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In principle, the following Dispa-LINK function assign_parameters with 1-1 mapping type:

def assign_parameters(power_plants, values, parameter):
    """
    Populate power plant database with known parameters such as capacity, technology, fuel (1-1 mapping)
    :param power_plants:    power plant database in Dispa-SET readable format
    :param values:          list of parameter values
    :param parameter:       parameter "PowerCapacity, Efficiency etc."
    :return:                power plant database in Dispa-SET readable format
    """
    power_plants[parameter] = values
    logging.info('Mapping of source model ' + parameter + ' to Dispa-SET ' + parameter + ' complete!')
    return power_plants

for a system with 3 power plants can be called as follows:

import dispa_link as dl
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd

power_plants = pd.DataFrame(columns=['PowerCapacity','Nunits','Efficiency'])
values = {'PowerCapacity': [100, 50, 250],
          'Technology': ['COMC', 'GTUR', 'STUR'],
          'Fuel': ['GAS', 'OIL', 'NUC'],
          'Nunits': [1, 1, 2]}
for parameter in ['PowerCapacity', 'Technology', 'Fuel', 'Nunits']
    power_plants = dl.assign_parameters(power_plants, values, parameter)

and would result in dataframe as follows:

List of power plants

Name	PowerCapacity	Technology	Fuel	Nunits
A	100MW	COMC	GAS	1
B	50MW	GTUR	OIL	1
C	250MW	STUR	NUC	2