{
 "description": "Cost and efficiency data for decentralized energy conversion technologies, compiled from various sources",
 "version": "2020-10-30",
  "category": "Technologies",
 "keywords": [
              "decentralized",
              "technologies",
              "conversion"
 ],
 "last_updated": "2020-10-30",
 "license": "",
 "title": "Decentralized energy conversion technologies",
 "contributors": [{"title": "Andrew Bollinger", "email": "andrew.bollinger@empa.ch"}],
   "resources": [
    {
      "name": "decentralized_conversion_technologies_summary",
      "path": "decentralized_conversion_technologies_summary.csv",
      "format": "csv",
      "schema": {
      "fields": [
          {
            "name": "Technology",
            "type": "string"
          },
          {
            "name": "Capital costs (CHF/kW) - MINIMUM",
            "type": "number"
          },
          {
            "name": "Capital costs (CHF/kW) - MAXIMUM",
            "type": "number"
          },
          {
            "name": "Capital costs (CHF/kW) - MEAN",
            "type": "number"
          },
          {
            "name": "O&M costs (CHF/kW/a) - MINIMUM",
            "type": "number"
          },
          {
            "name": "O&M costs (CHF/kW/a) - MAXIMUM",
            "type": "number"
          },
          {
            "name": "O&M costs (CHF/kW/a) - MEAN",
            "type": "number"
          },
          {
            "name": "O&M costs (CHF/kWh/a) - MINIMUM",
            "type": "number"
          },
          {
            "name": "O&M costs (CHF/kWh/a) - MAXIMUM",
            "type": "number"
          },
          {
            "name": "O&M costs(CHF/kWh/a) - MEAN",
            "type": "number"
          },
          {
            "name": "Efficiency - thermal (%) - MINIMUM",
            "type": "number"
          },
          {
            "name": "Efficiency - thermal (%) - MAXIMUM",
            "type": "number"
          },
          {
            "name": "Efficiency - thermal (%) - MEAN",
            "type": "number"
          },
          {
            "name": "Efficiency - electrical (%) - MINIMUM",
            "type": "number"
          },
          {
            "name": "Efficiency - electrical (%) - MAXIMUM",
            "type": "number"
          },
          {
            "name": "Efficiency - electrical (%) - MEAN",
            "type": "number"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "decentralized_storage_technologies_summary",
      "path": "decentralized_storage_technologies_summary.csv",
      "format": "csv",
      "schema": {
        "fields": [
          {
            "name": "Technology",
            "type": "string"
          },
          {
            "name": "Capital costs (CHF/kWh)",
            "type": "number"
          },
          {
            "name": "O&M costs (CHF/kWh/a)",
            "type": "number"
          },
          {
            "name": "Charging/discharging efficiency (%)",
            "type": "number"
          },
          {
            "name": "Standing losses (%)",
            "type": "number"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "Literature review on decentralized energy conversion and storage technologies",
      "path": "decentralized-energy-conversion-and-storage-technologies_literature_review.csv",
      "format": "csv",
      "schema": {
        "fields": [
          {
            "name": "Technology general name",
            "type": "string"
          },
          {
            "name": "Technology specific name",
            "type": "string"
          },
          {
            "name": "Target sector",
            "type": "string"
          },
          {
            "name": "Lifetime",
            "type": "number"
          },
          {
            "name": "Year",
            "description": "Projection year",
            "type": "number"
          },
          {
            "name": "Source",
            "description": "Literature source",
            "type": "string"
          },
          {
            "name": "Capital cost (CHF/kW)",
            "description": "Capital costs in CHF/kW",
            "type": "number"
          },
          {
            "name": "Capital cost min (CHF/kW)",
            "description": "Minimum capital costs in CHF/kW",
            "type": "number"
          },
          {
            "name": "Capital cost max (CHF/kW)",
            "description": "Maximum capital costs in CHF/kW",
            "type": "number"
          },
          {
            "name": "Installation cost (CHF/installation)",
            "description": "Installation cost in CHF/installation",
            "type": "number"
          },
          {
            "name": "Installation cost min (CHF/installation)",
            "description": "Minimum installation cost in CHF/installation",
            "type": "number"
          },
          {
            "name": "Installation cost max (CHF/installation)",
            "description": "Maximum installation cost in CHF/installation",
            "type": "number"
          },
          {
            "name": "Fixed operation cost (CHF/kW)",
            "description": "Fixed operation costs in CHF/kW",
            "type": "number"
          },
          {
            "name": "Fixed operation cost min (CHF/kW)",
            "description": "Minimum fixed operation costs in CHF/kW",
            "type": "number"
          },
          {
            "name": "Fixed operation cost max (CHF/kW)",
            "description": "Maximum fixed operation costs in CHF/kW",
            "type": "number"
          },
          {
            "name": "Maintenance cost (CHF/a)",
            "description": "Yearly maintenance costs in CHF/a",
            "type": "number"
          },
          {
            "name": "Variable OM cost (CHF/kWh)",
            "description": "Variable operation and maintenance costs in CHF/kWh",
            "type": "number"
          },
          {
            "name": "Variable OM cost min ($/kWh)",
            "description": "Minimum variable operation and maintenance costs in CHF/kWh",
            "type": "number"
          },
          {
            "name": "Variable OM cost max ($/kWh)",
            "description": "Maximum variable operation and maintenance costs in CHF/kWh",
            "type": "number"
          },
          {
            "name": "Original currency",
            "type": "string"
          },
          {
            "name": "Assumed currency conversion rate",
            "type": "number"
          },
          {
            "name": "Output type",
            "type": "string"
          },
          {
            "name": "Fuel type",
            "type": "string"
          },
          {
            "name": "Emissions control type",
            "type": "string"
          },
          {
            "name": "Capacity (MW)",
            "description" : "Capacity in MW",
            "type": "number"
          },
          {
            "name": "Capacity min (MW)",
            "description" : "Minimum capacity in MW",
            "type": "number"
          },
          {
            "name": "Capacity max (MW)",
            "description" : "Maximum capacity in MW",
            "type": "number"
          },
          {
            "name": "Efficiency (%)",
            "description" : "Efficiency in %",
            "type": "number"
          },
          {
            "name": "Efficiency min (%)",
            "description" : "Minimum efficiency in %",
           	"type": "number"
          },
          {
            "name": "Efficiency max (%)",
            "description" : "Maximum efficiency in %",
           	"type": "number"
          },
          {
            "name": "Electrical efficiency (%)",
            "description" : "Electrical efficiency in %",
            "type": "number"
          },
          {
            "name": "Thermal efficiency",
            "description" : "Thermal efficiency in %",
            "type": "number"
          },
          {
            "name": "Heat to power ratio",
            "type": "number"
          },
          {
            "name": "Load factor",
            "type": "number"
          },
          {
            "name": "Load factor min",
            "type": "number"
          },
          {
            "name": "Load factor max",
            "type": "number"
          },
          {
            "name": "Comment",
            "type": "string"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    { "name": "Multiple sources, see column Source"}
    ]
}