allow usage of own powerplants for selected country

config.yaml

@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ electricity:
   #   Solar: [solar]
 
   conventional_carriers: [] # nuclear, oil, OCGT, CCGT, coal, lignite, geothermal, biomass]
+  my_carriers_for_countries: ['DE'] # will replace generators in Germany by those saved in resources/powerplants_DE.csv
+  my_carriers_switch: replace-selection #replace-all, replace-selection or add (replace whole country/replace carriertype within country/add and do not delete from original generators)
+  restrict_buildyear: 2050 #delete generators built in between x-2050 
 
 atlite:
   nprocesses: 4

scripts/build_powerplants.py

@@ -18,6 +18,31 @@ def country_alpha_2(name):
         cntry = pyc.countries.get(official_name=name)
     return cntry.alpha_2
 
+def add_my_carriers(ppl):
+    switch = snakemake.config['electricity']['my_carriers_switch']
+    if switch == 'replace-all' or switch == 'replace-selection' or switch == 'add':
+        countries_dict = snakemake.config['countries_dict'] # dictionary, eg. GB: United Kindgom
+        for country in snakemake.config['electricity']['my_carriers_for_countries']:
+            dirname = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__),".."))
+            add_ppls = pd.read_csv(dirname + "/resources/powerplants_" + country + ".csv", index_col=0)
+            if switch == 'replace-all' or switch == 'replace-selection':
+                to_drop = ppl[ppl.Country == countries_dict[country]]
+                if switch == 'replace-selection':
+                    to_drop = to_drop[to_drop.Fueltype.isin(add_ppls.groupby('Fueltype').mean().index)]
+                ppl = ppl.drop(to_drop.index)
+            ppl = ppl.append(add_ppls, sort='False')
+    else:
+        logger.warning('my_carriers_switch is invalid keyword, try one of [add, replace-all, replace-selection]. powerplants remain unchanged.')
+    return ppl
+
+def restrict_buildyear(ppl):
+    year = snakemake.config['electricity']['restrict_buildyear']
+    search_pattern = [str(int(year)+x) for x in range(1,2050-int(year))]
+    logger.info('restricting build year of generators to ' + str(year) + '...')
+    for pattern in search_pattern: #do it in forloop+contains instead of map as YearCommissioned might have the weirdest formats
+        ppl = ppl[ppl['YearCommissioned'].str.contains(pattern) == False]
+    return ppl
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     if 'snakemake' not in globals():
         from vresutils.snakemake import MockSnakemake, Dict
@@ -38,6 +63,8 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
             df.Fueltype.where(df.Fueltype != 'Natural Gas',
                                 df.Technology.replace('Steam Turbine', 'OCGT').fillna('OCGT'))))
         .pipe(ppm.utils.fill_geoposition))
+    ppl = add_my_carriers(ppl) # add carriers from own powerplant files
+    ppl = restrict_buildyear(ppl)
 
     # ppl.loc[(ppl.Fueltype == 'Other') & ppl.Technology.str.contains('CCGT'), 'Fueltype'] = 'CCGT'
     # ppl.loc[(ppl.Fueltype == 'Other') & ppl.Technology.str.contains('Steam Turbine'), 'Fueltype'] = 'CCGT'