Version 1.1.0 (August 27, 2024) ------------------------------- This is a release of MESSAGEix-Materials and includes model additions and enhancements. There are also a few of changes in the command line interface. Model changes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **Iron & steel sector** This release introduces the following low-emission options: - Direct reduction of iron with hydrogen - Direct reduction of iron with natural gas - Direct reduction of iron with natural gas and CCS - Blast furnace with CCS - Blast furnace using charcoal - Basic oxygen furnace with top gas recirculation Global trade of finished steel has been calibrated according to wordsteel Association. Shared input data file :file:`Global_steel_cement_MESSAGE.xlsx` has been separated for steel and cement data. **Non metallic minerals sector** Shared input data file has been separated for steel and cement data. CCS addon reformulated to prohibit wet CCS addon on dry clinker kiln and vice versa. **Non ferrous metals sector** Global trade of aluminum has been calibrated according to IAI MFA model. **Power sector** Material intensity of hydro power plants updated (reference?) **Demand generator** GDP and population projections are read from scenarios by default by retrieving the parametrization of ``bound_activity_up`` for the technologies ``GDP``, ``GDP_PPP`` and ``Population``. If the data cannot be retrieved from the scenario parameters, default projections from an exogenous data file are used. **Other** MESSAGEix-Materials can be built on the :ref:`model-bare` now. Convenience function :func:`data_util.calculate_ini_new_cap` to calculate ``initial_new_capacity_up/lo`` based on demand parameter. MACRO calibration is now available for non-IIASA users who did not have access to the previously required MACRO calibration file. See :ref:`CLI Changes` An option has been added to shift the first model year of a scenario to a desired year before solving. See :ref:`CLI Changes` CLI changes ~~~~~~~~~~~ The :func:`build_scen` command uses the ``mix-models`` CLI parameter ``--nodes`` now. Currently ``R12`` is the only supported option. Scenarios can now be calibrated with MACRO by setting ``--add_calibration=True`` and setting ``--macro-file`` to an existing filename located in :file:`data/material/macro/`. Solving a scenario with a different first model year is possible with e.g.:: mix-models --url="ixmp://ixmp_dev/MESSAGEix-Materials/scenario_name" material-ix \ SSP2 solve --shift_model_year=2025 Deprecations ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The ``material-ix`` commands ``add-buildings-ts``, ``report-2`` and ``create-bare`` have been removed. New features ~~~~~~~~~~~~ **Bug Fixes** **Compatibility**