Emission parameters

These parameters define emissions in a scenario, including emission intensities of technology activity, exogenous emissions, emission limits, and emission penalties.

Annual emission limit

Maximum emissions allowed in the specified year.

Scenario database

Table: AnnualEmissionLimit

NameTypeDescription
idintegerUnique identifier for row
rtextRegion
etextEmission
ytextYear
valrealAmount of emissions (scenario's emissions unit)

Annual exogenous emission

Exogenously specified emissions, assumed to occur regardless of what else is happening in the energy system.

Scenario database

Table: AnnualExogenousEmission

NameTypeDescription
idintegerUnique identifier for row
rtextRegion
etextEmission
ytextYear
valrealAmount of emissions (scenario's emissions unit)

Emission penalty

Cost of emissions.

Scenario database

Table: EmissionsPenalty

NameTypeDescription
idintegerUnique identifier for row
rtextRegion
etextEmission
ytextYear
valrealCost (scenario's cost unit / scenario's emissions unit)

Emissions activity ratio

Emission factor for the indicated technology and mode.

Note

Emission factors can be negative, and if you specify a negative emission factor for a pollutant with an externality cost, your scenario may result in negative emission penalties. In this case, you may need to constrain the associated technology's operation to avoid an unbounded (infeasible) optimization problem. For example, if a technology can generate negative emissions of a pollutant with an externality cost, the cost of building and running the technology is lower than the externality value, and there are no limits on the technology's deployment and use, the optimization problem will be unbounded.

Scenario database

Table: EmissionActivityRatio

NameTypeDescription
idintegerUnique identifier for row
rtextRegion
ttextTechnology
etextEmission
mtextMode of operation
ytextYear
valrealFactor (scenario's emissions unit / region's energy unit)

Model period emission limit

Maximum emissions allowed in the modeling period (i.e., the period bounded by the first and last years defined in the scenario database).

Scenario database

Table: ModelPeriodEmissionLimit

NameTypeDescription
idintegerUnique identifier for row
rtextRegion
etextEmission
valrealAmount of emissions (scenario's emissions unit)

Model period exogenous emission

Exogenously specified emissions, counted toward the model period emission limit regardless of what else is happening in the energy system.

Scenario database

Table: ModelPeriodExogenousEmission

NameTypeDescription
idintegerUnique identifier for row
rtextRegion
etextEmission
valrealAmount of emissions (scenario's emissions unit)