This function connects and reads a gcamdatabase or a query data proj file and calculates electricity and hydropower investments.
gcamInvest(
gcamdatabase = NULL,
queryFile = NULL,
reReadData = T,
dataProjFile = paste(getwd(), "/outputs/dataProj.proj", sep = ""),
gcamdataFile = NULL,
scenOrigNames = "All",
scenNewNames = NULL,
regionsSelect = NULL,
dirOutputs = paste(getwd(), "/outputs", sep = ""),
folderName = NULL,
nameAppend = "",
saveData = T
)Default = NULL. Full path to GCAM database folder.
Defualt = NULL. When NULL plutus loads pre-saved xml file plutus::xmlElecQueries
Default = TRUE. If TRUE will read the GCAM data base and create a queryData.proj file under the output directory. If FALSE will load a '.proj' file if a file with full path is provided otherwise it will search for a dataProj.proj file in the existing folder which may have been created from an old run.
Default = paste(getwd(), "/outputs/dataProj.proj", sep = ""). Optional. A default 'dataProj.proj' is produced if no .Proj file is specified.
Default = NULL. Optional. For example, gcamdataFile = "~/gcam-core-gcam-v5.3/input/gcamdata". Use full path to GCAM 'gcamdata' folder that contains costs and capacity data. Data files including:
(1) A23.globaltech_retirement.csv; (2) L223.StubTechCapFactor_elec.csv; (3) L223.GlobalTechCapFac_elec.csv; (4) L2233.GlobalIntTechCapital_elec.csv; (5) L2233.GlobalIntTechCapital_elec_cool.csv; (6) L2233.GlobalTechCapital_elec_cool.csv; (7) L2233.GlobalTechCapital_elecPassthru.csv
Default = "All". Original Scenarios names in GCAM database in a string vector. For example c('scenario1','scenario2).
Default = NULL. New Names which may be shorter and more useful for figures etc. Default will use Original Names. For example c('scenario1','scenario2)
Default = NULL. The regions to analyze in a vector. Example c('Colombia','Argentina'). Full list:
USA, Africa_Eastern, Africa_Northern, Africa_Southern, Africa_Western, Australia_NZ, Brazil, Canada Central America and Caribbean, Central Asia, China, EU-12, EU-15, Europe_Eastern, Europe_Non_EU, European Free Trade Association, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Africa, South America_Northern, South America_Southern, South Asia, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Argentina, Colombia, Uruguay
Default = paste(getwd(), "/outputs", sep = ""). Full path to directory for outputs
Default = NULL
Default = "". Name to append to saved files.
Default = TRUE. Set to F if do not want to save any data to file.
Returns (1) annual and cumulative costs and power generation of premature retired electricity infrustructure (including hydropower); (2) annual and cumulative costs and power generation of new capacity from new electricity infrustructures (including hydropower).