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The integrated assessment and energy systems model MESSAGEix
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Electricity grid has no capacity-related parameters in Westeros tutorials #813

Closed behnam-zakeri closed 1 month ago

behnam-zakeri commented 3 months ago

In "Westeros_baseline", technology "grid" does not have a technical lifetime, but input and output parameters are added with vintage-active years over multiple decades. Furthermore, there is no capacity-related parameter for this infrastructure, such as capacity factor, investment cost, etc. This has been a source of confusion and questions in training sessions. It is useful to treat this technology like others by adding relevant parameters.