Merge branch 'JanFrederickUnnewehr-renewable_profiles_option_using_all_available_areas'

doc/configtables/offwind-ac.csv

@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ natura,bool,"{true, false}","Switch to exclude `Natura 2000 <https://en.wikipedi
 max_depth,m,float,"Maximum sea water depth at which wind turbines can be build. Maritime areas with deeper waters are excluded in the process of calculating the AC-connected offshore wind potential."
 min_shore_distance,m,float,"Minimum distance to the shore below which wind turbines cannot be build. Such areas close to the shore are excluded in the process of calculating the AC-connected offshore wind potential."
 potential,--,"One of {'simple', 'conservative'}","Method to compute the maximal installable potential for a node; confer :ref:`renewableprofiles`"
-clip_p_max_pu,p.u.,float,"To avoid too small values in the renewables` per-unit availability time series values below this threshold are set to zero."
+clip_p_max_pu,p.u.,float,"To avoid too small values in the renewables` per-unit availability time series values below this threshold are set to zero."
+keep_all_available_areas,bool,"{'true', 'false'}","Use all availabe weather cells for renewable profile and potential generation. The default ignores weather cells where only less than 1 MW can be installed."

doc/configtables/offwind-dc.csv

@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ natura,bool,"{true, false}","Switch to exclude `Natura 2000 <https://en.wikipedi
 max_depth,m,float,"Maximum sea water depth at which wind turbines can be build. Maritime areas with deeper waters are excluded in the process of calculating the AC-connected offshore wind potential."
 min_shore_distance,m,float,"Minimum distance to the shore below which wind turbines cannot be build. Such areas close to the shore are excluded in the process of calculating the AC-connected offshore wind potential."
 potential,--,"One of {'simple', 'conservative'}","Method to compute the maximal installable potential for a node; confer :ref:`renewableprofiles`"
-clip_p_max_pu,p.u.,float,"To avoid too small values in the renewables` per-unit availability time series values below this threshold are set to zero."
+clip_p_max_pu,p.u.,float,"To avoid too small values in the renewables` per-unit availability time series values below this threshold are set to zero."
+keep_all_available_areas,bool,"{'true', 'false'}","Use all availabe weather cells for renewable profile and potential generation. The default ignores weather cells where only less than 1 MW can be installed."

doc/configtables/onwind.csv

@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ corine,,,
 -- distance_grid_codes,--,"Any subset of the `CORINE Land Cover code list <http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/corine-land-cover-2006-raster-1/corine-land-cover-classes-and/clc_legend.csv/at_download/file>`_","Specifies areas according to CORINE Land Cover codes to which wind turbines must maintain a distance specified in the setting ``distance``."
 natura,bool,"{true, false}","Switch to exclude `Natura 2000 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natura_2000>`_ natural protection areas. Area is excluded if ``true``."
 potential,--,"One of {'simple', 'conservative'}","Method to compute the maximal installable potential for a node; confer :ref:`renewableprofiles`"
-clip_p_max_pu,p.u.,float,"To avoid too small values in the renewables` per-unit availability time series values below this threshold are set to zero."
+clip_p_max_pu,p.u.,float,"To avoid too small values in the renewables` per-unit availability time series values below this threshold are set to zero."
+keep_all_available_areas,bool,"{'true', 'false'}","Use all availabe weather cells for renewable profile and potential generation. The default ignores weather cells where only less than 1 MW can be installed."

doc/configtables/solar.csv

@@ -11,4 +11,5 @@ correction_factor,--,float,"A correction factor for the capacity factor (availab
 corine,--,"Any subset of the `CORINE Land Cover code list <http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/corine-land-cover-2006-raster-1/corine-land-cover-classes-and/clc_legend.csv/at_download/file>`_","Specifies areas according to CORINE Land Cover codes which are generally eligible for solar panel placement."
 natura,bool,"{true, false}","Switch to exclude `Natura 2000 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natura_2000>`_ natural protection areas. Area is excluded if ``true``."
 potential,--,"One of {'simple', 'conservative'}","Method to compute the maximal installable potential for a node; confer :ref:`renewableprofiles`"
-clip_p_max_pu,p.u.,float,"To avoid too small values in the renewables` per-unit availability time series values below this threshold are set to zero."
+clip_p_max_pu,p.u.,float,"To avoid too small values in the renewables` per-unit availability time series values below this threshold are set to zero."
+keep_all_available_areas,bool,"{'true', 'false'}","Use all availabe weather cells for renewable profile and potential generation. The default ignores weather cells where only less than 1 MW can be installed."

