Objective function comparisonΒΆ
| Features | urbs | oemof.tabular | GENeSYS-MOD | Genesys-2 | Balmorel |
| Power plant costs | Inv (new capacity), Fix (total capacity), Var (throughput), Fuel (fuel use), Emi (emission balance) | Inv (new capacity), Fix (new capacity), Var (output), Fuel (fuel use), Emi (fuel use) | Inv (new capacity), Fix (total capacity), Var (output), Emi (output) | Inv (?), Fix (Investment costs), Fuel (?), Emi (?) | Inv (new capacity), Fix (total capacity), Var (fuel use and output), Fuel (fuel use), Emi (fuel use) |
| Storage costs | Inv, Fix, Var | No | Inv, Fix, Var | Inv, Fix | Inv, 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 |