How to setup new ESC?

[euronion]

Could you point me in a direction on how to use it to create an ESC? I’m fairly new at this but try to use it for my thesis.
I’ve followed the steps in “trace” and created input data with GlobalEnergyGIS/Synde respositories before. What steps am I missing before solving scenarios via snakemake?

Originally posted by @paul1995tu in #7 (comment)

Starting a new issue for this new question.

The SYNDE repo should not be required but good to know that you got it working! Setup here is quite similar.

If you want to define a new ESC you first have to specify all the components of the ESC in a folder dedicated to the new ESC. I suggest:

1. Go to: https://github.com/euronion/trace/tree/main/escs
2. Copy one of the folders as template for your new ESC. Best to use an ESC which is similar to the one you want to create.
3. Modify the individual files in the folders (links, stores, ...).
4. If you add new technologies: Make sure they exist in the data/efficiencies.csv and in the cost database which by default if from https://github.com/pypsa/technology-data
5. Define a scenario including your ESC in config.yaml
6. Use snakemake to run it (Should be snakemake -call results/<scenario>/results.csv)

I have to admit I remember the last two steps are a bit tricky (my implementation was very weird). I have to get back to this part anyways in the next days, so it will become easier then.

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@paul1995tu