An S4 class to represent storage type of technological process.

Storage type of technological processes with accumulating capacity of a commodity.

Usage

newStorage(name, ...)

Slots

name

character. Name of the storage (used in sets).

desc

character. Description of the storage.

commodity

character. Name of the stored commodity.

start

data.frame. Start year when the storage technology is available for investment.

region: character. Region where the storage technology available for investment. NA for all regions
start: integer. The first year when the storage technology is available for investment.

end

data.frame. Last year when the storage technology is available for investment.

region: character. Region where the storage technology available for investment. NA for all regions
end: integer. The last year when the storage technology is available for investment.

aux

data.frame. Auxiliary commodities.

acomm: character. Name of the auxiliary commodity (used in sets).
unit: character. Unit of the auxiliary commodity.

olife

data.frame. Operational life of the storage technology, applicable to the new investment only, the operational life (retirement) of preexiting capacity is described in the @stock slot.

region: character. Region where the storage technology is available for investment.
olife: integer. Operational life of the storage technology in years.

stock

data.frame. Preexisting capacity of the storage technology

region: character. Region where the storage technology is preinstalled.
year: integer. Year when the storage technology has preinstalled capacity.
stock: numeric. Preexisting capacity of the storage technology for particular year of the model.

charge

data.frame. Pre-charged level at the beginning of the cycle.

region: character. Region where the storage technology is preinstalled or can be installed.
year: integer. Year.
slice: character. Time slice for wich the charged level will be specifies.
charge: numeric. Pre-charged or targeted level at the specified slice.

seff

data.frame. Storage efficiency parameters.

region: character. Region where the storage technology is preinstalled or can be installed. NA for all regions
year: integer. Year for wich the storage efficiency will be specifies. NA for all years
slice: character. Time slice for wich the storage efficiency will be specifies. NA for all slices
stgeff: numeric. Storage decay annual rate.
inpeff: numeric. Input efficiency rate.
outeff: numeric. Output efficiency rate.

af

data.frame. Availability factor parameters.

region: character. Region where the parameter will be actual. NA for all regions
year: integer. Year when the parameter will be actual. NA for all years
slice: character. Time slice when the parameter will be actual. NA for all slices
af.lo: numeric. Lower bound of the availability factor.
af.up: numeric. Upper bound of the availability factor.
af.fx: numeric. Fixed value of the availability factor.
cinp.lo: numeric. Lower bound of the input commodity availability factor.
cinp.up: numeric. Upper bound of the input commodity availability factor.
cinp.fx: numeric. Fixed value of the input commodity availability factor.
cout.lo: numeric. Lower bound of the output commodity availability factor.
cout.up: numeric. Upper bound of the output commodity availability factor.
cout.fx: numeric. Fixed value of the output commodity availability factor.

aeff

data.frame. Auxiliary commodities efficiency parameters.

acomm: character. Name of the auxiliary commodity (used in sets).
region: character. Region where the parameter will be actual. NA for all regions
year: integer. Year when the parameter will be actual. NA for all years
slice: character. Time slice when the parameter will be actual. NA for all slices
stg2ainp: numeric. Storage to auxiliary input commodity coefficient (multiplier).
cinp2ainp: numeric. Input commodity to auxiliary input commodity coefficient (multiplier).
cout2ainp: numeric. Output commodity to auxiliary input commodity coefficient (multiplier).
stg2aout: numeric. Storage level to auxiliary output commodity coefficient (multiplier).
cinp2aout: numeric. Input commodity to auxiliary output commodity coefficient (multiplier).
cout2aout: numeric. Output commodity to auxiliary output commodity coefficient (multiplier).
cap2ainp: numeric. Capacity to auxiliary input commodity coefficient (multiplier).
cap2aout: numeric. Capacity to auxiliary output commodity coefficient (multiplier).
ncap2ainp: numeric. New capacity to auxiliary input commodity coefficient (multiplier).
ncap2aout: numeric. New capacity to auxiliary output commodity coefficient (multiplier).
ncap2stg: numeric. New capacity to storage level coefficient (multiplier).

fixom

data.frame. Fixed operation and maintenance cost.

region: character. Region name for wich the parameter will be specified. NA for all regions.
year: integer. Year when the specified parameters will be actual. NA for all years.
fixom: numeric. Fixed operation and maintenance cost for the speficied sets.

varom

data.frame. Variable operation and maintenance cost.

region: character. Region name for wich the parameter will be specified. NA for all regions.
year: integer. Year when the specified parameter will be actual. NA for all years.
slice: character. Time slice when the specified parameter will be actual. NA for all slices.
inpcost: numeric. Costs associated with the input commodity.
outcost: numeric. Costs associated with the output commodity.
stgcost: numeric. Costs associated with the storage level.

invcost

data.frame. Investment cost.

region: character. Region name for wich the parameter will be specified. NA for all regions.
year: integer. Year when the specified parameter will be actual. NA for all years.
invcost: numeric. Overnight investment cost for the specified region and year.
wacc: numeric. Weighted average cost of capital. If not supplied, the value is taken from the global model or scenario parameters.

fullYear

logical. If TRUE, the storage technology operates between timeframes.

region

character. Region where the storage technology is pre-installed or available for investment.

cap2stg

numeric. Charging and discharging capacity to the storing capacity inverse ratio.

weather

data.frame. Weather factors multipliers.

weather: character. Name of the applied weather factor.
waf.lo: numeric. Coefficient that links the weather factor with the lower bound of the availability factor.
waf.up: numeric. Coefficient that links the weather factor with the upper bound of the availability factor.
waf.fx: numeric. Coefficient that links the weather factor with the fixed value of the availability factor.
wcinp.lo: numeric. Coefficient that links the weather factor with the lower bound of the input commodity availability factor.
wcinp.up: numeric. Coefficient that links the weather factor with the upper bound of the input commodity availability factor.
wcinp.fx: numeric. Coefficient that links the weather factor with the fixed value of the input commodity availability factor.
wcout.lo: numeric. Coefficient that links the weather factor with the lower bound of the output commodity availability factor.
wcout.up: numeric. Coefficient that links the weather factor with the upper bound of the output commodity availability factor.
wcout.fx: numeric. Coefficient that links the weather factor with the fixed value of the output commodity availability factor.

misc

list. Miscellaneous information or parameters.

capacity

data.frame. (not implemented!) Capacity parameters of the storage technology.