diff --git a/reV/supply_curve/points.py b/reV/supply_curve/points.py index cbfa9b995..8f1c801f6 100644 --- a/reV/supply_curve/points.py +++ b/reV/supply_curve/points.py @@ -1751,6 +1751,11 @@ def mean_cf(self): factor is weighted by the exclusions (usually 0 or 1, but 0.5 exclusions will weight appropriately). + This value represents DC capacity factor for solar and AC + capacity factor for all other technologies. This is the capacity + factor that should be used for all cost calculations for ALL + technologies (to align with SAM). + Returns ------- mean_cf : float | None @@ -2017,6 +2022,11 @@ def capacity(self): """Get the estimated capacity in MW of the supply curve point in the current resource class with the applied exclusions. + This value represents DC capacity for solar and AC capacity for + all other technologies. This is the capacity that should be used + for all cost calculations for ALL technologies (to align with + SAM). + Returns ------- capacity : float @@ -2035,7 +2045,7 @@ def capacity_ac(self): """Get the AC estimated capacity in MW of the supply curve point in the current resource class with the applied exclusions. - This values is provided only for solar inputs that have + This value is provided only for solar inputs that have the "dc_ac_ratio" dataset in the generation file. If these conditions are not met, this value is `None`. @@ -2057,7 +2067,7 @@ def capacity_dc(self): """Get the DC estimated capacity in MW of the supply curve point in the current resource class with the applied exclusions. - This values is provided only for solar inputs that have + This value is provided only for solar inputs that have the "dc_ac_ratio" dataset in the generation file. If these conditions are not met, this value is `None`.