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Add example notebook on negative prices in unit commitment model#1434

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@Irieo Irieo commented Nov 7, 2025

This PR adds a new notebook that shows how negative electricity prices can be reproduced with a linearized unit commitment model. Such prices appear in real markets when generators with start-up costs and minimum generation limits find it more economical to offer electricity at a negative price (effectively paying to stay online) rather than shutting down and restarting later.

For example, such a situation occurred in Germany on Week 15 of 2025

  • Code changes are sufficiently documented; i.e. new functions contain docstrings and further explanations may be given in docs.
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@Irieo Irieo marked this pull request as ready for review November 7, 2025 17:31
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Irieo commented Nov 7, 2025

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fneum commented Nov 10, 2025

Excellent!

@fneum fneum merged commit 37aca89 into master Nov 10, 2025
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