Solar Thermal

This technology represents locally mounted solar thermal collectors on buildings. They can supply heat to the individual buildings.

Attribute	Description	Standard value	Unit	Data type
deployment	If set to ‘true’, the technology will be considered in the energy system model (this does not necessarily mean it will be used). Only relevant for optimisation.	True	—	bool
kW_th_max	Maximum thermal capacity (i.e. heat output).	inf	kW	float
eta_overall	Overall conversion efficiency from solar radiation to heat output.	0.7	—	float
co2_intensity	Carbon-dioxide intensity of technology output (annual average value).	0	kg CO2/kWh	float
lifetime	Expected lifetime of technology before replacement is required.	25	years	int
interest_rate	Interest rate for computing levelised costs (if required).	0.025	—	float
capex	CAPEX cost of technology per unit of capacity.	2857	CHF/kWp	float
capex_one_to_one_replacement	CAPEX cost of technology per unit of capacity (when device has reached the end of life)	1000	CHF/kWp	float
maintenance_cost	OPEX cost of technology.	10	CHF/kWp/year	float

The symbols and names of the flows are

v_h_solar

Outflow Heat