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NREL ATB Fuel Costs for Nuclear and Biopower

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#63 opened on Sep 25, 2023

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Description

Feature Request

Right now, fuel costs for natural gas are pulled from the EIA. However, all other fuel costs use the standard values found in the technology-data download. This data is mostly based on European data. The NREL ATB will provide fuel costs for Biopower and Uranium that we should pull in.

Suggested Solution

Much of the logic is already there to build the fuel costs core_metric_parameter key. It is mostly just mapping the values over in add_electricity.py

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Research direction
Examine the existing fuel cost logic in add electricity.py and core metric parameter. Understand how NREL ATB data is structured and map the fuel costs for Biopower and Uranium accordingly.
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python
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backenddata
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3
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