Objective function comparison ***************************** +------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+------------------------------+-----------------------------+ | Features | urbs | oemof.tabular | GENeSYS-MOD | Genesys-2 | Balmorel | +------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+------------------------------+-----------------------------+ | Power plant costs | Inv (new capacity), | Inv (new capacity), | Inv (new capacity), | Inv (?), | Inv (new capacity), | | | Fix (total capacity), | Fix (new capacity), | Fix (total capacity), | Fix (Investment costs), | Fix (total capacity), | | | Var (throughput), | Var (output), | Var (output), | Fuel (?), | Var (fuel use and output), | | | Fuel (fuel use), | Fuel (fuel use), | Emi (output) | Emi (?) | Fuel (fuel use), | | | Emi (emission balance) | Emi (fuel use) | | | Emi (fuel use) | +------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+------------------------------+-----------------------------+ | Storage costs | Inv, | No | Inv, Fix, Var | Inv, Fix | Inv, Var | | | Fix, | | | | | | | Var | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+------------------------------+-----------------------------+ | Transmission costs | Inv, Fix, Var | Var | Inv, Var | No | Inv, Var | +------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+------------------------------+-----------------------------+ | Other costs | No | No | Fuel (not technology specific) | Penalty | Yes | +------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+------------------------------+-----------------------------+ | Yearly discount | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | +------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+------------------------------+-----------------------------+ | Annuity of investment | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | +------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+------------------------------+-----------------------------+ | Compensating overpayments beyond model horizon | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | +------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+------------------------------+-----------------------------+ | Year weight | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | +------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+------------------------------+-----------------------------+