Base case preparation

Adapting the model for 2045

As you have seen in the previous question, a lot of things have to be adopted, when converting a model from 2013 to 2045.

We will focus on two adaptions here: the available power plant park and the demand. The technology costs in the model are already adopted to 2045. In the next to paragraphs you can find information on what has to be changed in your model.

Demand

Following projections by DENA [1], the demand in Germany will rise by 43 %. Scale all the demand you find in the sheet ts_influx in the model by this factor.

[1] Bründlinger, T. et. al. (2018): dena-Leitstudie Integrierte Energiewende. Edited by Deutsche Energie-Agentur GmbH (dena). Available online at https://www.dena.de/fileadmin/dena/Dokumente/Pdf/9261_dena-Leitstudie_Integrierte_Energiewende_lang.pdf, checked on 10/27/2022.

Power plant park

Look at the available power plants. Which of those will still be available in a climate neutral Germany in 2045? Think about both climate based and other political decisons, while excluding technologies like CCS. Disable all power plants which you expect to be not available anymore. Hint: It is not necessary to remove the powerplants from the excel file to fulfil this task. Make use of the parameters, backbone provides.