10-11-2017, 04:55 PM
We have some discussions related to the Cap2Act factor of our model with 52 weekly time-slices. The capacity unit is MW and our activity unit is in GWh.
Personally, I think that this factor is 8.76 because the relationship between MW and GWh is 8.76 since it is 8760 hours in a year.
Because a year is longer than 52 weeks, this gives a weekly activity in our model that exceeds the «real» weekly activity. To correct for this, it is proposed to adjust the Cap2Act factor to 8.736 (52*24*7).
What is the influence of using a Cap2Act factor that is lower than 8.76? And according to your opinion, what is the correct Cap2Act factor for our model?
Personally, I think that this factor is 8.76 because the relationship between MW and GWh is 8.76 since it is 8760 hours in a year.
Because a year is longer than 52 weeks, this gives a weekly activity in our model that exceeds the «real» weekly activity. To correct for this, it is proposed to adjust the Cap2Act factor to 8.736 (52*24*7).
What is the influence of using a Cap2Act factor that is lower than 8.76? And according to your opinion, what is the correct Cap2Act factor for our model?