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NEMO (SEI) + | NEMO is a high performance, open-source energy system optimization modeling tool developed in Julia. It is intended for users who seek substantial optimization capabilities without the financial burden of proprietary software or the performance bottlenecks of common open-source alternatives. It can be used in stand-alone mode or with the Low Emissions Analysis Platform (LEAP) as a front-end. |
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OMEGAlpes + | OMEGAlpes stands for Generation of Optimization Models As Linear Programming for Energy Systems. It aims to be an energy systems modelling tool for linear optimisation (LP, MILP). It is currently based on the LP modeler PuLP. |
OSeMOSYS + | OSeMOSYS has been created by a community of leading institutions and is capable of powerful energy systems analysis and prototyping new energy model formulations. It is typically used for the analysis of energy systems looking over the medium (10-15yrs) and long (50-100yrs) term. It is used by experienced modellers as an exploratory tool, by developing country modellers where data limitations are an issue, and as a teaching tool. |
Oemof + | oemof is a framework for energy system model development and its application in energy system analysis. Currently, it bases on collaborative work of three institutions. You can clone/fork the code at github.
Containing a linear optimisation problem formulation library, feedin-data generation library and other auxiliary libraries it is meant to be developed further according to interests of user/ developer community. |
OnSSET + | OnSSET has been designed for identifying least-cost technology options to electrify areas presently unserved by grid-based electricity and to estimate associated investment needs related to electrification. OnSSET uses energy-related data and information on a geographical basis such as settlement sizes and locations, distances from existing and planned transmission network, power plants, economic activity, local renewable energy flows,road network, nighttime light etc. |
OpenTUMFlex + | An open-source flexibility estimation model that quantifies all possible flexibilities from the available prosumer devices and prices them. |
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PLEXOS Open EU + | Full Details available at
http://wiki.openmod-initiative.org/wiki/Power_plant_portfolios |
POMATO + | POMATO stands for (POwer MArket TOol) and is an easy to use tool for the comprehensive analysis of the modern electricity market. It comprises the necessary power engineering framework to account for power flow physics, thermal transport constraints and security policies of the underlying transmission infrastructure, depending on the requirements defined by the user. POMATO was specifically designed to realistically model Flow-Based Market-Coupling (FBMC) and is therefore equipped with a fast security constrained optimal power flow algorithm and allows zonal market clearing with endogenously generated flow-based parameters, and redispatch. |
Pandapipes + | An easy to use open source tool for fluid system modeling, analysis and optimization with a high degree of automation. |
Pandapower + | pandapower builds on the data analysis library pandas and the power system analysis toolbox PYPOWER to create an easy to use network calculation program aimed at automation of analysis and optimization in power systems. What started as a convenience wrapper around PYPOWER has evolved into a stand-alone power systems analysis toolbox with extensive power system model library, an improved power flow solver and many other power systems analysis functions. |
PowNet + | PowNet is a least-cost optimization model for simulating the Unit Commitment and Economic Dispatch (UC/ED) of large-scale (regional to country) power systems. In PowNet, a power system is represented by a set of nodes that include power plants, high-voltage substations, and import/export stations (for cross-border systems). The model schedules and dispatches the electricity supply from power plant units to meet hourly electricity demand in substations (at a minimum cost). It considers the techno-economic constraints of both generating units and high-voltage transmission network. The power flow calculation is based on a Direct Current (DC) network (with N-1 criterion), which provides a reasonable balance between modelling accuracy and data and computational requirements. |
PowerMatcher + | "The PowerMatcher is a smart grid coordination mechanism. It balances distributed energy resources (DER) and (flexible) loads ... The PowerMatcher core application provides the market mechanism for the determination of the market equilibrium, while the devices work as actors for demand and/or supply" |
PowerSimulations.jl + | Flexible, modular, and scalable package for power system quasi-static analysis with sequential problem specification capabilities. |
PowerSystems.jl + | The PowerSystems.jl package provides a rigorous data model using Julia structures to enable power systems analysis and modeling. In addition to stand-alone system analysis tools and data model building, the PowerSystems.jl package is used as the foundational data container for the PowerSimulations.jl and PowerSimulationsDynamics.jl packages. PowerSystems.jl supports a limited number of data file formats for parsing. |
Pvlib python + | pvlib python is a community supported tool that provides a set of functions and classes for simulating the performance of photovoltaic energy systems. |
PyLESA + | PyLESA is an open source tool capable of modelling local energy systems containing both electrical and thermal technologies. It was developed with the aim of aiding the design of local energy systems. The focus of the tool is on modelling systems with heat pumps and thermal storage alongside time-of-use electricity tariffs and predictive control strategies. It is anticipated that the tool provides a framework for future development including electrical battery studies and participation in grid balancing mechanisms.
This tool was developed as part of a PhD, "Modelling and Design of Local Energy Systems Incorporating Heat Pumps, Thermal Storage, Future Tariffs, and Model Predictive Control " by Andrew Lyden. |
PyPSA + | PyPSA is a free software toolbox for simulating and optimising modern energy systems that include features such as variable wind and solar generation, storage units, sector coupling and mixed alternating and direct current networks. PyPSA is designed to scale well with large networks and long time series. |
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QuaSi - GenSim + | GenSim - for "generic building simulation" - is a building simulation software using the EnergyPlus® simulation engine to generate high-resolution heating and cooling demand profiles as well as electricity demand profiles for buildings with various types of use. "Generic" in this context refers to a "generally valid" building model. This means that the software is versatile enough to simulate any type of building in a very flexible and simplified way, enabling users to efficiently adapt the software for any building design.
