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phil-sandwell / CLOVER

CLOVER minigrid simulation and optimisation for supporting rural electrification in developing countries
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Cycle charging renewable fraction #52

Open BenWinchester opened 2 years ago

BenWinchester commented 2 years ago

The cycle charging introduces the ability for the batteries within the minigrid to be charged using diesel power rather than fully from renewables. As a consequence of this, the calculation of the renewables fraction within the appraisal module no longer makes sense:

renewables_fraction = (total_renewables_used + total_storage_used) / total_energy

In order to fix this, the renewables fraction needs to take account of the fraction of battery storage which is not powered by renewables and comes from the diesel generator.