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/exchange/eurofxref/html/eurofxref-graph-usd.en.html
  marginal_cost:
    solar: 0.01
    onwind: 0.015
    offwind: 0.015
    H2: 0.
    battery: 0.
  emission_prices: # only used with the option Ep
    co2: 130.

solving:
  options:
    formulation: kirchhoff
    load_shedding: false
    noisy_costs: true
    min_iterations: 1
    max_iterations: 1
    clip_p_max_pu: 0.01
    skip_iterations: true
    track_iterations: false
    #nhours: 10
  # tmpdir: .
  operations:
    hourly_resolution: False
  solver:
    name: gurobi
    threads: 4
    method: 2 # barrier
    crossover: 0
    BarConvTol: 1.e-6
    FeasibilityTol: 1.e-7
    AggFill: 0
    PreDual: 0
    GURO_PAR_BARDENSETHRESH: 200
  # solver:
  #   name: cplex
  #   threads: 4
  #   lpmethod: 4 # barrier
  #   solutiontype: 2 # non basic solution, ie no crossover
  #   barrier_convergetol: 1.e-5
  #   feasopt_tolerance: 1.e-6

plotting:
  map:
    figsize: [7, 7]
    boundaries: [-10.2, 29, 35,  72]
    p_nom:
      bus_size_factor: 5.e+4
      linewidth_factor: 3.e+3

  costs_max: 800
  costs_threshold: 1

  energy_max: 15000.
  energy_min: -10000.
  energy_threshold: 50.

  vre_techs: ["onwind", "offwind-ac", "offwind-dc", "solar", "ror"]
  conv_techs: ["OCGT", "CCGT", "Nuclear", "Coal"]
  storage_techs: ["hydro+PHS", "battery", "H2"]
  load_carriers: ["AC load"]
  AC_carriers: ["AC line", "AC transformer"]
  link_carriers: ["DC line", "Converter AC-DC"]
  tech_colors:
    "onwind" : "#235ebc"
    "onshore wind" : "#235ebc"
    'offwind' : "#6895dd"
    'offwind-ac' : "#6895dd"
    'offshore wind' : "#6895dd"
    'offshore wind ac' : "#6895dd"
    'offwind-dc' : "#74c6f2"
    'offshore wind dc' : "#74c6f2"
    "hydro" : "#08ad97"
    "hydro+PHS" : "#08ad70"
    "PHS" : "#08ad70"
    "hydro reservoir" : "#08ad97"
    'hydroelectricity' : '#08ad97'
    "ror" : "#4adbc8"
    "run of river" : "#4adbc8"
    'solar' : "#f9d002"
    'solar PV' : "#f9d002"
    'solar thermal' : '#ffef60'
    'biomass' : '#0c6013'
    'solid biomass' : '#06540d'
    'biogas' : '#23932d'
    'waste' : '#68896b'
    'geothermal' : '#ba91b1'
    "OCGT" : "#d35050"
    "OCGT marginal" : "#d35050"
    "OCGT-heat" : "#d35050"
    "gas boiler" : "#d35050"
    "gas boilers" : "#d35050"
    "gas boiler marginal" : "#d35050"
    "gas-to-power/heat" : "#d35050"
    "gas" : "#d35050"
    "natural gas" : "#d35050"
    "CCGT" : "#b20101"
    "CCGT marginal" : "#b20101"
    "Nuclear" : "#ff9000"
    "Nuclear marginal" : "#ff9000"
    "nuclear" : "#ff9000"
    "coal" : "#707070"
    "Coal" : "#707070"
    "Coal marginal" : "#707070"
    "lignite" : "#9e5a01"
    "Lignite" : "#9e5a01"
    "Lignite marginal" : "#9e5a01"
    "Oil" : "#262626"
    "oil" : "#262626"
    "H2" : "#ea048a"
    "hydrogen storage" : "#ea048a"
    "Sabatier" : "#a31597"
    "methanation" : "#a31597"
    "helmeth" : "#a31597"
    "DAC" : "#d284ff"
    "co2 stored" : "#e5e5e5"
    "CO2 sequestration" : "#e5e5e5"
    "battery" : "#b8ea04"
    "battery storage" : "#b8ea04"
    "Li ion" : "#b8ea04"
    "BEV charger" : "#e2ff7c"
    "V2G" : "#7a9618"
    "transport fuel cell" : "#e884be"
    "retrofitting" : "#e0d6a8"
    "building retrofitting" : "#e0d6a8"
    "heat pumps" : "#ff9768"
    "heat pump" : "#ff9768"
    "air heat pump" : "#ffbea0"
    "ground heat pump" : "#ff7a3d"
    "power-to-heat" : "#a59e7c"
    "power-to-gas" : "#db8585"
    "power-to-liquid" : "#a9acd1"
    "Fischer-Tropsch" : "#a9acd1"
    "resistive heater" : "#aa4925"
    "water tanks" : "#401f75"
    "hot water storage" : "#401f75"
    "hot water charging" : "#351c5e"
    "hot water discharging" : "#683ab2"
    "CHP" : "#d80a56"
    "CHP heat" : "#d80a56"
    "CHP electric" : "#d80a56"
    "district heating" : "#93864b"
    "Ambient" : "#262626"
    "Electric load" : "#f9d002"
    "electricity" : "#f9d002"
    "Heat load" : "#d35050"
    "heat" : "#d35050"
    "Transport load" : "#235ebc"
    "transport" : "#235ebc"
    "lines" : "#70af1d"
    "transmission lines" : "#70af1d"
    "AC-AC" : "#70af1d"
    "AC line" : "#70af1d"
    "links" : "#8a1caf"
    "HVDC links" : "#8a1caf"
    "DC-DC" : "#8a1caf"
    "DC link" : "#8a1caf"
  nice_names:
    OCGT: "Open-Cycle Gas"
    CCGT: "Combined-Cycle Gas"
    offwind-ac: "Offshore Wind (AC)"
    offwind-dc: "Offshore Wind (DC)"
    onwind: "Onshore Wind"
    battery: "Battery Storage"
    PHS: 'Pumped Hydro'
    hydro: 'Reservoir'
    solar: 'Solar'
    H2: "Hydrogen Storage"
    lines: "Transmission lines"
    ror: "Run of river"
  nice_names_n:
    OCGT: "Open-Cycle\nGas"
    CCGT: "Combined-Cycle\nGas"
    offwind-ac: "Offshore\nWind (AC)"
    offwind-dc: "Offshore\nWind (DC)"
    onwind: "Onshore\nWind"
    battery: "Battery\nStorage"
    H2: "Hydrogen\nStorage"
    lines: "Transmission\nlines"
    ror: "Run of\nriver"