The EDMC has been changing its data tables, not always for the better.

This issue can be closed when the model's data has been compared with the latest data from EDMC.

ETA-8/31.

• Create a region called Japan with approximately Japan's current electricity consumption.
• Have electricity demand increase 1% per year for 100 years
• Answer that demand with just one type of generation (coal? nuclear? wind? whatever.)

This issue can be closed when the net CO2 emission has been added as a primary/secondary constraint to the JPN model.

• Add plots
• Add references
• Clean up text
• Clean up formatting

This issue can be closed when the STOCK variable of each energy source (except hydropower) has been updated using credible data that can be cited.

This issue can be closed when data from issue #16 has been used to create a single region model for Japan.
All processes must have CO2 data associated with them.

ETA: 6/7/18

EDMC data for fossil fuels for FY2011-2012 was lumped as "Thermal". Estimates were put in the model to match this total and trends.

This issue can be closed when accurate data for each of the three utilities has been found, or a better estimate has been arrived at using net CO2 emissions as a guide.

There's simply no consistent data for electricity from individual fossil fuels for the years 2011 and 2012. Modify timeframe and change CO2 constraints accordingly.

This issue can be started when incorporation and refinement of conventional energy sources and relevant projections is complete.

This issue can be closed after the creation of issues related to incorporation of detailed data (plant retirement dates, fixed investments and O&M costs, CO2 emission coefficient trends), novel technologies (carbon sequestration, hydrogen fuel cells, other i2cner tech) and creation of specific scenarios (full geothermal exploitation ?, novel nuclear?, no fossil fuels?, self-sufficiency/energy independence?).

Add plant retirement lifetimes, modify capacities of old (2013-16) tech.

Work on this issue can be started after #27 is closed.

This issue can be closed when i2cner CO2 emission targets have been incorporated in the model

This issue can be closed when the electricity generated by hydro power can be held constant over the time horizon of the model.

Ideas:

• Swap emission coefficients and LCoE (?).
• Consider explicit definition of CO2 constraint for all years, without interpolation . While tedious, perhaps VEDA will satisfy it despite it being a secondary constraint.

Once #6 is complete, create a directory among the docs for the poster for the January symposium. This can be closed when the latex poster template has been added (@katyhuff knows where it is and will be assigned to this.

This issue can be closed when the CO2 emissions from FY 2011-16 are in agreement with the values and trends observed in the actual CO2 emissions from Japan, as seen here:https://unfccc.int/files/ghg_emissions_data/application/pdf/jpn_ghg_profile.pdf
https://www.env.go.jp/press/files/en/750.pdf

Goal- ~ 550 Mt

This issue can be closed when individual demand processes for coal, nuclear etc have been created to model post-Fukushima electricity generation

This issue can begin after #4 has been completed. Following the instructions on the forums and in the emails forwarded by @katyhuff, check that your installation works (ideally this involves running a demo simulation in TIMES).

This issue can be closed when the JPN model has separate processes for residential and commercial solar power, with distinct LCoE, CO2 emission coefficients and available capacity projections.

Already incorporated in base-case scenarios.

Graphs which have irregular grids (e.g. 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2030) should display in a regular fashion (such that the spacing between 2020 and 2030 for example is 10x as large as the spacing between 2014 and 2015).

Recommendation: write up a jupyter notebook or a python script that ingests the xls exported from TIMES and plots years evenly (e.g. with matplotlib) or have VEDA output uniform data

Download VirtualBox onto your linux machine.

This issue can be closed when CO2 emissions have been attached to each energy production process in the single region model.

ETA:6/14/18

Ideas for further issues:begin adding I2CNER data.

This issue can begin when #2 is complete. You can use virtual box to create a virtual machine.

• Open virtualbox
• Create a new windows virtual machine, with significant memory and storage, name it something informative (times?)
• Use the windows .iso file to install an operating system to your machine
• Select a username and password that are generic and can be shared (e.g. arfc/arfc or i2cner/i2cner)
• Once you have a clean windows VM, save the machine state, so that you can go back to that clean slate if anything gets messed up in the future.

This issue can be closed when energy production and consumption data from FY2012-2017 has been compiled and prepared for inputting into VEDA.
ETA:6/1/18

This will be closed when @katyhuff has added a license, readme, etc. as well as directories for key material (inputs, outputs, data, docs).

This issue can be closed when LCoE projections for each energy source have been added to the model

Sources: Bloomberg database,

This issue can be closed when the average price/kWh associated with each energy source in the model has been found and consolidated in one file for input.

ETA:2018-06-01

This issue can be closed when CO2 constraints have been added to the net emissions value (absolute or relative) to represent realistic i2cner targets

• This issue cannot be started until #8 is complete
• This poster is due Jan 15.
• a first draft of the poster should be committed to this repository before January 5.
• The size of the poster should be A0(wide84.1cm x length118.9 cm), or approximately 33.11"wide x 46.81" long.
• Let's use Teddy's poster template (see #8)

This issue can be closed when the first draft is committed.

This can be closed when @katyhuff has fixed the issue labels for this repo.

This issue can be closed when EDMC data for electricity generated by biomass has been incorporated into the model for FY2011-16.

This issue can begin when #1 is complete.

• Determine what is the most recent version of Windows appropriate for TIMES/VEDA/GAMS
• Download that version of windows (if you have to buy it, let @katyhuff know) as an .iso (or other disk image filetype)

Using emails forwarded by @katyhuff, the .exe file stored on box, and the VEDA/TIMES forums online, install the dependencies of TIMES and TIMES itself on the virtual machine you created in #3. Once the installation is successful, save the machine state, so that you can go back to this fresh installation if anything gets messed up in the future.

This issue can be closed when the JPN model has separate processes for onshore and offshore solar power, with distinct LCoE, CO2 emission coefficients and available capacity projections.

The timescale that we're most interested in is 1990 - 2050. However, reaching the i2cner goals in 2050 may be a bit delayed, so simulations to 2100 are better.

Since all simulations will be more valuable through longer timescales, demonstrate a simulation that runs until at least 2100.

http://i2cner.kyushu-u.ac.jp/upload_file/editor_files/Division-Road-Map-2017/Thermal_Science_Engineering_June_2017_Final_version_role_edit3.pdf

This issue can be closed when total electricity demand values that are backed by some projections in an official report or scientific literature have been added to the model

This issue can be closed when an "investment" processes for NUC(nuclear) FY2017-2100 has been created, that implements gradually increasing available capacity, in discrete chunks, replacing the existing MIN process.

@katyhuff a first draft has been added. Please review when convenient. Some issues that I wanted to point out:

1. Are the "Objectives" and "Impact" sections too similar?
2. Empty space in the rightmost part of the poster.
3. Acknowledgement section.
4. Are there any significant near term targets (eg: running test models) that we should try to achieve and report as progress? Or should we stick to the proposal?

Delineate steps in further detail, add milestones.

This issue can be closed when CO2 emission coefficient projections for each energy source have been added to the model.

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