From 27009f506043ed1f221415398e2972916a3d6e3f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fabian Neumann Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 18:18:15 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] double solar rooftop PV potentials (closes #935) --- doc/release_notes.rst | 4 ++++ scripts/prepare_sector_network.py | 6 +++--- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/release_notes.rst b/doc/release_notes.rst index 2cb95beb..b70a27f6 100644 --- a/doc/release_notes.rst +++ b/doc/release_notes.rst @@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ Release Notes Upcoming Release ================ +* Doubled solar rooftop potentials to roughly 1 TW for Europe based on `recent + European Commission reports + `_. + * Remove exogenously set share of rooftop PV (``costs: rooftop_share:``). Rooftop and utility-scale PV are now largely handled as separate technologies with endogenous shares. diff --git a/scripts/prepare_sector_network.py b/scripts/prepare_sector_network.py index 0bcdfd7f..d99cceaa 100755 --- a/scripts/prepare_sector_network.py +++ b/scripts/prepare_sector_network.py @@ -1024,9 +1024,9 @@ def insert_electricity_distribution_grid(n, costs): else: pop_solar = pop_layout.total.rename(index=lambda x: x + " solar") - # add max solar rooftop potential assuming 0.1 kW/m2 and 10 m2/person, - # i.e. 1 kW/person (population data is in thousands of people) so we get MW - potential = 0.1 * 10 * pop_solar + # add max solar rooftop potential assuming 0.1 kW/m2 and 20 m2/person, + # i.e. 2 kW/person (population data is in thousands of people) so we get MW + potential = 0.1 * 20 * pop_solar n.madd( "Generator",