config.yaml: Remove unnecessary settings

Adjustments made to scripts to read correct settings.

Documentation of scenario options improved.

config.default.yaml

@@ -7,16 +7,21 @@ run: 'your-run-name'  # use this to keep track of runs with different settings
 scenario:
   sectors: [E]  # ignore this legacy setting
   simpl: ['']  # only relevant for PyPSA-Eur
-  lv: [1.0,1.5]    # can be any float >= 1.0 or "opt"
+  lv: [1.0,1.5]    # allowed transmission line volume expansion, can be any float >= 1.0 (today) or "opt"
-  clusters: [45,50] # any integer between 37 and several hundred
+  clusters: [45,50] # number of nodes in Europe, any integer between 37 (1 node per country-zone) and several hundred
   opts: ['']  # only relevant for PyPSA-Eur
   sector_opts: [Co2L0-3H-T-H-B-I-solar3-dist1]  # this is where the main scenario settings are
   # to really understand the options here, look in scripts/prepare_sector_network.py
   # Co2Lx specifies the CO2 target in x% of the 1990 values; default will give default (5%);
   # Co2L0p25 will give 25% CO2 emissions; Co2Lm0p05 will give 5% negative emissions
+  # xH is the temporal resolution; 3H is 3-hourly, i.e. one snapshot every 3 hours
+  # single letters are sectors: T for land transport, H for building heating,
+  # B for biomass supply, I for industry, shipping and aviation
   # solarx or onwindx changes the available installable potential by factor x
   # dist{n} includes distribution grids with investment cost of n times cost in data/costs.csv
 
+
+# snapshots are originally set in PyPSA-Eur/config.yaml but used again by PyPSA-Eur-Sec
 snapshots:
   # arguments to pd.date_range
   start: "2013-01-01"
@@ -24,25 +29,9 @@ snapshots:
   closed: 'left' # end is not inclusive
 
 
-electricity:
-  voltages: [220., 300., 380.]
-
-  extendable_carriers:
-    Generator: [] # [OCGT]
-    StorageUnit: [] # [battery, H2, CAES]
-
-  max_hours:
-    battery: 6
-    H2: 168
-
-  conventional_carriers: [] # nuclear, oil, OCGT, CCGT, coal, lignite, geothermal, biomass]
-
 atlite:
   cutout_dir: '../pypsa-eur/cutouts'
-
+  cutout_name: "europe-2013-era5"
-renewable:
-  onwind:
-    cutout: europe-2013-era5
 
 biomass:
   year: 2030

scripts/build_clustered_population_layouts.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import atlite
 
 
 
-cutout = atlite.Cutout(snakemake.config['renewable']['onwind']['cutout'],
+cutout = atlite.Cutout(snakemake.config['atlite']['cutout_name'],
                        cutout_dir=snakemake.config['atlite']['cutout_dir'])
 
 

scripts/build_heat_demand.py

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ if 'snakemake' not in globals():
 time = pd.date_range(freq='m', **snakemake.config['snapshots'])
 params = dict(years=slice(*time.year[[0, -1]]), months=slice(*time.month[[0, -1]]))
 
-cutout = atlite.Cutout(snakemake.config['renewable']['onwind']['cutout'],
+cutout = atlite.Cutout(snakemake.config['atlite']['cutout_name'],
                        cutout_dir=snakemake.config['atlite']['cutout_dir'],
                        **params)
 

scripts/build_population_layouts.py

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ if 'snakemake' not in globals():
 
     snakemake.input["urban_percent"] = "data/urban_percent.csv"
 
-cutout = atlite.Cutout(snakemake.config['renewable']['onwind']['cutout'],
+cutout = atlite.Cutout(snakemake.config['atlite']['cutout_name'],
                        cutout_dir=snakemake.config['atlite']['cutout_dir'])
 
 grid_cells = cutout.grid_cells()
@@ -101,4 +101,3 @@ for key in pop_cells.keys():
                           [('y', cutout.coords['y']), ('x', cutout.coords['x'])])
 
     layout.to_netcdf(snakemake.output["pop_layout_"+key])
-

scripts/build_solar_thermal_profiles.py

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ params = dict(years=slice(*time.year[[0, -1]]), months=slice(*time.month[[0, -1]
 
 
 
-cutout = atlite.Cutout(snakemake.config['renewable']['onwind']['cutout'],
+cutout = atlite.Cutout(snakemake.config['atlite']['cutout_name'],
                        cutout_dir=snakemake.config['atlite']['cutout_dir'],
                        **params)
 

scripts/build_temperature_profiles.py

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ time = pd.date_range(freq='m', **snakemake.config['snapshots'])
 params = dict(years=slice(*time.year[[0, -1]]), months=slice(*time.month[[0, -1]]))
 
 
-cutout = atlite.Cutout(snakemake.config['renewable']['onwind']['cutout'],
+cutout = atlite.Cutout(snakemake.config['atlite']['cutout_name'],
                        cutout_dir=snakemake.config['atlite']['cutout_dir'],
                        **params)