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List of available sections and charts

The list of sections and available charts can be adjusted by pypsa-spice-vis/setting/graph_settings.yaml including maximum and minimum scales of the y-axis, units of the y-axis, etc.

Power

Chart name Unit Description
Capacity by type GW Installed capacity in the power sector by technology by modelling year
Capacity by region GW Installed capacity in the power sector by region by modelling year
Generation by type TWh Power generation by technology by modelling year
Share category % Power generation share by renewables & fossil fuels by modelling year
Transmission capacity between regions GW Capacity of transmission lines between different regions by modelling year
Hourly generation MW Hourly electricity generation by technology by modelling year
Regional hourly generation MW Hourly electricity generation by region by modelling year
Energy demand by carrier TWh Energy demand by carrier by modelling year
Hourly demand MW Hourly electricity demand by sector by modelling year
Hourly elec price currency/MWh Hourly marginal electricity price by region by modelling year
Hourly nodal flow between regions MW Hourly nodal exchange flow between regions by modelling year
Battery's E/P ratio N/A Hourly energy-to-power ratio of batteries by modelling year
Battery's charging profile GW Hourly charing/discharing status of batteries by modelling year

Industry

Chart name Unit Description
Capacity by carrier GW Installed capacity in the industry sector by technology by carrier by modelling year
Capacity by region GW Installed capacity in the industry sector by region by modelling year
Generation by region TWh Electricity generation used for industrial heat applications by region by modelling year
Generation by type TWh Electricity generation used for industrial heat applications by technology by modelling year

Transport

Chart name Unit Description
EV load profile MW Hourly charging load of electric vehicles in the tranport sector by modelling year

Emissions

Chart name Unit Description
Emission (power sector) MtCO2 Emission in the power sector by carrier by modelling year
Emission (industry sector) MtCO2 Emission in the industry sector by carrier by modelling year

Costs

Chart name Unit Description
CAPEX by type (power sector) million currency Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) in the power sector by technology by modelling year
Overnight investment by type (power sector) million currency Overnight investment in the power sector by technology by modelling year
CAPEX by type (industry sector) million currency Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) in the industry sector by technology by modelling year
CAPEX by type (transport sector) million currency Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) in the transport sector by technology by modelling year
CAPEX by type (all energy sectors) million currency Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) in all sectors by technology by modelling year
CAPEX and OPEX (all energy sectors) million currency Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) and Operational Expenditure (OPEX) in all sectors by modelling year
Average fuel costs (all energy sectors) million currency/MWhthermal Average fuel costs (thermal units) in all sectors by modelling year

Info

This section provides a list of all abbreviations and corresponding full names of all technologies and carriers that are used in the visualisation tool.