update regionalized PV investment costs

.buildlibrary

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ValidationKey: '39723244'
+ValidationKey: '39743286'
 AcceptedWarnings:
 - Invalid URL: .*
 - 'Warning: package ''.*'' was built under R version'

CITATION.cff

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ cff-version: 1.2.0
 message: If you use this software, please cite it using the metadata from this file.
 type: software
 title: 'mrremind: MadRat REMIND Input Data Package'
-version: 0.198.2
+version: 0.198.3
 date-released: '2024-11-15'
 abstract: The mrremind packages contains data preprocessing for the REMIND model.
 authors:

DESCRIPTION

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Type: Package
 Package: mrremind
 Title: MadRat REMIND Input Data Package
-Version: 0.198.2
+Version: 0.198.3
 Date: 2024-11-15
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Lavinia", "Baumstark", , "[email protected]", role = c("aut", "cre")),

R/calcDiffInvestCosts.R

@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ calcDiffInvestCosts <- function(subtype) {
     for (y in years) {
       x[
         getRegions(x)[x[, y, "Coal.Steam Coal - SUBCRITICAL"] != 0 &
-          x[, y, "Coal.Steam Coal - SUPERCRITICAL"] != 0 &
-          x[, y, "Coal.Steam Coal - ULTRASUPERCRITICAL"] != 0], y,
+                        x[, y, "Coal.Steam Coal - SUPERCRITICAL"] != 0 &
+                        x[, y, "Coal.Steam Coal - ULTRASUPERCRITICAL"] != 0], y,
         c(
           "Coal.Steam Coal - SUPERCRITICAL",
           "Coal.Steam Coal - ULTRASUPERCRITICAL"
@@ -124,28 +124,33 @@ calcDiffInvestCosts <- function(subtype) {
     # rooftop is already well-established and has prices around 1.25$/W.
     # Accordingly, we expect that by 2020, the utility-scale solar market will be more
     # in equilibrium and have prices below the current rooftop prices
-    x_adj["CAZ", , ] <- 1200
+    # Also, the 2023 Australia PVPS report states ~1.5AUSD/W for utility-scale for 2018-2022,
+    # equivalent to 1.05USD2020/W, and the Canadian PVPS report has 1.3CanD/W = 1USD/W
+    x_adj["CAZ", , ] <- 1000
+    # The Chinese PVPS report states ~3.5RMB/W, ~0.5$/W for utility-scale, in 2022
+    x_adj["CHA", , ] <- 600
     # IND: Other sources for Indian utility-scale prices (IRENA, WEO, REN21) are more in the range of ~800$/kW.
     # Also, the reports around failed auctions and non-delivery of projects might indicate that
     # the stated prices are below cost.
     x_adj["IND", , ] <- 700
-    # JPN: We assume that Japan prices will be downward-influenced by the low prices realized everywhere else in Asia.
-    x_adj["JPN", , ] <- 1500
+    # JPN: We assume that Japan prices will be downward-influenced by the low prices realized everywhere else in Asia. Also, the 2022 PVPS
+    # report for JPN shows ~120-130 JPY/W, roughly 1.1US$2020/W
+    x_adj["JPN", , ] <- 1100
     # LAM: IRENA states utility-scale prices in the range of ~1400-1500$/kW for LAM.
     # Recent auctions in individual countries indicate lower prices, but it is unlikely that
     # all the countries will immediately achieve the lowest prices realized in some auctions
-    x_adj["LAM", , ] <- 950
+    x_adj["LAM", , ] <- 850
     # MEA: IRENA states utility-scale prices in the range of ~1250$/kW for MEA
     # Recent auctions in individual countries indicate lower prices,
     # but it is unlikely that all the countries will immediately achieve
     # the lowest prices realized in some auctions
-    x_adj["MEA", , ] <- 850
+    x_adj["MEA", , ] <- 800
     # REF: Very different costs in IRENA (2300) and REN21 (1300) -
     # but unlikely to have higher capital costs than severly space-constrained Japan
     x_adj["REF", , ] <- 1400
     # SSA: IRENA states prices of ~1600$/W, but very likely that prices are currently decreasing through learning
     # from the low prices in North African countries.
-    x_adj["SSA", , ] <- 1300
+    x_adj["SSA", , ] <- 1100
 
