[LDES-coremodel] Recurring meeting tomorrow

Fri Sep 11 15:12:29 PDT 2020

Thank you so much, Kenji!
I'll take a look and get back to you and all.

cheers
Paty

*Patr**i**cia Hidalgo-Gonzalez*
Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
University of California San Diego
patricia.hidalgo.g at berkeley.edu
(Pronouns: She/Her/Hers)

On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 1:08 PM Kenji Shiraishi <kenjis at berkeley.edu> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I wrote a quick comparison of the cost projection of four selected
> technologies (natural gas, wind, solar PV, and battery storage) used in
> RESOLVE and SWITCH as attached.
> Please take a look and let me know what you think.
>
>
> Best,
> Kenji
>
> ---
> Kenji Shiraishi
>
> Researcher,
> Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL)
> 450 Sutardja Dai Hall
> Ph.D. student, Goldman School of Public Policy (GSPP)
> University of California, Berkeley
>
> https://rael.berkeley.edu/people/shiraishi-kenji/
> https://www.kenjishiraishi.com/
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 8:25 PM Sarah Kurtz <skurtz at ucmerced.edu> wrote:
>
>> Perfect!  Thanks!
>>
>> On Sep 10, 2020, at 7:15 PM, Kenji Shiraishi <kenjis at berkeley.edu> wrote:
>>
>> Thank you, Sarah! Then I will compare capex in annualized form.
>> Switch uses a 7% discount rate as default. Lifetime of each technology is
>> - central PV: 20 yrs
>> - battery: 10 yrs
>> - CCGT: 20 yrs
>> - wind: 30 yrs
>>
>> I will write up a cost comparison tonight.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Kenji
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 5:31 PM Sarah Kurtz <skurtz at ucmerced.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, Kenji! That is the correct column.
>>>
>>> RESOLVE doesn’t include the lifetime and discount rate in an obvious
>>> place.  We can sometimes find mention of them in a write up, but then they
>>> appear to change from time to time.
>>>
>>> What lifetime and discount rate does Switch use? I think this is part of
>>> the comparison…
>>>
>>> Thanks for asking good questions!, so even if we find them written
>>> somewhere, I wouldn’t have confidence that we know what was assumed...
>>>
>>> Sarah
>>>
>>> On Sep 10, 2020, at 5:06 PM, Kenji Shiraishi <kenjis at berkeley.edu>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Sarah,
>>>
>>> Thank you for the email. Which column represents the Capex?
>>> Is annual_fixed_cost_by_vintage annualized capex?
>>> If so, to compare it with overnight cost data in SWITCH, what are
>>> discount rate and lifetime of each technology?
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Kenji
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 4:09 PM Sarah Kurtz <skurtz at ucmerced.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Kenji,
>>>>
>>>> I think you’ll find the data for the Capex (not the fuel cost) for
>>>> these four in the file I sent last night.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> Sarah
>>>>
>>>> On Sep 10, 2020, at 4:03 PM, Kenji Shiraishi <kenjis at berkeley.edu>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Pedro,
>>>>
>>>> As we discussed today, it would be great if you could send the cost
>>>> related data (including capex) of
>>>> - solar PV
>>>> - battery storage
>>>> - natural gas
>>>> - onshore wind
>>>> in RESOLVE model?
>>>>
>>>> Also, I'd appreciate it if you could send the documents describing the
>>>> definitions of those data.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Kenji
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 9:59 AM Patricia Hidalgo-Gonzalez <
>>>> patricia.hidalgo.g at berkeley.edu> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>
>>>>> The ones confirmed for today are: Pedro, Kenji and me? We can go over
>>>>> the next tasks and have a 30 min meeting instead.
>>>>> Thanks for the updates Julia!
>>>>> cheers
>>>>> Paty
>>>>>
>>>>> *Patr**i**cia Hidalgo-Gonzalez*
>>>>> Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
>>>>> University of California San Diego
>>>>> patricia.hidalgo.g at berkeley.edu
>>>>> (Pronouns: She/Her/Hers)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 9:53 AM Julia Szinai <jszinai at berkeley.edu>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>>> This meeting also fell off my calendar and I have a scheduling
>>>>>> conflict now and can't make it.
>>>>>> I can provide an email update:
>>>>>> I'm close to finishing the scraping and data cleaning of the existing
>>>>>> WECC generation projects and retirements to add for the baseline scenario
>>>>>> in the database. This will update the composition of the existing fleet of
>>>>>> generation projects to 2018 from the previous 2015 vintage, and reflects an
>>>>>> increase of solar and battery capacity, and retirements of coal and other
>>>>>> generation. I am completing some final checks and code improvements on some
>>>>>> backup database tables before pushing the data to the original database
>>>>>> tables.
>>>>>> -Julia
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 7:34 AM Sergio Castellanos Rodriguez <
>>>>>> sergioc at berkeley.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Pedro, Paty, Kenji,
>>>>>>> Thanks for the reminder. I hadn't added this recurring meeting in my
>>>>>>> calendar and now have a conflict with another commitment.
>>>>>>> I know the storage issue with Notion is being addressed, but any
>>>>>>> notes sharing from today's meeting will be greatly appreciated.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Also, it's settled that this will be our weekly time then? (so I can
>>>>>>> add it on my calendar, or we can use a ldes-coremodel one)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> Sergio
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> PS. From my end, the only update is that thanks to Lars/Paty I have
>>>>>>> now access to db2 and postgres. I would now only require access to the WECC
>>>>>>> db/schema.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 8:24 PM Daniel M. KAMMEN <kammen at berkeley.edu>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Sadly i'll miss the meeting due to a long conference tomorrow-- but
>>>>>>>> will catch up up with Paty and Kenji afterward
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> dan
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 7:00 PM Pedro Andres Sanchez Perez <
>>>>>>>> psanchez30 at ucmerced.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> This is a kindly reminder for tomorrows meeting at 11:00 AM for
>>>>>>>>> the update about SWITCH and RESOLVE:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Here are some of the agenda for tomorrow.
>>>>>>>>> - Status of SWITCH
>>>>>>>>> - Status of Database
>>>>>>>>> - Cost comparisson (Assign)
>>>>>>>>> - Action items
>>>>>>>>> - Anything else?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Link to the meeting: https://ucmerced.zoom.us/j/98750319783
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Pedro Andres Sanchez Perez
>>>>>>>>> University of California, Merced
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> *Julia Szinai*
>>>>>> PhD Candidate | Energy & Resources Group | University of California,
>>>>>> Berkeley
>>>>>> Graduate Student Researcher | Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
>>>>>> NSF InFEWS Fellow
>>>>>> Energy & Resources Group, MS '17
>>>>>> Goldman School of Public Policy, MPP '17
>>>>>> University of California, Berkeley
>>>>>> jszinai at berkeley.edu
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