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Tutorial: Electricity-Only
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.. note::
If you have not done it yet, follow the :ref:`installation` steps first.
In this tutorial, we will build a heavily simplified power system model for
Belgium. But before getting started with **PyPSA-Eur** it makes sense to be familiar
with its general modelling framework `PyPSA <https://pypsa.readthedocs.io>`__.
Running the tutorial requires limited computational resources compared to the
full model, which allows the user to explore most of its functionalities on a
local machine. The tutorial will cover examples on how to configure and
customise the PyPSA-Eur model and run the ``snakemake`` workflow step by step
from network creation to the solved network. The configuration for the tutorial
is located at ``test/config.electricity.yaml``. It includes parts deviating from
the default config file ``config/config.default.yaml``. To run the tutorial with this
configuration, execute
.. code:: bash
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snakemake -call results/test-elec/networks/elec_s_6_ec_lcopt_Co2L-24H.nc --configfile test/config.electricity.yaml
This configuration is set to download a reduced data set via the rules :mod:`retrieve_databundle`,
:mod:`retrieve_natura_raster`, :mod:`retrieve_cutout`.
For more information on the data dependencies of PyPSA-Eur, continue reading :ref:`data`.
How to configure runs?
===========================
The model can be adapted to only include selected countries (e.g. Belgium) instead of all European countries to limit the spatial scope.
.. literalinclude:: ../test/config.electricity.yaml
:language: yaml
:start-at: countries:
:end-before: snapshots:
Likewise, the example's temporal scope can be restricted (e.g. to a single week).
.. literalinclude:: ../test/config.electricity.yaml
:language: yaml
:start-at: snapshots:
:end-before: electricity:
It is also possible to allow less or more carbon-dioxide emissions. Here, we limit the emissions of Belgium to 100 Mt per year.
.. literalinclude:: ../test/config.electricity.yaml
:language: yaml
:start-at: electricity:
:end-before: extendable_carriers:
PyPSA-Eur also includes a database of existing conventional powerplants.
We can select which types of existing powerplants we like to be extendable:
.. literalinclude:: ../test/config.electricity.yaml
:language: yaml
:start-at: extendable_carriers:
:end-before: renewable_carriers:
To accurately model the temporal and spatial availability of renewables such as
wind and solar energy, we rely on historical weather data. It is advisable to
adapt the required range of coordinates to the selection of countries.
.. literalinclude:: ../test/config.electricity.yaml
:language: yaml
:start-at: atlite:
:end-before: renewable:
We can also decide which weather data source should be used to calculate
potentials and capacity factor time-series for each carrier. For example, we may
want to use the ERA-5 dataset for solar and not the default SARAH-2 dataset.
.. literalinclude:: ../test/config.electricity.yaml
:language: yaml
:start-at: solar:
:end-at: cutout:
Finally, it is possible to pick a solver. For instance, this tutorial uses the
open-source solver GLPK.
.. literalinclude:: ../test/config.electricity.yaml
:language: yaml
:start-at: solver:
:end-before: plotting:
Note, that ``test/config.electricity.yaml`` only includes changes relative to
the default configuration. There are many more configuration options, which are
documented at :ref:`config`.
How to use ``snakemake`` rules?
===================================
Open a terminal, go into the PyPSA-Eur directory, and activate the ``pypsa-eur`` environment with
.. code:: bash
mamba activate pypsa-eur
Let's say based on the modifications above we would like to solve a very simplified model
clustered down to 6 buses and every 24 hours aggregated to one snapshot. The command
.. code:: bash
snakemake -call results/test-elec/networks/elec_s_6_ec_lcopt_Co2L-24H.nc --configfile test/config.electricity.yaml
orders ``snakemake`` to run the rule :mod:`solve_network` that produces the solved network and stores it in ``results/networks`` with the name ``elec_s_6_ec_lcopt_Co2L-24H.nc``:
.. literalinclude:: ../rules/solve_electricity.smk
:start-at: rule solve_network:
:end-before: rule solve_operations_network:
This triggers a workflow of multiple preceding jobs that depend on each rule's inputs and outputs:
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22[label = "build_electricity_demand", color = "0.00 0.6 0.85", style="rounded"];
23[label = "retrieve_electricity_demand", color = "0.34 0.6 0.85", style="rounded,dashed"];
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}
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In the terminal, this will show up as a list of jobs to be run:
.. code:: bash
Building DAG of jobs...
