From 187c9cbaa3e0ffb3f691b882f17aa1fcec852649 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: lisazeyen Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2022 08:49:29 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] add release notes --- doc/release_notes.rst | 18 ++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/release_notes.rst b/doc/release_notes.rst index 7808d2ba..f1fb12fe 100644 --- a/doc/release_notes.rst +++ b/doc/release_notes.rst @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ incorporates retrofitting options to hydrogen. * New rule ``build_gas_input_locations`` compiles the LNG import capacities (including planned projects from gem.wiki), pipeline entry capacities and local production capacities for each region of the model. These are the - regions where fossil gas can eventually enter the model. + regions where fossil gas can eventually enter the model. * New rule ``cluster_gas_network`` that clusters the gas transmission network data to the model resolution. Cross-regional pipeline capacities are aggregated @@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ incorporates retrofitting options to hydrogen. H2_retrofit_capacity_per_CH4`` units are made available as hydrogen pipeline capacity in the corresponding corridor. These repurposed hydrogen pipelines have lower costs than new hydrogen pipelines. Both new and repurposed pipelines - can be built simultaneously. The retrofitting option ``sector: H2_retrofit:`` also works - with a copperplated methane infrastructure, i.e. when ``sector: gas_network: false``. + can be built simultaneously. The retrofitting option ``sector: H2_retrofit:`` also works + with a copperplated methane infrastructure, i.e. when ``sector: gas_network: false``. * New hydrogen pipelines can now be built where there are already power or gas transmission routes. Previously, only the electricity transmission routes were @@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ incorporates retrofitting options to hydrogen. **New features and functionality** +* Units are assigned to the buses. These only provide a better understanding. The specifications of the units are not taken into account in the optimisation, which means that no automatic conversion of units takes place. + * Option ``retrieve_sector_databundle`` to automatically retrieve and extract data bundle. * Add regionalised hydrogen salt cavern storage potentials from `Technical Potential of Salt Caverns for Hydrogen Storage in Europe `_. @@ -84,7 +86,7 @@ besides many performance improvements. This release is known to work with `PyPSA-Eur `_ Version 0.4.0, `Technology Data -`_ Version 0.3.0 and +`_ Version 0.3.0 and `PyPSA `_ Version 0.18.0. Please note that the data bundle has also been updated. @@ -202,19 +204,19 @@ Please note that the data bundle has also been updated. A function ``helper.override_component_attrs`` was added that loads this data and can pass the overridden component attributes into ``pypsa.Network()``. -* Add various parameters to ``config.default.yaml`` which were previously hardcoded inside the scripts +* Add various parameters to ``config.default.yaml`` which were previously hardcoded inside the scripts (e.g. energy reference years, BEV settings, solar thermal collector models, geomap colours). * Removed stale industry demand rules ``build_industrial_energy_demand_per_country`` and ``build_industrial_demand``. These are superseded with more regionally resolved rules. * Use simpler and shorter ``gdf.sjoin()`` function to allocate industrial sites - from the Hotmaps database to onshore regions. + from the Hotmaps database to onshore regions. This change also fixes a bug: The previous version allocated sites to the closest bus, but at country borders (where Voronoi cells are distorted by the borders), this had resulted in e.g. a Spanish site close to the French border - being wrongly allocated to the French bus if the bus center was closer. + being wrongly allocated to the French bus if the bus center was closer. * Retrofitting rule is now only triggered if endogeneously optimised. @@ -225,7 +227,7 @@ Please note that the data bundle has also been updated. * Improve legibility of ``config.default.yaml`` and remove unused options. * Use the country-specific time zone mappings from ``pytz`` rather than a manual mapping. - + * A function ``add_carrier_buses()`` was added to the ``prepare_network`` rule to reduce code duplication. * In the ``prepare_network`` rule the cost and potential adjustment was moved into an