List of functionality to consider for MVP

[nick-gorman]

Generators

• Hydro
• Full and partial outages
• Unit commitment
  • Minimum generation levels (I think related to unit commitment)
• Seasonal ratings
• Renewable energy entrants outside REZs
• Reserves

Network

• Seasonal ratings
• Network losses
  • interregional loss equations
    Would need to be done with custom constraints
• Different contributionts to forward and reverse limits for expansion

Policy constraints

Integration of major policy constraints. Likely implemented through custom constraints. Including but not limited to:

• Global carbon budget constraint(s)
• Renewable Energy Target(s)
  • Including-state based targets

Temporal resolution reduction

• Sampled chronology??
  Used in AEMO Single Stage Long-term model
• Fitted chronology??
  Used in AEMO Detailed Long-term model

Spatial resolution reduction

• Subregional

  • option to have rez generators connected directly to subregion nodes

• Regional

  • templater chooses network subregional connection cross region boundary to
    represent interregional connection
  • rezs as separate nodes connected to regions as distinct nodes
  • option to have rez generators connected directly to region nodes
  • choose just once subregion/rez to use build cost from per region

• Single region

  • rezs as separate nodes connected to region as distinct nodes
  • option to have rez generators connected directly to single region
  • choose just once subregion/rez to use build cost from per region

[nick-gorman]

Notes from discussion:

Best guess of the features needed to replicate the ISP generation build results within 10%, across builds and scenarios. Only what is needed for capacity outlook modelling.

Generators

• Hydro
  • using inflows and general structure of AEMO methods
• Finalise utility storage
• CER storage
• Outages (deratings for capacity outlook)
• Seasonal ratings
• Renewable energy entrants outside REZs (if minimal work required)
• Reserves
• Hydrogen

Network

• Seasonal ratings
• Network losses (low priority)

Policy constraints

• Carbon budget
• Renewable energy target
• Storage targets

Temporal resolution reduction

• sampled chronology
• (alternative is to do representative year for an investment period??)

Spatial resolution

• subregional