power-plant.yaml

# List of variables related to power plants
# Variables related to the production cost of a power plant
# Note that:
# linear   term cost   [EUR/GWh] = Linear Var Cost [Mcal/MWh] * Price|Primary Energy [EUR/Mcal] + Operation and Maintenance Variable Cost [EUR/MWh] * 1e-3
# constant term cost   [EUR/h]   = Constant Var Cost [Mcal/h] * Price|Primary Energy [EUR/Mcal]

- Operational Cost|Constant Term|Electricity Generation|{Electricity Input}:
    description: Constant term (intercept) to compute operational cost for generating electricity from {Electricity Input}
    unit: Mcal/hour
    skip-region-aggregation: true
- Operational Cost|Linear Term|Electricity Generation|{Electricity Input}:
    description: Linear term (slope) to compute operational cost for generating electricity
      from {Electricity Input}
    unit: Mcal/MWh
    skip-region-aggregation: true
- Operation and Maintenance Cost|Electricity|{Electricity Input}:
    description: Operation and maintenance cost for generating electricity from {Electricity Input}
    unit: EUR/MWh
    skip-region-aggregation: true
- Shut-Down Cost|Electricity|{Electricity Input}:
    description: Shutdown cost for a typical power plant generating electricity from
      {Electricity Input}
    unit: EUR
    skip-region-aggregation: true
- Start-Up Cost|Electricity|{Electricity Input}:
    description: Startup cost for a typical power plant generating electricity from
      {Electricity Input}
    unit: EUR
    skip-region-aggregation: true
- Variable Cost|Electricity|{Electricity Input}:
    description: Variable cost for generating electricity from {Electricity Input} without the Fuel cost
    unit: EUR/MWh
    skip-region-aggregation: true
- Variable Cost (incl. Fuel Cost)|Electricity|{Electricity Input}:
    description: Variable cost for generating electricity from {Electricity Input} with the fuel cost
    unit: EUR/MWh
    skip-region-aggregation: true
- Maximum Active Power|Electricity|{Electricity Input}:
    description: Maximum active power of a typical power plant generating electricity from {Electricity Input}
    unit: MW
- Minimum Active Power|Electricity|{Electricity Input}:
    description: Minimum active power of a typical power plant generating electricity from {Electricity Input}
    unit: MW
- Minimum On Duration|Electricity|{Electricity Input}:
    description: Minimum duration that a typical power plant generating electricity 
        from {Electricity Input} has to remain online after start-up
    unit: hour
    skip-region-aggregation: true
- Minimum Off Duration|Electricity|{Electricity Input}:
    description: Minimum duration that a typical power plant generating electricity
      from {Electricity Input} has to remain offline after shut-down
    unit: hour
    skip-region-aggregation: true
- Forced Outage Rate|Electricity|{Electricity Input}:
    description: Unavailability as a share relative to Maximum Active Power due to
      unexpected outages (e.g., failures) of a typical power plant generating electricity
      from {Electricity Input}
    note: A value of 50 (%) means that the plant can generate at half of maximum active
      power (~installed capacity) during an outage. If the outage rate is lower than
      the level of minimum active power, the plant has to be shut down for the duration
      of the outage.
    unit: '-'
    skip-region-aggregation: true
- Planned Outage Rate|Electricity|{Electricity Input}:
    description: Unavailability as a share relative to Maximum Active Power due to
      planned outages (e.g., maintaince, revision) of a typical power plant generating
      electricity from {Electricity Input}
    note: A value of 50 (%) means that the plant can generate at half of maximum active
      power (~installed capacity) during an outage. If the outage rate is lower than
      the level of minimum active power, the plant has to be shut down for the duration
      of the outage.
