System-level Impacts of Voluntary Carbon-free Electricity Procurement Strategies

A dataset from Tsinghua University supporting a paper on voluntary carbon-free electricity procurement. It contains model input and results for cases focusing on the California and Wyoming & Colorado regions, modeling various matching strategies and technology portfolios. The dataset includes source code for the GenX electricity system optimization model and 8760-hour demand profiles.

Use Cases

• Compare system-level outcomes of different carbon-free electricity matching strategies (volumetric, emissions, temporal) based on the case naming conventions.
• Analyze the impact of advanced versus established technology portfolios on grid outcomes based on the 'adv' and 'noccszcf' case tags.
• Study the effects of regional policy (like an 80% clean electricity standard) and market rules (excess sales) on voluntary procurement based on the 'CES80', 'noexcess', and 'unlimex' case tags.
• Benchmark or extend the GenX electricity system optimization model using the included source code.
• Validate time-domain reduction techniques using the provided 8760-hour total and C&I demand profiles.

Strengths

• Includes source code for the GenX electricity system optimization model, enabling reproducibility and extension.
• Provides 8760-hour time-series profiles for total and commercial/industrial demand before processing.
• Covers two distinct geographic regions (California and Wyoming & Colorado) for comparative analysis.
• Models a wide range of policy and technology scenarios through systematically named case files.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Qingyu Xu, Tsinghua University

Collection Method

Generated by the GenX electricity system optimization model for research paper cases.

Geography

California region and Wyoming & Colorado region, United States