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Step 9: Run your report

Calculating the annual and cumulative impact.

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Once you have completed all the steps you can run the report to obtain an overview of the planned or potential impact of your technology in CO2 emissions avoided per year (annual impact) or total CO2 emissions avoided over a period of time (cumulative impact). You can then save the results as a pdf, excel file or .json file, as well as save the solution to your solutions so you can edit it later.

On this page, you will find:

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Summary⁠

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Planned and potential impact⁠

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Unit impact⁠

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Serviceable obtainable market⁠

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References⁠

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Save solution⁠

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Download solution⁠

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FAQs⁠

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Don’t forget to save!

Your progress in the tool does not save automatically. If you are not finished inputting data for your tool, click through to the end and save the solution to your solutions. You can then go back and open the model in “My Solutions” and edit the inputs later.

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Summary

The report provides an overview of the technology description and the key impact values for the start and end years of the assessment. On the top right, you may choose to save the model to their CRANE tool account, or download it in a variety of formats. The model may be downloaded as a PDF report, an Excel workbook, or as a .json file (useful for quick model sharing and reloading).

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Note that it is also possible to click “back to inputs” on the upper left and change any of the input data.

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Planned and potential impact

Annual impact

The annual impact is the CO2 emissions saved each year for your new technology. This should increase as your technology sales or market penetration increase and will plateau when you are close to reaching your maximum sales capacity or predicted market share based on your inputs.

The steepness of the S-curve indicates how quickly you expect your technology to grow within the incumbent market, thus reflecting a higher impact earlier on. The graph could be steep for technologies with a very high impact in a niche market or for technologies with a medium to low impact in a very large existing market for example. If you have a technology that needs many years to develop and enter the market, or is addressing a relatively new market, it will be adopted slower and the S-curve will have a smaller gradient.

Examples of factors that can influence your annual impact are technological developments, changing markets or external influences such as legislation or geopolitical factors. However, if you have not included these influences in your data then they will not be reflected in these graphs.

The lower and higher error bars show the uncertainty based on the uncertainty of the solution unit emissions and the serviceable obtainable market.

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Cumulative impact

The cumulative impact shows you the total impact of your technology for each year. It is the annual impact summed over time. This means it is the quantity of CO2 emissions that your technology has avoided in total for the year indicated.

The cumulative impact will start small and increase with respect to the steepness of the S-curve in the annual impact until it reaches a nearly linear gradient as the annual impact stabilizes. The gradient will be larger for technologies with a higher annual impact and lower for technologies with a lower annual impact.

The lower and higher error bars show the uncertainty based on the uncertainty of the solution unit emissions and the serviceable obtainable market.

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Unit impact & SOM

This section of the results show the unit impact and the serviceable obtainable market along with the corresponding uncertainties. The references used for the inputs are also indicated below the charts so that you can see what you have put in.

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Unit impact

This is a summary of the solution unit emissions that were shown in Step 6. You should have already checked and verified the input values for their accuracy and precision.

Serviceable obtainable market (SOM)

This is a summary of the SOM and SAM that you have input in Step 7 and 8. If you chose planned impact, then you do not need to look at the SAM but you can check to see if the size of the SOM is in the right order of magnitude. If you chose potential impact, check to see if the market penetration you are expecting looks realistic.

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References

You can find all the references used in the CRANE tool assessment, who has input them and what parameter they are linked to. If you are unhappy about the reference you can go back to the corresponding step and change it.

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Save solution

To save the solution to My Solutions, click the save solution button on the top right.

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The solution should be given a name that will make identification easy from the My Solutions page later.

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The saved model can then be accessed when you click “My Profile” as shown below on the left hand toolbar.

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Download solution

You can download the solution as a CRANE tool input file (.json), .pdf or excel workbook by clicking the download button shown below.

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Each file format can be useful for different purposes.

CRANE Input File (.json): This is useful for sharing a CRANE tool model with other CRANE tool users who may want to edit it or review all input fields. Anyone with a specific .json file can load it in the CRANE tool and then review the model and make changes from their own account and save it as their own model. It is also convenient for rapidly reloading a model, since the .json file can be dragged and dropped from the Impact Assessment homepage.

PDF: This is useful for sharing the assessment results with others in a easy to read format. This document will contain all the information given in the report as a .pdf (See example below.)

Excel workbook: This is useful for exporting the data used to create the CRANE tool model in a format that readily enables further transformations and evaluation. (See example below)

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Excel Workbook

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FAQs

Can I make my CRANE tool model public to share with other CRANE tool users?

This feature was available in the previous version, but we are currently exploring new options for users to share their models and data. Please contact us directly if this is something you are interested in at

info@cranetool.org

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Can someone help verify my model? Can someone check if my data is correct?

We have offered this service in the past and are currently working on a new process to help users verify their model. If this is something that you are interested in, please contact us at

info@cranetool.org

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Do I need to save the solution to my solutions if I am downloading the pdf, excel workbook or .json file?

Yes, you need to save the solution each time to my solutions. If you only download the pdf or excel without saving it to my solutions, you will have to create the model again.

Does the CRANE tool model save automatically? Do I need to save it each time I close the tool?

Yes, the tool does not automatically save any changes. Be sure to save your model at the end of each change you make. Even if you have not completed your model, be sure to click through to the end to save it so that you can continue later.

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