SupplyTechnology

Package: PowerInvestmentsOpenAPIModels · Source: Investments/Technologies/SupplyTechnology.json

Candidate generation technology for a region, representing either a thermal or a renewable generation technology. It carries the capital and operating cost of new capacity together with the operating characteristics the added units take on — capacity limits, ramp and time limits, outage derating, fuel, and start-up fuel use.

Properties

Property	Type	Required	Unit	Description
id	integer	yes	—	ID for individual component.
name	string	yes	—	Name of the component.
available	boolean	—	—	Indicator of whether the component is connected and online (true) or disconnected, offline, or down (false).
power_systems_type	string	yes	—	Corresponding type to be used in PCM modeling.
region	array of integer	—	—	Location where the component applies. Can be a zone or node.
prime_mover_type	string (PrimeMovers)	—	—	Prime mover for generator.
fuel	array of string (ThermalFuels)	—	—	Fuel type according to IEA.
cofire_start_limits	object	—	1	Minimum and maximum blending level of each fuel during start-up process for multi-fuel generator. Units: 1.
cofire_level_limits	object	—	1	Minimum and maximum blending level of each fuel during normal generation process for multi-fuel generator. Units: 1.
capital_costs	CapitalCost	—	—	Capital and interconnection cost for investing in a technology (capital cost in USD/MW).
operation_costs	GenericOperationCost	—	USD/MWh	Fixed and variable O&M costs for a technology. Units: USD/MWh.
unit_size	number	—	MW	Used for discrete investment decisions. Size of each unit being built. Units: MW.
capacity_limits	MinMax or MinMaxByKey	—	MW	Minimum and maximum allowable installed capacity for a technology, given either as a single bound applied to all capacity or as a mapping from a float key (stringified) to the bound that applies at that key. Units: MW.
outage_factor	OutageFactors	—	—	Planned and forced outage factors for a technology, each a fraction of total availability (the fraction of hours in a year the technology is unavailable).
min_generation_fraction	number	—	1	Minimum generation as a fraction of total capacity. Units: 1.
ramp_limits	UpDown	—	MW/min	Maximum decrease and increase in output between operation periods. Units: MW/min.
time_limits	UpDown	—	min	Minimum amount of time a resource has to stay in the committed or shutdown state (minutes). Units: min.
start_fuel_mmbtu_per_mw	number	—	MMBtu/MW	Startup fuel use per MW of nameplate capacity of each generator. Units: MMBtu/MW.
lifetime	integer	—	yr	Maximum number of years a technology can be active once installed. Units: yr.
financial_data	TechnologyFinancialData	yes	—	Struct containing relevant financial information for a technology.