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A system for calculating hourly electricity and heat loads with a merit order
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merit order graph legend should be clearer #83

Closed JAlsem closed 11 years ago

JAlsem commented 11 years ago

The merit order graph legend is quite unclear to me and could be made a lot easier to read:

1. The abbreviations SC, USC, CCS, CHP, CCGT, IGCC can be confusing for users who are not that much into the different technologies. With a mouse-over the full name could maybe be displayed?

2. Furthermore some plant types are in the legend that are not participating in the merit order because the number of units = 0. For example the 'oil USC' and 'coal SC' have 0 units in the graph, so it is not worth mentioning them here. Can the legend be adapted so that it only displays the plants with a number of units > 0 ?

3. Additionally the legend could be displayed in another order, so that the different colour shades are easier to distinguish. This could be done by displaying the grey icons above each other.

4. Finally in the graph a clearer distinction could be made between the coal-fired and gas-fired plant types. Giving the gas-fired plant types red colours and the coal-fired plants a black/grey colours makes distinguishing them easier.

@AlexanderWirtz Do you agree with my suggestions?

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ChaelKruip commented 11 years ago

Also: looking at the Dutch version of this chart, I see three english names: Snapshot 3:22:13 1:58 PM-2

AlexanderWirtz commented 11 years ago

I agree with @JAlsem 's suggestions. I'll let someone with a better eye decide the colors. Do note that grey is typically associated with gas in the ETM's current style.

ChaelKruip commented 11 years ago

@andremedeiros can we sit together to improve this chart sometime this month?

Richard-Deuchler commented 11 years ago

In principle, I think these are all valid points. I am just worried that well-intentioned changes will make it even more confusing...

  1. the abbreviations are not very clear indeed. But this is a general problem of the frontend. At least the names are consistent with the slider names under Supply/Electricity. By clicking on the "?" dropdown, the user can find the full name and description of the plant there. Adding a mouseover would be nice, but I don't think we currently have any mouseover functionality for legends anywhere else. The mouseover works already on the bars.
  2. sounds good - also not done anywhere else in the frontend
  3. the merit order is not fixed but will change with fuel costs and CO2 taxation. Would a sorted legend have to update?
  4. I suggest we stick to the color coding of the 'electricity production' chart and leave the colors as they are.
ChaelKruip commented 11 years ago

Moving to "Deploy May 2013"

ChaelKruip commented 11 years ago

Moving to "Deploy June 2013"

ChaelKruip commented 11 years ago

I don't think this is very important. @AlexanderWirtz @dennisschoenmakers @wmeyers if you disagree, please re-open.