    unit: '-'
    skip-region-aggregation: true
- Mean Outage Duration|Electricity|{Electricity Input}:
    description: Mean duration of an outage of a typical power plant generating electricity
      from {Electricity Input}
    unit: [days, hours]
    skip-region-aggregation: true
- Inertia|Electricity|{Electricity Input}:
    description: Inertia provided to the system by a typical power plant generating
      electricity from {Electricity Input}
    unit: second
    skip-region-aggregation: true
- Frequency Containment Reserve|Electricity|{Electricity Input}:
    description: Share of Maximum Active Power that can be committed to Frequency
      Containment Reserve by a typical power plant generating electricity from {Electricity Input}
    unit: '-'
    skip-region-aggregation: true
- Automatic Frequency Restoration Reserve|Electricity|{Electricity Input}:
    description: Share of Maximum Active Power that can be committed to Automatic
      Frequency Restoration Reserve by a typical power plant generating electricity
      from {Electricity Input}
    unit: '-'
    skip-region-aggregation: true
- Inertia|Electricity|{Storage Type}:
    description: Inertia provided to the system by a {Storage Type} unit
    unit: second
    skip-region-aggregation: true
- Frequency Containment Reserve|Electricity|{Storage Type}:
    description: Share of Maximum Active Power that can be committed to Frequency
      Containment Reserve by a {Storage Type} unit
    unit: '-'
    skip-region-aggregation: true
- Automatic Frequency Restoration Reserve|Electricity|{Storage Type}:
    description: Share of Maximum Active Power that can be committed to Automatic
      Frequency Restoration Reserve by a {Storage Type} unit
    unit: '-'
    skip-region-aggregation: true
- Operating Reserve|Up|Electricity|{Electricity Input}:
    description: Upwards operating reserve by a typical power plant generating electricity
      from {Electricity Input}
    unit: MWh
- Operating Reserve|Down|Electricity|{Electricity Input}:
    description: Downward operating reserve by a typical power plant generating electricity
      from {Electricity Input}
    unit: MWh
- Maximum Ramping|Up|Electricity|{Electricity Input}:
    description: Upward ramp limit by a typical power plant generating electricity
      from {Electricity Input}
    unit: MW/h
    skip-region-aggregation: true
- Maximum Ramping|Down|Electricity|{Electricity Input}:
    description: Downward ramp limit by a typical power plant generating electricity
      from {Electricity Input}
    unit: MW/h
    skip-region-aggregation: true
- Maximum Storage|Heat:
    description: Maximum volume of heat storage unit expressed in energy
    unit: [MWh, GWh]
- Maximum Storage|Electricity|{Storage Type}:
    description: Maximum volume of an electricity {Storage Type} unit expressed in energy
    unit: [MWh, GWh]
- Maximum Storage|Electricity|Hydro|Reservoir:
    description: Maximum volume of hydro reservoir expressed in energy
    unit: [MWh, GWh]
- Maximum Storage|Electricity|Hydro|Pumped Storage:
    description: Maximum volume of hydro reservoir expressed in energy
    unit: [MWh, GWh]
- Maximum Storage|Electricity|Hydrogen:
    description: Maximum volume of hydrogen storage expressed in energy
    unit: [MWh, GWh] 
- Minimum Storage|Electricity|{Storage Type}:
    description: Minimum volume of a {Storage Type} unit expressed in energy
    unit: [MWh, GWh]
- Minimum Storage|Electricity|Hydro|Reservoir:
    description: Minimum volume of Hydro reservoir  expressed in energy
    unit: [MWh, GWh]
- Minimum Storage|Electricity|Hydro|Pumped Storage:
    description: Minimum volume of pumped storage expressed in energy
    unit: [MWh, GWh]
- Minimum Storage|Electricity|Hydrogen:
    description: Minimum volume of hydrogen storage expressed in energy
    unit: [MWh, GWh]
- Charging Efficiency|Electricity|{Storage Type}:
    description: Efficiency of charging energy for a {Storage Type}
    unit: '-'
    skip-region-aggregation: true
- Charging Efficiency|Electricity|Hydro|Pumped Storage:
    description: Efficiency of charging energy for pumped storage
    unit: '-'
    skip-region-aggregation: true
- Charging Efficiency|Electricity|Hydrogen:
    description: Efficiency of charging energy for hydrogen storage
    unit: '-'
    skip-region-aggregation: true
- Discharging Efficiency|Electricity|{Storage Type}:
    description: Efficiency of discharging for a {Electricity Storage Type}
    unit: '-'
    skip-region-aggregation: true
- Discharging Efficiency|Electricity|Hydro|Pumped Storage:
    description: Efficiency of discharging for pumped storage
    unit: '-'
    skip-region-aggregation: true
- Discharging Efficiency|Electricity|Hydrogen:
    description: Efficiency of discharging for hydrogen storage
    unit: '-'
    skip-region-aggregation: true
- Inflows|Electricity|{Storage Type}:
    description: Inflows into a storage of a {Electricity Storage Type}, expressed in energy
    unit: GWh
- Inflows|Electricity|Hydro|Reservoir:
    description: Inflows into a hydro reservoir, expressed in energy
    unit: GWh
- Inflows|Electricity|Hydro|Pumped Storage:
    description: Inflows into Pumped storage, expressed in energy
    unit: GWh
- Outflows|Electricity|{Storage Type}:
    description: Outflows from a storage of a {Storage Type}, expressed in energy to cover a demand outside of the electricity system
    unit: GWh
- Outflows|Electricity|Hydrogen:
    description: Outflows from a storage of a hydrogen unit, expressed in energy to cover a demand outside of the electricity system
    unit: GWh
- Maximum Charge|Electricity|{Storage Type}:
    description: Maximum charge when storing energy for a {Storage Type} unit
    unit: GW
- Maximum Discharge|Electricity|{Storage Type}:
    description: Maximum discharge when consuming energy from a {Storage Type} unit
      unit.
    unit: GW
- Load Factor|Electricity|{Variable Renewable Power Type}:
    description: Load factors for {Variable Renewable Power Type} power plants
    unit: '-'
    skip-region-aggregation: true
- Seasonality|Electricity|{Storage Type}:
    description: seasonality (daily, weekly, monthly, etc.) of {Electricity Storage Type}
    unit: [daily,weekly,monthly]
- Roundtrip Efficiency|Electricity|{Storage Type}:
    description: Efficiency when charging energy from the grid to the system
    unit: '-'
- Roundtrip Efficiency|Electricity|Hydro|Pumped Storage:
    description: Efficiency when charging energy from the grid to the pumped storage
    unit: '-'
- Roundtrip Efficiency|Electricity|Hydrogen:
    description: Efficiency when charging energy from the grid to the hydrogen storage
    unit: '-'