Open electricity model PyPSA-EUR adds Ukraine and Moldova
Fabian Hofmann
Dear pypsa users,
on Wednesday, the power grids of Ukraine and Moldova were
integrated into the Continental European Syncronous Area CESA.
Combined with the attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure and
in particular the nuclear reactors in Zaporizhzhya, this raises
not only short-term but also medium- and long-term questions.
These apply in particular to the design of restoration,
reconstruction of infrastructure and integration into the
Continental European electricity system.
Therefore, over the last two weeks, we have been working to
extend our PyPSA-EUR transmission network model to include Moldova
and Ukraine.
On top of the current 33 countries
that are covered by the model, the network now includes Ukraine
and Moldova:
- topology of the transmission network based on the interactive
ENTSO-E map
- existing power plants (nuclear, coal, gas and hydro)
- heuristically distributed load time series by GDP
- synthetic wind and solar profiles based on ERA5 and SARAH-2
- heuristic hydropower profiles based on ERA5 and EIA data
- wind and solar potentials based on Copernicus Land Cover dataset
- 750 kV transmission lines
Due to the dynamic stiuation, the data does not represent the
most current status, but a status from before the Russian
invasion. If you have any suggestions for improvement, don't
hesitate to contact us!
The extended model is a preliminary version that exists in parallel to our actual model. Depending on the development of the situation we will make adjustments to allow for medium and long term modeling.
Details and installation instructions can be found here: https://pypsa-eur.readthedocs.io/en/latest/release_notes.html#synchronisation-release-ukraine-and-moldova-17th-march-2022
Best regards,
Martha Frysztacki, Philipp Glaum, Johannes Hampp, Fabian Hofmann, Fabian Neumann, Iegor Riepin
(PyPSA-EUR Team)