Costs

Overview of costs in DIETER (core model)

Type of cost	Unit	Code	Source
Annuel fixed cost per MW	EUR/MW	fixed_costs	Schroeder et al. (2013)
Operation and maintenance (OM) cost per MWh	EUR/MWh	variable_om	Schroeder et al. (2013)
Overnight investment costs per MW	EUR/MW	oc	Schroeder et al. (2013)
Interest rate for calculating investment annuities	%	interest_rate	Own assumptions
Load change costs for changing generation upward	EUR/MW	load change cost up	Own assumptions
Load change costs for changing generation downward	EUR/MW	load change cost down	Own assumptions
Fuel costs	EUR/MWh_th	fuel costs	dena(2012) DLR et al. (2012) and own assumptions
CO2 price	EUR/t	CO2_price	Own assumptions
Curtailment costs	EUR/MWh	curtailment_costs	Own assumptions