doc/release_notes.rst

@@ -7,14 +7,16 @@
 Release Notes
 ##########################################
 
-* An updated extract of the `ENTSO-E Transmission System Map <https://www.entsoe.eu/data/map/>`_ (including Malta) was added to the repository using the `GridKit <https://github.com/PyPSA/GridKit>`_ tool. This tool has been updated to retrieve up-to-date map extracts using a single `script <https://github.com/PyPSA/GridKit/blob/master/entsoe/runall_in_docker.sh>`_. The update extract features 5322 buses, 6574 lines, 46 links. (`#118 <https://github.com/PyPSA/pypsa-eur/pull/118>`_).
-
 * The optimization is now performed using the ``pyomo=False`` setting in the :func:`pypsa.lopf.network_lopf`. This speeds up the solving process significantly and consumes much less memory. The inclusion of additional constraints were adjusted to the new implementation. They are all passed to the :func:`network_lopf` function via the ``extra_functionality`` argument. The rule ``trace_solve_network`` was integrated into the rule :mod:`solve_network` and can be activated via configuration with ``solving: options: track_iterations: true``. The charging and discharging capacities of batteries modelled as store-link combination are now coupled (`#116 <https://github.com/PyPSA/pypsa-eur/pull/116>`_).
 
-* Removed the `id` column for custom power plants in `data/custom_powerplants.csv` to avoid custom power plants with conflicting ids getting attached to the wrong bus (`#131 <https://github.com/PyPSA/pypsa-eur/pull/131>`_).
+* An updated extract of the `ENTSO-E Transmission System Map <https://www.entsoe.eu/data/map/>`_ (including Malta) was added to the repository using the `GridKit <https://github.com/PyPSA/GridKit>`_ tool. This tool has been updated to retrieve up-to-date map extracts using a single `script <https://github.com/PyPSA/GridKit/blob/master/entsoe/runall_in_docker.sh>`_. The update extract features 5322 buses, 6574 lines, 46 links. (`#118 <https://github.com/PyPSA/pypsa-eur/pull/118>`_).
+
+* Removed the ``id`` column for custom power plants in ``data/custom_powerplants.csv`` to avoid custom power plants with conflicting ids getting attached to the wrong bus (`#131 <https://github.com/PyPSA/pypsa-eur/pull/131>`_).
 
 * ``snakemake`` rules for retrieving cutouts and the natura raster can now be disabled independently from their respective rules to build them; via ``config.*yaml`` (`#136 <https://github.com/PyPSA/pypsa-eur/pull/136>`_).
 
+* Add option ``renewables: {carrier}: keep_all_available_areas: `` to use all availabe weather cells for renewable profile and potential generation. The default ignores weather cells where only less than 1 MW can be installed  (`#150 <https://github.com/PyPSA/pypsa-eur/pull/150>`_).
+
 * Added `FSFE REUSE <https://reuse.software>`_ compliant license information. Documentation now licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (`#160 <https://github.com/PyPSA/pypsa-eur/pull/160>`_).
 
 PyPSA-Eur 0.1.0 (9th January 2020)

scripts/build_renewable_profiles.py

@@ -294,7 +294,8 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
     potentials = config['capacity_per_sqkm'] * vlanduse._cutout_cell_areas(cutout)
     potmatrix = matrix * spdiag(potentials.ravel())
-    potmatrix.data[potmatrix.data < 1.] = 0 # ignore weather cells where only less than 1 MW can be installed
+    if not config.get('keep_all_available_areas', False):
+        potmatrix.data[potmatrix.data < 1.] = 0 # ignore weather cells where only less than 1 MW can be installed
     potmatrix.eliminate_zeros()
 
     resource = config['resource']