diff --git a/doc/release_notes.rst b/doc/release_notes.rst index 546fafb8..96b8b008 100644 --- a/doc/release_notes.rst +++ b/doc/release_notes.rst @@ -30,6 +30,20 @@ PyPSA-Eur-Sec 0.6.0 (4 October 2021) recycling fraction of platics [`#166 `_]. +* Include energy demands and CO2 emissions for the agriculture, forestry and fishing sector. + It is included by default through the option ``A`` in the ``sector_opts`` wildcard. + Part of the emissions (1.A.4.c) was previously assigned to "industry non-elec" in the ``co2_totals.csv``. + Hence, excluding the agriculture sector will now lead to a tighter CO2 limit. + Energy demands are taken from the JRC IDEES database (missing countries filled with eurostat data) + and are split into + electricity (lighting, ventilation, specific electricity uses, pumping devices (electric)), + heat (specific heat uses, low enthalpy heat) + machinery oil (motor drives, farming machine drives, pumping devices (diesel)). + Heat demand is assigned at "services rural heat" buses. + Electricity demands are added to low-voltage buses. + Time series for demands are constant and distributed inside countries by population + [`#147 `_]. + * Include today's district heating shares in myopic optimisation and add option to specify exogenous path for district heating share increase under ``sector: district_heating:`` [`#149 `_].