@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ a whole are defined in a csv file with the following structure.
1616 Agricultural-residues, Energy, agrires, 112, 15.4, PJ
1717
1818Commodity
19- represents the extended name of a commodity
19+ represents the extended name of a commodity (e.g. "Heating" or "Electricity").
20+
21+ CommodityName
22+ the internal name used for a commodity inside the model (e.g. "heat" or "elec").
23+ Any references to commodities in other files must use these names.
2024
2125CommodityType
2226 defines the type of a commodity (i.e. Energy, Service, Material, or Environmental).
@@ -32,23 +36,16 @@ CommodityType
3236 The "environmental" type refers to non-energy commodities whichare used to quantify an impact on the environment,
3337 such as greenhouse gases or CO2. They can be subjected to different types of environmental fees or taxes.
3438
35- CommodityName
36- is the internal name used for a commodity inside the model.
37-
38- CommodityEmissionFactor_CO2
39+ CommodityEmissionFactor_CO2 (optional)
3940 is CO2 emission per unit of commodity flow.
4041 This commodity property is not directly used in the MUSE core set of equations, but can be further referred to
4142 for any subsequent development of the code.
4243
43- HeatRate
44+ HeatRate (optional)
4445 represents the lower heating value of an energy commodity
4546 This commodity property is not directly used in the MUSE core set of equations, but can be further referred to
4647 for any subsequent development of the code.
4748
48- Unit
49+ Unit (optional)
4950 is the unit used as a basis for all the input data. More specifically the model allows
50- a totally flexible way of defining the commodities. CommodityName is currently the
51- only column used internally as it defines the names of commodities and needs to be
52- used consistently across all the input data files. The remaining columns of the file
53- are only relevant for the user internal reference for the original sets of
54- assumptions used.
51+ a totally flexible way of defining the commodities.
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