Postprocessing Output Overview#
1. CAPACITY#
Variable |
Description |
|---|---|
pCapacityPlant |
Installed capacity [MW] by plant, zone, and year |
pCapacityTechFuel |
Installed capacity [MW] by technology, fuel, and zone |
pCapacityFuel |
Installed capacity [MW] by fuel and zone |
pCapacityTechFuelCountry |
Installed capacity [MW] by technology, fuel, and country |
pCapacityFuelCountry |
Installed capacity [MW] by fuel and country |
pRetirementsPlant |
Retired capacity [MW] by plant, zone, and year |
pRetirementsFuel |
Retired capacity [MW] by fuel and zone |
pRetirementsCountry |
Total retired capacity [MW] by country and year |
pRetirementsFuelCountry |
Retired capacity [MW] by fuel and country |
pNewCapacityFuel |
Newly added capacity [MW] by fuel and zone |
pNewCapacityTech |
Newly added capacity [MW] by technology and zone |
pNewCapacityFuelCountry |
Newly added capacity [MW] by fuel and country |
pNewCapacityTechCountry |
Newly added capacity [MW] by technology and country |
pAnnualTransmissionCapacity |
Total available transmission capacity [MW] between internal zones |
pAdditionalCapacity |
Additional transmission capacity [MW] between internal zones |
pCapacitySummary |
Summary of capacity indicators [MW] by zone and year |
pCapacitySummaryCountry |
Summary of capacity indicators [MW] by country and year |
pCapacityPlantH2 |
Installed electrolyzer capacity [MW] by zone and year |
2. COSTS#
Variable |
Description |
|---|---|
pCostsPlant |
Yearly cost breakdown by plant and year |
pCapexInvestment |
Annual CAPEX investment in USD by zone and year |
pPrice |
Marginal cost [USD/MWh] by zone, time, and year |
pImportCostsInternal |
Import costs from internal zones [USD] by zone and year |
pExportRevenuesInternal |
Export revenues to internal zones [USD] by zone and year |
pCongestionRevenues |
Congestion rents [USD] from saturated internal lines by year |
pTradeSharedBenefits |
Shared congestion rents [USD] allocated between zones |
pCostZone |
Annual cost summary [million USD] by zone and year |
pCostCountry |
Annual cost summary [million USD] by country and year |
pCostAverageCountry |
Average annual cost [million USD] by country (undiscounted) |
pCostSystem |
System-level cost summary [million USD], weighted and discounted |
pFuelCosts |
Annual fuel costs [million USD] by fuel, zone, and year |
pFuelCostsCountry |
Annual fuel costs [million USD] by fuel, country, and year |
pFuelConsumption |
Annual fuel consumption [MMBtu] by fuel, zone, and year |
pFuelConsumptionCountry |
Annual fuel consumption [MMBtu] by fuel, country, and year |
3. ENERGY BALANCE#
Variable |
Description |
|---|---|
pEnergyPlant |
Annual energy generation [GWh] by plant, zone, and year |
pEnergyFuel |
Annual energy generation [GWh] by fuel and zone |
pEnergyFuelCountry |
Annual energy generation [GWh] by fuel and country |
pEnergyTechFuel |
Annual energy generation [GWh] by technology, fuel, and zone |
pEnergyTechFuelCountry |
Annual energy generation [GWh] by technology, fuel, and country |
pEnergyBalance |
Annual supply–demand balance [GWh] by zone |
pEnergyBalanceCountry |
Annual supply–demand balance [GWh] by country |
pEnergyBalanceH2 |
Annual hydrogen supply–demand balance [mmBTU] by zone |
pEnergyBalanceCountryH2 |
Annual hydrogen supply–demand balance [mmBTU] by country |
pUtilizationPlant |
Annual plant utilization factor |
pUtilizationTech |
Annual technology utilization factor |
pUtilizationFuel |
Annual average capacity factor by fuel |
pUtilizationTechFuel |
Annual average capacity factor by technology and fuel |
pUtilizationFuelCountry |
Annual average capacity factor by fuel and country |
pUtilizationTechFuelCountry |
Annual average capacity factor by technology, fuel, and country |
4. ENERGY DISPATCH#
Variable |
Description |
|---|---|
pDispatchPlant |
Plant-level hourly dispatch and reserve [MW] by zone, plant, time, and year |
pDispatchFuel |
Fuel-level hourly dispatch [MW] by zone, fuel, time, and year |
pDispatch |
Zone-level hourly dispatch and flows [MW] (imports, exports, unmet demand, storage charge, demand) |
5. RESERVES#
Variable |
Description |
|---|---|
pReserveSpinningPlantZone |
Annual spinning reserve provided by plant [GWh] per zone and year |
pReserveSpinningFuelZone |
Annual spinning reserve provided by fuel [GWh] per zone and year |
pReserveSpinningPlantCountry |
Annual spinning reserve provided by plant [GWh] per country and year |
pReserveMargin |
Reserve margin indicators by zone and year (peak demand, total firm capacity, reserve margin) |
pReserveMarginCountry |
Reserve margin indicators by country and year |
6. INTERCONNECTIONS#
Variable |
Description |
|---|---|
pInterchange |
Annual energy exchanged [GWh] between internal zones |
pInterconUtilization |
