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Santiago Dominguez 4/27/2017
Dear all,
I am new to LEAP and energy
planning, so, I don't know if have a problem with Leap or Planning.
For the creation of my
scenario which only produced electricity, I put a limit to the electricity importation
of 1650 GWh. But when I see the balance, the importation is 3,3 GWh. Why does
the electricity overcome the limit of the importation if I don't use the electricity
like fuel?
Thank you very much in advance for your help.
Best
regards,
Santiago
Taylor Binnington 5/5/2017
1 Like Hi Santiago,
Can you describe how you imposed the limit on the imports of electricity? Note that there is no single variable to add an upper limitation on the amount of imports of a particular fuel - this is something you would have to include manually, by manipulating one of your Transformation modules. Once we have an understanding of how you imposed the limit, we'll be able to suggest why it would be exceeded.
Taylor
Santiago Dominguez 5/7/2017
Hi Taylor,
I put a limit of 1650 GWh in import target in the module Transformation>Energy Generation> Output fuels. And in the same module i define the shortfall rule -Requirements remain unmet.
The other limit in resources>secondary>electricity>resource import i put 1650 GWh.
Then when i saw the balance of the importation was 3300 GWh (Sorry i had a mistake in my explanation in the other message).
I hope i have been more clear this time.
Thanks a lot
Santiago
Taylor Binnington 5/9/2017
Hi Santiago,
Thanks very much, that's clear. The Import Target variable is used to specify a minimum level of imports into a given transformation module (in your case, into your Electricity Generation module), while the remaining requirements are then either met by the module's production, imported into the module (above and beyond the level specific in the Import Target), or are left unmet, as you have specified.
The Resource Imports variable is used to add additional fuel imports into your model, which are appended after all of the supply/demand balance calculations have resolved.
Since you have entered 1650 GWh into both the Import Target and the Resource Imports variables, I can see how the total imports of electricity would be 2 * 1650 GWh = 3300 GWh.
Hope this helps, and happy to answer any follow-up questions,
Taylor
Santiago Dominguez 5/22/2017