[Bug] Definition and calculation of cost parameters unclear #240
Description
We need a clear description of the parameters that we calculate. I am not sure how "costs_upfront" and "costs_investment" are defined currently - is is "cost_reinvestment?"
Strange look for example following results:
| label | costs_total | costs_om | costs_investment | costs_upfront |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Storage capacity | 9508.639 | 0 | 5507.827 | 4000.812 |
Or the costs of the DSO, which should have installation costs per kWh, ie. costs_upfront symbolizing the monthly peak demand pricing costs:
| label | costs_total | costs_om | costs_investment | costs_upfront | costs_opex_var | costs_opex_fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DSO_consumption_period_1 source | 1460239 | 1459759 | 0 | 480.7219 | 1062735 | 397023.3 |
| DSO_consumption_period_2 source | 1401660 | 1401135 | 0 | 524.5797 | 967889.9 | 433245.1 |
| DSO_consumption_period_3 source | 1187090 | 1186628 | 0 | 462.7385 | 804456.5 | 382171.1 |
| DSO_consumption_period_4 source | 975449.2 | 974938.1 | 0 | 511.1021 | 552824 | 422114 |
| DSO_consumption_period_5 source | 792578.6 | 792150.7 | 0 | 427.8917 | 438759.3 | 353391.4 |
| DSO_consumption_period_6 source | 825396.3 | 824954.3 | 0 | 441.9708 | 459935.1 | 365019.2 |
| DSO_consumption_period_7 source | 2555400 | 2554487 | 0 | 913.1115 | 1800358 | 754129.5 |
| DSO_consumption_period_8 source | 553736.9 | 553548 | 0 | 188.8677 | 397564.1 | 155983.9 |
| DSO_consumption_period_9 source | 1168687 | 1168165 | 0 | 522.2531 | 736841.2 | 431323.6 |
| DSO_consumption_period_10 source | 3972399 | 3971555 | 0 | 843.8885 | 3274596 | 696959 |
| DSO_consumption_period_11 source | 2272640 | 2271920 | 0 | 720.8677 | 1676562 | 595357.3 |
| DSO_consumption_period_12 source | 1634868 | 1634298 | 0 | 569.8557 | 1163660 | 470638.1 |
I think we should:
- Write clear definitions of the costs into the readthedocs
- Develop tests for cost-post processing (E3)
- Add units to the result columns
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