     # disaggregate adjustments to iso level
     x_adj_iso <- toolAggregate(x_adj, regmapping)
@@ -212,8 +217,8 @@ calcDiffInvestCosts <- function(subtype) {
     for (y in years) {
       x[
         getRegions(x)[x[, y, "Coal.Steam Coal - SUBCRITICAL"] != 0 &
-          x[, y, "Coal.Steam Coal - SUPERCRITICAL"] != 0 &
-          x[, y, "Coal.Steam Coal - ULTRASUPERCRITICAL"] != 0], y,
+                        x[, y, "Coal.Steam Coal - SUPERCRITICAL"] != 0 &
+                        x[, y, "Coal.Steam Coal - ULTRASUPERCRITICAL"] != 0], y,
         c(
           "Coal.Steam Coal - SUPERCRITICAL",
           "Coal.Steam Coal - ULTRASUPERCRITICAL"

README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # MadRat REMIND Input Data Package
 
-R package **mrremind**, version **0.198.2**
+R package **mrremind**, version **0.198.3**
 
 [![CRAN status](https://www.r-pkg.org/badges/version/mrremind)](https://cran.r-project.org/package=mrremind)  [![R build status](https://github.com/pik-piam/mrremind/workflows/check/badge.svg)](https://github.com/pik-piam/mrremind/actions) [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/pik-piam/mrremind/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://app.codecov.io/gh/pik-piam/mrremind) [![r-universe](https://pik-piam.r-universe.dev/badges/mrremind)](https://pik-piam.r-universe.dev/builds)
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ In case of questions / problems please contact Lavinia Baumstark <lavinia@pik-po
 
 To cite package **mrremind** in publications use:
 
-Baumstark L, Rodrigues R, Levesque A, Oeser J, Bertram C, Mouratiadou I, Malik A, Schreyer F, Soergel B, Rottoli M, Mishra A, Dirnaichner A, Pehl M, Giannousakis A, Klein D, Strefler J, Feldhaus L, Brecha R, Rauner S, Dietrich J, Bi S, Benke F, Weigmann P, Richters O, Hasse R, Fuchs S, Mandaroux R, Koch J (2024). _mrremind: MadRat REMIND Input Data Package_. R package version 0.198.2, <https://github.com/pik-piam/mrremind>.
+Baumstark L, Rodrigues R, Levesque A, Oeser J, Bertram C, Mouratiadou I, Malik A, Schreyer F, Soergel B, Rottoli M, Mishra A, Dirnaichner A, Pehl M, Giannousakis A, Klein D, Strefler J, Feldhaus L, Brecha R, Rauner S, Dietrich J, Bi S, Benke F, Weigmann P, Richters O, Hasse R, Fuchs S, Mandaroux R, Koch J (2024). _mrremind: MadRat REMIND Input Data Package_. R package version 0.198.3, <https://github.com/pik-piam/mrremind>.
 
 A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is
   title = {mrremind: MadRat REMIND Input Data Package},
   author = {Lavinia Baumstark and Renato Rodrigues and Antoine Levesque and Julian Oeser and Christoph Bertram and Ioanna Mouratiadou and Aman Malik and Felix Schreyer and Bjoern Soergel and Marianna Rottoli and Abhijeet Mishra and Alois Dirnaichner and Michaja Pehl and Anastasis Giannousakis and David Klein and Jessica Strefler and Lukas Feldhaus and Regina Brecha and Sebastian Rauner and Jan Philipp Dietrich and Stephen Bi and Falk Benke and Pascal Weigmann and Oliver Richters and Robin Hasse and Sophie Fuchs and Rahel Mandaroux and Johannes Koch},
   year = {2024},
-  note = {R package version 0.198.2},
+  note = {R package version 0.198.3},
   url = {https://github.com/pik-piam/mrremind},
 }
 ```