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add explanation for capacity_per_sqkm #425

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add explanation for capacity_per_sqkm
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Expand Up @@ -115,7 +115,9 @@ renewable:
resource:
method: wind
turbine: Vestas_V112_3MW
capacity_per_sqkm: 3 # ScholzPhd Tab 4.3.1: 10MW/km^2
capacity_per_sqkm: 3 # ScholzPhd Tab 4.3.1: 10MW/km^2 and assuming 30% fraction of the already restricted
# area is available for installation of wind generators due to competing land use and likely public
# acceptance issues.
# correction_factor: 0.93
corine:
# Scholz, Y. (2012). Renewable energy based electricity supply at low costs:
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resource:
method: wind
turbine: NREL_ReferenceTurbine_5MW_offshore
capacity_per_sqkm: 2
capacity_per_sqkm: 2 # ScholzPhd Tab 4.3.1: 10MW/km^2 and assuming 20% fraction of the already restricted
# area is available for installation of wind generators due to competing land use and likely public
# acceptance issues.
correction_factor: 0.8855
# proxy for wake losses
# from 10.1016/j.energy.2018.08.153
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resource:
method: wind
turbine: NREL_ReferenceTurbine_5MW_offshore
# ScholzPhd Tab 4.3.1: 10MW/km^2
capacity_per_sqkm: 2
capacity_per_sqkm: 2 # ScholzPhd Tab 4.3.1: 10MW/km^2 and assuming 20% fraction of the already restricted
# area is available for installation of wind generators due to competing land use and likely public
# acceptance issues.
correction_factor: 0.8855
# proxy for wake losses
# from 10.1016/j.energy.2018.08.153
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orientation:
slope: 35.
azimuth: 180.
capacity_per_sqkm: 1.7 # ScholzPhd Tab 4.3.1: 170 MW/km^2
capacity_per_sqkm: 1.7 # ScholzPhd Tab 4.3.1: 170 MW/km^2 and assuming 1% of the area can be used for solar PV panels
# Correction factor determined by comparing uncorrected area-weighted full-load hours to those
# published in Supplementary Data to
# Pietzcker, Robert Carl, et al. "Using the sun to decarbonize the power
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