New Operating Costs input page#653
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Rename UI forms to start with "Operating Costs" so one for for regular, battery, fuel cell, and CSP (with fossil fuel cost). Update defaults to remove unused O&M variables.
Separate forms for PV battery and generic battery operating costs to avoid conditional display of fuel cost variables. Update defaults to match new UI forms
…st defaults Generic system defaults for om_fuel_cost set to $10/MMBtu for all configs (was $5/MMBtu for residential, and $10.37 for commercial, and a mix of 0 and $10 for others).
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I think you need some text for these new section header pages in the Help Paul. |
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I would like to propose something like this for the marine models to be consistent. |
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Do you want wave, tidal, and concentrating PV costs to be in this menu or leave them in the existing technology menus? |
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Typo. Commit pushed to this branch |
mjprilliman
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See comments above.
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Running all defaults on Windows fails with MEwave / LCOE calculator: |
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I think with the $/kWh battery replacement costs discussed at the 7/13/21 SAM meeting and if the failing UI with MEwave / LCOE calculator is fixed (see comments) and all tests passing, that this should be ready to go and getting merged into develop before community solar is great! Thanks for tackling this!
I'm pretty sure the MEwave defaults issue is a quirk with the library building. On load the case config is looking at the existing local app data for the WaveResourceData.csv file, which has different variable names that have since been changed in the IDE library object and library setup scripts. Clicking 'Refresh library' should rewrite the library and fix the issue. I didn't find a way to update this automatically as the check happens before the pages load so it would be a more complicated fix. The hope is that this is going into a new release version so the local app data would be brand new and not looking at any existing WaveResourceData.csv files on first load. |
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I'm not seeing the message about 'file_name', and given Matt's comments will go ahead with the merge. |
This PR is a prerequisite for fixing #355 (see also related NatLabRockies/ssc#530) and adding new inputs for Community Solar financial model. Changes include:
Separate Installation Costs and Operating Costs input pages
UI forms for operating costs, operating costs with fuel, battery, and fuel cell.
Update defaults for operating cost inputs.
Remove unused battery-related operating cost inputs from PVWatts Battery configurations.
New structure for Help topics on costs.