job count min threads max threads
------------------------ ------- ------------- -------------
add_electricity 1 1 1
add_extra_components 1 1 1
base_network 1 1 1
build_bus_regions 1 1 1
build_hydro_profile 1 1 1
build_electricity_demand 1 1 1
build_powerplants 1 1 1
build_renewable_profiles 4 1 1
build_shapes 1 1 1
build_ship_raster 1 1 1
cluster_network 1 1 1
prepare_network 1 1 1
retrieve_cost_data 1 1 1
retrieve_databundle 1 1 1
retrieve_natura_raster 1 1 1
simplify_network 1 1 1
solve_network 1 1 1
total 20 1 1
``snakemake`` then runs these jobs in the correct order.
A job (here ``simplify_network``) will display its attributes and normally some logs below this block:
.. code:: bash
[Mon Jan 1 00:00:00 2023]
rule simplify_network:
input: networks/elec.nc, resources/costs.csv, resources/regions_onshore.geojson, resources/regions_offshore.geojson
output: networks/elec_s.nc, resources/regions_onshore_elec_s.geojson, resources/regions_offshore_elec_s.geojson, resources/busmap_elec_s.csv, resources/connection_costs_s.csv
log: logs/simplify_network/elec_s.log
jobid: 4
benchmark: benchmarks/simplify_network/elec_s
reason: Missing output files: resources/busmap_elec_s.csv, resources/regions_onshore_elec_s.geojson, networks/elec_s.nc, resources/regions_offshore_elec_s.geojson; Input files updated by another job: resources/regions_offshore.geojson, resources/regions_onshore.geojson, resources/costs.csv, networks/elec.nc
wildcards: simpl=
resources: tmpdir=/tmp, mem_mb=4000, mem_mib=3815
Once the whole worktree is finished, it should state so in the terminal.
You will notice that many intermediate stages are saved, namely the outputs of each individual ``snakemake`` rule.
You can produce any output file occurring in the ``Snakefile`` by running
.. code:: bash
snakemake -call <output file>
For example, you can explore the evolution of the PyPSA networks by running
#. ``snakemake resources/networks/base.nc -call --configfile test/config.electricity.yaml``
#. ``snakemake resources/networks/elec.nc -call --configfile test/config.electricity.yaml``
#. ``snakemake resources/networks/elec_s.nc -call --configfile test/config.electricity.yaml``
#. ``snakemake resources/networks/elec_s_6.nc -call --configfile test/config.electricity.yaml``
#. ``snakemake resources/networks/elec_s_6_ec_lcopt_Co2L-24H.nc -call --configfile test/config.electricity.yaml``
To run all combinations of wildcard values provided in the ``config/config.yaml`` under ``scenario:``,
you can use the collection rule ``solve_elec_networks``.
.. code:: bash
snakemake -call solve_elec_networks --configfile test/config.electricity.yaml
If you now feel confident and want to tackle runs with larger temporal and
spatial scope, clean-up the repository and after modifying the ``config/config.yaml`` file
target the collection rule ``solve_elec_networks`` again without providing the test
configuration file.
.. code:: bash
snakemake -call purge
snakemake -call solve_elec_networks
.. note::
It is good practice to perform a dry-run using the option `-n`, before you
commit to a run:
.. code:: bash
snakemake -call solve_elec_networks -n
How to analyse results?
===============================
The solved networks can be analysed just like any other PyPSA network (e.g. in
Jupyter Notebooks).
.. code:: python
import pypsa
n = pypsa.Network("results/networks/elec_s_6_ec_lcopt_Co2L-24H.nc")
For inspiration, read the `examples section in the PyPSA documentation <https://pypsa.readthedocs.io/en/latest/examples-basic.html>`_.