Hi,

I’ve run a model for the optimisation of the electricity generation in a country. Everything works fine but I see problems in the Planning Reserve Margin and Reserve Margin variables.

The “Planning Reserve Margin calculated endogenously” is activated. And I’ve introduced the Planning Reserve Margin value with 30.

When I run a scenario (8760 timeslices, horizon: 2023-2030), it happens that Planning Reserve Margin (PRM) does not appear as “forced” in 30 but like this:

So, concerning PRM, why am I not getting a flat line in 30%?

While at the same time, the Reserve Margin variable appears in this manner:

i.e. Reserve Margin violates the Planning Reserve Margin introduced (30%) between 2029-2030.

I understand that the violation of Reserve Margin happens because I’ve checked in the Settings/Optimization screen the option for Handling of insufficient capacity additions: “Continue calculations and create a warning diagnostic message in LEAP”. However, the warning that appears says “Optimization unable to build all needed capacity in year 2027”. Why 2027 and not 2029?

Thanks in advance

Diego