Reference program#

The reference program contains the values of the power exchanges between the different market areas. In OpenRAO, this is used to compute loop-flows.

The main tag for the document is PublicationDocument.

Net position definition#

    <PublicationTimeSeries>
        <TimeSeriesIdentification v="DE-FR"/>
        <BusinessType v="A66"/>
        <InArea codingScheme="A01" v="10YFR-RTE------C"/>
        <OutArea codingScheme="A01" v="10YCB-GERMANY--8"/>
        <MeasureUnitQuantity v="MAW"/>
        <Period>
            <TimeInterval v="2019-01-07T23:00Z/2019-01-08T23:00Z"/>
            <Resolution v="PT60M"/>
            <Interval>
                <Pos v="1"/>
                <Qty v="-1600"/>
            </Interval>
            <Interval>
              <Pos v="2"/>
              <Qty v="400"/>
            </Interval>
            ...
        </Period>
    </PublicationTimeSeries>
  • TimeSeriesIdentification: ID for the time series

  • BusinessType: standard code defining the business type. In the example above, “A66” means “Energy Flow”.

  • InArea: ID of the area importing the flow (exporting if the value is negative). Type is given by the content of codingScheme.

  • OutArea: ID of the area exporting the flow (importing if the value is negative). Type is given by the content of codingScheme.

  • MeasureUnitQuantity: Unit of the value. In the example above, “MAW”.

  • TimeInterval: time interval covered by the period.

  • Resolution: the resolution of the data. In the example above, “PT60M” means we have one value every 60 minutes.

  • Interval: contains the Pos (position, in the example above, “1” means the first interval, ie from the start
    of TimeInterval to TimeInterval + Resolution) and Qty (the value of the exchange).