Facility Max Capacity Factor

Units:	%
Mode:	Input Only
Multi-band:	False
Default Value:	100
Validation Rule:	Between 0 And 100
Key Property:	No
Description:	Maximum capacity factor in the interval
Detail:

Facility Max Capacity Factor (and its period-specific variants (Hour, Day, Week, Month and Year) define an upper bound on a facility' capacity factor on an hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, or annual basis.

A straight-forward approach to modelling an production-limited Facility (e.g. a hydro generator) is to place periodic limits on the capacity factor as in Table 1

Table 1: An Energy Limited Facility
Property	Value	Units	Timeslice
Units	1	-
Max Operating Level	250	-
Max Capacity Factor Month	24	%	M01
Max Capacity Factor Month	66	%	M02
Max Capacity Factor Month	68	%	M03
Max Capacity Factor Month	63	%	M04
Max Capacity Factor Month	76	%	M05
Max Capacity Factor Month	36	%	M06
Max Capacity Factor Month	77	%	M07
Max Capacity Factor Month	46	%	M08
Max Capacity Factor Month	22	%	M09
Max Capacity Factor Month	4	%	M10
Max Capacity Factor Month	15	%	M11
Max Capacity Factor Month	8	%	M12

Note the use Capacity Factor Month variant and time slices (patterns) to change the capacity factor limits by month of year.

The simulator converts these constraints into Constraint objects. By default the constraints are 'hard' i.e. no violation is allowed. If you prefer to allow violations then set the Max Production Penalty property.