CarrierΒΆ
The Carrier describes energy carriers of buses (e.g. "AC" for alternating current, "DC" for dicrect current, "hydrogen", or "heat") or technologies of other components (e.g. "wind", "gas turbine", "electrolyser", or "heat pump"). Besides descriptive names and colors for visualizations, attributes relevant for Global Constraints can also be stored in this component class (e.g. CO\(_2\) emissions of bus carriers relevant for emission limits).
| attribute | type | unit | default | description | status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| name | string | nan | nan | Unique name | Input (required) |
| co2_emissions | float | tonnes/MWh | 0 | Emissions in tCO2 per MWh of primary energy (e.g. methane has 0.2 tCO2/MWhthermal). | Input (optional) |
| color | string | nan | nan | Color for plotting (e.g. matplotlib named colors or hexadecimal color codes like "#AB9812") |
Input (optional) |
| nice_name | string | nan | nan | Descriptive name for statistics and visualisations (e.g. "Natural Gas" for carrier gas) |
Input (optional) |
| max_growth | float | MW | inf | Maximum new installed capacity per investment period | Input (optional) |
| max_relative_growth | float | nan | 0 | Maximum capacity ratio for new installed capacity per investment period | Input (optional) |