PyPSA / PyPSA/technology-data

Preprocessing script (fixing inconsistent DEA entries)

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Description

I'm becoming a bit frustrated by the inconsistent data format of the DEA input data.

E.g.: Column orders and names being inconsistent, most unchanging values are filled across all years while sometimes they are not. The inconsistencies for "Hydrogen to Jet Fuel" are e.g. at an extend were I simply started extracting the numbers by hand rather than automatically =/

The inconsistencies also make the compile_cost_assumption.py script more and more bloated and unreadable.

Suggestion:
Have a pre-processing script which is responsible for creating a consistent input data format and move all "if this tech than special treatment" cases there.

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Research direction

Start with compile_cost_assumption.py and inspect how DEA inputs are currently parsed, especially the Hydrogen to Jet Fuel data. Define a consistent preprocessed input format and move the technology-specific handling there; done means the compilation script is less bloated and can consume the normalized data consistently.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
data-engineering
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
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Stale
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Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
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