Set lifetime for conventional powerplants

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PyPSA-Eur: A Sector-Coupled Open Optimisation Model of the European Energy System

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Set lifetime for conventional powerplants #48

Closed Heronimonimo closed 4 years ago

Heronimonimo commented 5 years ago

The powerplants.csv already includes a 'YearCommisioned' and 'Retrofit' column. This could be used, combined with a Fueltype and Technology to for example remove all plants older than x for CCGT, y for Hydro, z for Coal, etc.

Would def attach_conventional_generators(n, costs, ppl): in add_electricity.py be the right place to do this? And could the year from costs specifier in config.yaml be used to calculate all plant ages?

Furthermore a .csv with lifetime per Technology and Fueltype should be included. ALso in the powerplant dataset a lot of values are missing. Are there currently plans to update this set?

FabianHofmann commented 5 years ago

Hey, after long time:

powerplantmatching allows to apply rough heuristics to fill missing commissioning years, via
```
p = pm.powerplants()
p = p.powerplant.fill_missing_commyears()
```

there are only estimated per lifetimes per Fueltype in ppm, can be accessed via

p['Lifetime'] = p.Fueltype.map(pm.get_config()['fuel_to_lifetime'])

perhaps even more convenient would be to

p['YearShutdown'] = p.YearCommissioned + p.Lifetime

fneum commented 4 years ago

Is this possible with the powerplantmatching update and the pd.query?

FabianHofmann commented 4 years ago

yes, it is :) I'll make a PR for this tomorrow.

Heronimonimo commented 4 years ago

Cool to see so much activity. This addition would be very much appreciated!