Interconnection utilization [%] between internal zones |
pLossesTransmission |
Transmission losses [MWh] per internal zone |
pInterchangeCountry |
Annual energy exchanged [GWh] between countries |
pLossesTransmissionCountry |
Transmission losses [MWh] per country |
isCongested |
Congestion indicator (binary) for line z–z2 per timestep |
pCongestionShare |
Share of time congested [%] for each internal line |
pHourlyInterchangeExternal |
Hourly external trade [MW] per zone |
pYearlyInterchangeExternal |
Annual external trade [GWh] per zone |
pYearlyInterchangeExternalCountry |
Annual external trade [GWh] per country |
pHourlyInterchangeExternalCountry |
Hourly external trade [MW] per country |
pInterchangeExternalExports |
Annual exports [GWh] from zone to external zone |
pInterchangeExternalImports |
Annual imports [GWh] from external zone to zone |
pInterconUtilizationExternalExports |
External export line utilization [%] |
pInterconUtilizationExternalImports |
External import line utilization [%] |
7. EMISSIONS#
Variable |
Description |
|---|---|
pEmissionsZone |
CO2 emissions [Mt] by zone and year |
pEmissionsIntensityZone |
CO2 intensity [tCO2/GWh] by zone and year |
pEmissionsCountrySummary |
CO2 emissions and backstop emissions [Mt] by country and year |
pEmissionsIntensityCountry |
CO2 intensity [tCO2/GWh] by country and year |
pEmissionMarginalCosts |
Marginal cost of system emission constraint [USD/tCO2] |
pEmissionMarginalCostsCountry |
Marginal cost of country emission constraint [USD/tCO2] |
8. PRICES#
Variable |
Description |
|---|---|
pYearlyPrice |
Demand-weighted average electricity price [USD/MWh] by zone and year |
pYearlyPriceExport |
Flow-weighted average export price [USD/MWh] by zone and year |
pYearlyPriceImport |
Flow-weighted average import price [USD/MWh] by zone and year |
pYearlyPriceHub |
Flow-weighted hub price [USD/MWh] by zone and year |
pYearlyPriceCountry |
Demand-weighted average electricity price [USD/MWh] by country and year |
pYearlyPriceExportCountry |
Flow-weighted average export price [USD/MWh] by country and year |
pYearlyPriceImportCountry |
Flow-weighted average import price [USD/MWh] by country and year |
pFlowMWSum |
Sum of hourly MW flows over the year (used for weights) |
pFlowMWh |
Annual energy flow [MWh] between zones |
pCountryExportFlowMWh |
Annual exported energy [MWh] from country |
pCountryImportFlowMWh |
Annual imported energy [MWh] into country |
9. SPECIAL TECHNOLOGIES#
Variable |
Description |
|---|---|
pCSPBalance |
CSP hourly output by type [MW] (thermal, storage input/output, power) |
pCSPComponents |
CSP installed components and metrics (thermal field, storage, power block, solar multiple, storage hours) |
pPVwSTOBalance |
PV+Storage hourly output by type [MW] |
pPVwSTOComponents |
PV+Storage installed components and metrics |
pStorageBalance |
Generic storage hourly output [MW] and storage level |
pStorageComponents |
Generic storage installed capacity [MW, MWh] and storage hours |
pSolarPower |
Solar hourly output [MWh] |
pSolarEnergyZone |
Annual solar energy [MWh] by zone |
pSolarValueZone |
Average market value of solar [USD/MWh] by zone |
pSolarCost |
Levelized cost of solar [USD/MWh] by zone |
10. METRICS#
Variable |
Description |
|---|---|
pPlantAnnualLCOE |
Plant-level LCOE [USD/MWh] by year |
pZonalAverageCost |
Zone average total cost [USD/MWh] by year |
pZonalAverageGenCost |
Zone average generation cost [USD/MWh] by year |
pCountryAverageCost |
Country average total cost [USD/MWh] by year |
pCountryAverageGenCost |
Country average generation cost [USD/MWh] by year |
pSystemAverageCost |
System average cost [USD/MWh] by year |
pZoneTradeCost |
Combined internal/external trade costs by zone and year |
pZoneGenCost |
Generation-only cost by zone and year |
pZoneTotalCost |
Total system cost by zone and year |
pZoneEnergyMWh |
Annual energy output by zone [MWh] |
pCountryEnergyMWh |
Annual energy output by country [MWh] |
pZoneCostEnergyBasis |
Energy basis for cost normalization by zone [MWh] |
pCountryCostEnergyBasis |
Energy basis for cost normalization by country [MWh] |
pPlantEnergyMWh |
Annual energy production by plant [MWh] |
11. SOLVER PARAMETERS#
Variable |
Description |
|---|---|
pSolverParameters |
Solver status, time, and gap diagnostics |
“Solver Status” |
Model status code |
“Solver Time: ms” |
Solution time in milliseconds |
“Absolute gap” |
Absolute optimality gap |
“Relative gap” |
Relative optimality gap |
OTHER OUTPUTS & AUXILIARY VARIABLES#
Variable |
Description |
|---|---|
pSettings |
Model configuration and run settings |
zcmap |
Zone-to-country mapping |
pVarCost |
Variable cost inputs by generator/fuel |
pCapacityCredit |
Capacity credit factors by generator |