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

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Storage can be used in combination with other processes, such as technologies, supply, or demand to represent complex technological chains, demand or supply technologies with time-shift. Operation of storage includes accumulation, storing, and release of the stored commodity. The storing cycle operates on the ordered time-slices of the commodity timeframe. The cycle is looped either on an annual basis (last time-slice of a year follows the first time slice of the same year) or within the parent time-frame (for example, when commodity time-frame is "HOUR" and the parent time-frame is "DAY" then the storage cycle will be a calendar day).

Slots

name

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

desc

character. Description of the storage.

commodity

character. Name of the stored commodity.

aux

data.frame. Auxiliary commodities.

acomm

character. Name of the auxiliary commodity (used in sets).

unit

character. Unit of the auxiliary commodity.

region

character. Region where the storage technology exists or can be installed.

start

data.frame. Start year when the storage is available for installation.

region

character. Regions where the storage is available for investment.

start

integer. The first year when the storage is available for investment.

end

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

region

character. Region name to apply the parameter, NA for every region.

end

integer. The last year when the storage is available for investment.

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 name to apply the parameter, NA for every region.

olife

integer. Operational life of the storage technology in years.

capacity

data.frame. Capacity parameters of the storage technology.

region

character. Region name to apply the parameter, NA for every region.

year

integer. Year to apply the parameter, NA for every year.

cap

numeric. Capacity of the storage technology.

cap.lo

numeric. Lower bound of the storage capacity.

cap.up

numeric. Upper bound of the storage capacity.

cap.fx

numeric. Fixed value of the storage capacity. This parameter overrides cap.lo and cap.up.

ncap.lo

numeric. Lower bound of the new storage capacity.

ncap.up

numeric. Upper bound of the new storage capacity.

ncap.fx

numeric. Fixed value of the new storage capacity. This parameter overrides ncap.lo and ncap.up.

ret.lo

numeric. Lower bound of the storage capacity retirement.

ret.up

numeric. Upper bound of the storage capacity retirement.

ret.fx

numeric. Fixed value of the storage capacity retirement. This parameter overrides ret.lo and ret.up.

charge

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

region

character. Region name to apply the parameter, NA for every region.

year

integer. Year to apply the parameter, NA for every year.

slice

character. Time slice for which the charged level will be specified.

charge

numeric. Pre-charged or targeted level at the specified slice.

seff

data.frame. Storage efficiency parameters.

region

character. Region name to apply the parameter, NA for every region.

year

integer. Year to apply the parameter, NA for every year.

slice

character. Time slice to apply the parameter, NA for every slice.

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 name to apply the parameter, NA for every region.

year

integer. Year to apply the parameter, NA for every year.

slice

character. Time slice to apply the parameter, NA for every slice.

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. This parameter overrides af.lo and af.up.

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. This parameter overrides cinp.lo and cinp.up.

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. This parameter overrides cout.lo and cout.up.

aeff

data.frame. Auxiliary commodities efficiency parameters.

acomm

character. Name of the auxiliary commodity (used in sets).

region

character. Region name to apply the parameter, NA for every region.

year

integer. Year to apply the parameter, NA for every year.

slice

character. Time slice to apply the parameter, NA for every slice.

stg2ainp

numeric. Storaage-level-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 to apply the parameter, NA for every region.

year

integer. Year to apply the parameter, NA for every year.

fixom

numeric. Fixed operation and maintenance cost for the specified sets.

varom

data.frame. Variable operation and maintenance cost.

region

character. Region name to apply the parameter, NA for every region.

year

integer. Year to apply the parameter, NA for every year.

slice

character. Time slice to apply the parameter, NA for every slice.

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 to apply the parameter, NA for every region.

year

integer. Year to apply the parameter, NA for every year.

invcost

numeric. Overnight investment cost for the specified region and year.

wacc

numeric. Weighted average cost of capital. If not supplied, the discount from the model or scenario is used. (currently ignored)

fullYear

logical. If TRUE (default), the storage technology operates between parent timeframes through the year. The last time-slice in the timeframe is used as a preciding time-slice for the first time-slice in the the same group of time-slices within the parent timeframe. if FALSE, the storage charge and discchare cycle is limited to the parent timeframe. The last time-slice in the timeframe is used as a preciding time-slice for the first time-slice in the the same group of time-slices within the parent timeframe.

cap2stg

numeric. Charging and discharging capacity to the storing capacity inverse ratio. Can be used to define the storage duration.

weather

data.frame. Weather factors multipliers.

weather

character. Name of the weather factor to apply.

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. This parameter overrides waf.lo and waf.up.

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. This parameter overrides wcinp.lo and wcinp.up.

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. This parameter overrides wcout.lo and wcout.up.

optimizeRetirement

logical. Incidates if the retirement of the storage should be optimized. Also requires the same parameter in the model or scenario class to be set to TRUE to be effective.

misc

list. List of additional parameters that are not used in the model but can be used for reference or user-defined functions. For example, links to the source of the storage data, or other metadata.