1.29 Marginal Abatement Cost Curve

Summary

The Marginal Abatement Cost Curve App is used to create a marginal abatement curve from worksheet columns.

The Marginal Abatement Cost Curve (MACC) is a visual tool used by economists, researchers and policy-makers to prioritize and develop pollution reduction and mitigation strategies.

Tutorial

Create Graph

  1. Download this Blog_MACC_OriginPro2020.zip file. Open the Blog_MACC_OriginPro2020.opju in this zip file. Active Book1.
  2. Highlight Columns B and C and click the Marginal Abatement Cost Curve App icon Marginal Abatement Cost Curve icon.png in the Apps Gallery window to open the dialog.
    Marginal Abatement Cost Curve 01.png
  3. In the dialog, you will find the Abatement Potential is Column B and Abatement Cost is Column C. Then set Column A to Mitigation.
    Marginal Abatement Cost Curve 02.png
  4. Click OK. You will get the Marginal Abatement Cost Curve graph.
    Marginal Abatement Cost Curve 03.png

Add Labels

  1. To add the labels for the bar, double click on the plot to open Plot Details dialog
  2. Go to the Label tab of plot level and check Enable option.
  3. Set Font Size = 12, set Label Form =Col(A):"Mitigation" and Position = Outside End.
  4. Check Show Leader Line if Offset Exceeds(%), then set Connect = Step-Horz and in the right-side text box change value to 0
    Marginal Abatement Cost Curve 04.png
  5. Click OK. New labels are added in the graph.
    Marginal Abatement Cost Curve 05.png
  6. Now, you will manually drag the plot labels to position them. Click on a label to with your mouse to drag all labels.
    Marginal Abatement Cost Curve 06.png

    Or press CTRL key and click on a label to only select this label, then drag it to suitable position. Note that as you move the label, an L-shaped leader line follows.
    Marginal Abatement Cost Curve 07.png

Customization Graph Color

  1. To modify plot colors, double-click on the plot to open Plot Details dialog.
  2. Go to the Pattern tab of plot level.
  3. In the Fill group, click the Color drop-down and click the Color List to select Candy as new color list.
    Marginal Abatement Cost Curve 08.png
    Or you can click the pencil icon Pencil icon.png on the right of the color bar to open the Build Color dialog. In the Increment Editor, right-click on the current color list, choose Load Increment List and pick a color list.
    Marginal Abatement Cost Curve 09.png
  4. Click OK to save the setting and update the graph color.
    Marginal Abatement Cost Curve 10.png