Supply-demand balance (MW)

indexed by: asset, data type (Demand or Production), energy, node, technology and test case

Description

This KPI returns the equilibrium between demand and supply for every asset, energy, node, and technology of a given context (except for CO2 energies: see specific KPI).

The results indicated in this KPI are directly those of the optimization problem. If an asset produces, it will appear in the Production tag of the “Data type” index.

For example, a storage asset may appear in both the Production and Demand tags, as it consumes energy to store it and produces energy during its life cycle.

Modelling hint

Voluntary Load Curtailment, which represents consumption curtailment, and Loss of Load, which represents failure, are modelled as production assets. They will therefore appear in the Production tag.

This KPI is particularly interesting to understand the equilibrium between the national production and the national demand over a node for a given energy.