add_electricity: for current RES use GEM not OPSD

config/config.default.yaml

@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ electricity:
 
   estimate_renewable_capacities:
     enable: true
-    from_opsd: true
+    from_gem: true
     year: 2020
     expansion_limit: false
     technology_mapping:

doc/configtables/electricity.csv

@@ -32,13 +32,13 @@ conventional_carriers,--,"Any subset of {nuclear, oil, OCGT, CCGT, coal, lignite
 renewable_carriers,--,"Any subset of {solar, onwind, offwind-ac, offwind-dc, offwind-float, hydro}",List of renewable generators to include in the model.
 estimate_renewable_capacities,,,
 -- enable,,bool,Activate routine to estimate renewable capacities in rule :mod:`add_electricity`. This option should not be used in combination with pathway planning ``foresight: myopic`` or ``foresight: perfect`` as renewable capacities are added differently in :mod:`add_existing_baseyear`.
--- from_opsd,--,bool,Add renewable capacities from `OPSD database <https://data.open-power-system-data.org/renewable_power_plants/2020-08-25>`_. The value is depreciated but still can be used.
+-- from_gem,--,bool,Add renewable capacities from `Global Energy Monitor's Global Solar Power Tracker <https://globalenergymonitor.org/projects/global-solar-power-tracker/>`_ and `Global Energy Monitor's Global Wind Power Tracker <https://globalenergymonitor.org/projects/global-wind-power-tracker/>`_.
 -- year,--,bool,Renewable capacities are based on existing capacities reported by IRENA (IRENASTAT) for the specified year
 -- expansion_limit,--,float or false,"Artificially limit maximum IRENA capacities to a factor.  For example, an ``expansion_limit: 1.1`` means 110% of capacities . If false are chosen, the estimated renewable potentials determine by the workflow are used."
 -- technology_mapping,,,Mapping between PyPSA-Eur and powerplantmatching technology names
--- -- Offshore,--,"Any subset of {offwind-ac, offwind-dc, offwind-float}","List of PyPSA-Eur carriers that is considered as (IRENA, OPSD) onshore technology."
--- -- Offshore,--,{onwind},"List of PyPSA-Eur carriers that is considered as (IRENA, OPSD) offshore technology."
--- -- PV,--,{solar},"List of PyPSA-Eur carriers that is considered as (IRENA, OPSD) PV technology."
+-- -- Offshore,--,"Any subset of {offwind-ac, offwind-dc, offwind-float}","List of PyPSA-Eur carriers that is considered as (IRENA, GEM) onshore technology."
+-- -- Offshore,--,{onwind},"List of PyPSA-Eur carriers that is considered as (IRENA, GEM) offshore technology."
+-- -- PV,--,{solar},"List of PyPSA-Eur carriers that is considered as (IRENA, GEM) PV technology."
 autarky,,,
 -- enable,bool,true or false,Require each node to be autarkic by removing all lines and links.
 -- by_country,bool,true or false,Require each country to be autarkic by removing all cross-border lines and links. ``electricity: autarky`` must be enabled.

scripts/_helpers.py

@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ def handle_exception(exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback):
 
 def update_p_nom_max(n):
     # if extendable carriers (solar/onwind/...) have capacity >= 0,
-    # e.g. existing assets from the OPSD project are included to the network,
+    # e.g. existing assets from GEM are included to the network,
     # the installed capacity might exceed the expansion limit.
     # Hence, we update the assumptions.
 

scripts/add_electricity.py

@@ -760,9 +760,9 @@ def attach_hydro(n, costs, ppl, profile_hydro, hydro_capacities, carriers, **par
         )
 
 
-def attach_OPSD_renewables(n: pypsa.Network, tech_map: dict[str, list[str]]) -> None:
+def attach_GEM_renewables(n: pypsa.Network, tech_map: dict[str, list[str]]) -> None:
     """
-    Attach renewable capacities from the OPSD dataset to the network.
+    Attach renewable capacities from the GEM dataset to the network.
 
     Args:
     - n: The PyPSA network to attach the capacities to.
@@ -772,21 +772,22 @@ def attach_OPSD_renewables(n: pypsa.Network, tech_map: dict[str, list[str]]) ->
     - None
     """
     tech_string = ", ".join(sum(tech_map.values(), []))
-    logger.info(f"Using OPSD renewable capacities for carriers {tech_string}.")
+    logger.info(f"Using GEM renewable capacities for carriers {tech_string}.")
 
-    df = pm.data.OPSD_VRE().powerplant.convert_country_to_alpha2()
+    df = pm.data.GEM().powerplant.convert_country_to_alpha2()
     technology_b = ~df.Technology.isin(["Onshore", "Offshore"])
     df["Fueltype"] = df.Fueltype.where(technology_b, df.Technology).replace(
         {"Solar": "PV"}
     )
-    df = df.query("Fueltype in @tech_map").powerplant.convert_country_to_alpha2()
+    df = df.query("Fueltype in @tech_map")
     df = df.dropna(subset=["lat", "lon"])
 
     for fueltype, carriers in tech_map.items():
         gens = n.generators[lambda df: df.carrier.isin(carriers)]
         buses = n.buses.loc[gens.bus.unique()]
         gens_per_bus = gens.groupby("bus").p_nom.count()
 
+        # assuming equal distribution of capacities per generator at each bus
         caps = map_country_bus(df.query("Fueltype == @fueltype"), buses)
         caps = caps.groupby(["bus"]).Capacity.sum()
         caps = caps / gens_per_bus.reindex(caps.index, fill_value=1)
@@ -1097,8 +1098,8 @@ def attach_stores(n, costs, extendable_carriers):
             expansion_limit = estimate_renewable_caps["expansion_limit"]
             year = estimate_renewable_caps["year"]
 
-            if estimate_renewable_caps["from_opsd"]:
-                attach_OPSD_renewables(n, tech_map)
+            if estimate_renewable_caps["from_gem"]:
+                attach_GEM_renewables(n, tech_map)
 
             estimate_renewable_capacities(
                 n, year, tech_map, expansion_limit, params.countries