This is a pedagogical tool for learning basic trends in electricity system planning and dispatch; it excludes many real-world details and is best used to understand qualitative trends. See notes at bottom.
User input in green cells. You can also select different load curves, and different "input scenarios" which fill in the user input cells with interesting scenarios like 2010 or 2015 US prices.
Adjust values in the following table, and set the carbon price and capital charge factor. Press the "plan system" button to optimize the system over twenty four hours. Press the "Cost vs. Intensity Curve" button to see the relationship between carbon intensity and carbon price. Additional summarized results and tables of numerical results are following.
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| Average Cost of Electricity ($/kWh) | Carbon Intensity (kgCO2/kWh) | ||
| Percentage of Average Cost from Fixed Costs: | Percentage of Average Cost from Variable Costs: |
Plan System Results, followed by Cost vs Intensity Results
Cost vs Intensity Results