Populate Data

Once the download and filtering process is complete, the clean data are then processed through a set of snakemake rules to identify the main data inputs for the network modelling.

Rules

• build_cutout - Prepares smaller weather data portions from ERA5 for renewable resource calculations.

• build_bus_regions - Determines Voronoi cells for all substations.

• build_powerplants - Builds today's thermal power plant capacities using powerplantmatching, allocating these to the closest substation for each powerplant.

• build_natura_raster - Rasterises World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) data.

• build_renewable_profiles - Builds the hourly capacity factors and installation potentials constrained by land-use in each substation's Voronoi cell for PV, onshore and offshore wind.

• build_demand_profiles - Builds the hourly demand profiles for each substation.