GenSim was specifically devloped for the use during project pre-planning where detailed simulations of buildings are challenging due to typically constrained time budgets and limited availability of information. Traditional simulation tools require extensive input data, making the process time-consuming. GenSim addresses this by providing presets for multiple building typologies and a streamlined approach for quick, simple, yet accurate building simulations. This is particularly valuable in early planning stages when only rough data about the planned buildings is available. If more detailed information (wall structure, detailed geometry, specific use, ...) is available about the building to be examined, this can be used for more precise results.
More information is available in the documentation: https://quasi-software.readthedocs.io/en/latest/gensim_user_manual/ |
QuaSi - ReSiE + | ReSiE is a software tool that simulates energy supply concepts for buildings, focusing on renewable energy, sector coupling and individual operating strategies. It is part of the QuaSi project that includes additional tools and can be used for individual buildings up to district-level or cities. Unlike many other tools based on systems of equations, ReSiE uses rule-based algorithms, system dynamics and an agent-based approach. This approach enables detailed simulations without linearization, capturing energy flow and system state in each time step. The central mathematical model is based on energy balances and the order of the energy calculations that is determined during preprocessing. In addition, ReSiE is suitable to perform black-box optimizations for optimal component sizing. The model can be easily extended by any energy carriers and additional components or storages of variable complexity. More information is available in the documentation: https://quasi-software.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
Note: ReSiE is currently under development! |
QuaSi - SoDeLe + | SoDeLe (loosely translated as "Solar simulation as easy as can be") is an easy-to-use tool for calculating energy profiles of photovoltaic systems. It is based on the well-validated python-pvlib, but offers a user-friendly GUI based on Excel (also a CLI with JSON input). SoDeLe can simulate PV systems with parameters from real PV modules and inverters with different orientations. Alternatively, preset standard modules and a constant DC-AC efficiency can be selected. The database of parameters contains more than 35,000 PV modules from various manufacturers.
The simulation is based on a weather file, which can be either an EWP file (EnergyPlus Weather File) or a .dat file from the German Weather Service (DWD).
With SoDeLe, the energy yield of planned or existing photovoltaic systems can be determined quickly and easily in high temporal resolution without much expert knowledge. The results can be used for dynamic energy system simulations, storage sizing or dynamic cost and greenhouse gas calculations. In addition, different orientations and different PV modules and inverters can be analyzed or the energy yield of existing systems can be checked if real historical weather data is used as input.
The results of SoDeLe were verified for different module-inverter configurations, orientations and locations using comparative simulations with the commercial software PV*SOL and with the annual totals calculated by PVGIS. |
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REopt + | The REopt™ model provides concurrent, multiple technology integration and optimization capabilities to help organizations meet their cost savings and energy performance goals. Formulated as a mixed integer linear program, the REopt model recommends an optimally sized mix of renewable energy, conventional generation, and energy storage technologies; estimates the net present value of implementing those technologies; and provides a dispatch strategy for operating the technology mix at maximum economic efficiency. |
Region4FLEX + | The open source model region4FLEX quantifies, to which extent regional load shifting potentials can fulfill the local flexibility demand of the German high voltage grid (110, 220, 380 kV), e.g. for mitigating curtailment of renewable energies. The model offers an underlying database, which contains load shifting potentials on the administrative district level for Germany. The load shifting potentials are calculated by taking into account the structural parameters of the respective regions, such as employment rates in different industry sectors or the composition of the residential building stock. The local flexibility demand data of the power grid are calculated using the open_eGO energy system model. In region4FLEX, a cost optimisation defines, which of the available load shifting potentials in a region can be used, to meet the local flexibility demand. The resulting operating data, e.g. numbers of load shifting events, are used for a subsequent economic-assessment of the flexibility options from the operator’s perspective.
Model is under development. After release it will be directly downloadable.
MODULE 1: Heat demand and power-to-heat capacities
(Article: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.114161 ; Open Access Preprint: https://arxiv.org/abs/1912.03763 ; Open Dataset DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2650200)
MODULE 2: Regionalised load shifting potentials for 19 technologies from the residential, commercial and industrial sector, as well as sector coupling (dsmlib tool)
(Article: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adapen.2020.100001, dsmlib tool and dataset: https://zenodo.org/record/3988921)
MODULE 3: Investment and dispatch optimisation of demand response; economic assessment from macro-economic and operator's perspective
(Article: https://doi.org/10.3390/en15228577; Code repository: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6424639) |
Renpass + | renpass is an open source simulation energy model which has the goal to fulfil the requirements of full transparency and the possibility to image 100% renewable energy systems as well as today's system on a high regional and time resolution.
Currently renpass is being developed further as renpassG!S based on the Open Energy Modelling Framework (oemof). |
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SIREN + | SIREN uses external datasets to model the potential for renewable energy generation for a geographic region. The approach is to model the data on an hourly basis for a desired year (ignoring leap days, that is, 8,760 hours). Users explore potential location and scale of renewable energy sources (stations, storage, transmission) to meet electricity demand. It is possible to model any geographic area and uses a number of open or publicly available data sources:
<ul>
<li>Maps can be created from OpenStreet Map (MapQuest) tiles
<li>Weather data files can be created from NASA (MERRA2) or ECMWF (ERA5) satellite data
<li>It uses US NREL SAM models to calculate energy generation
</ul>
SIREN is available, packaged for Windows, on Sourceforge (https://sourceforge.net/projects/sensiren/). There's a help file (https://rawgit.com/ozsolarwind/siren/master/help.html) which describes "how it works" |
SMS++ + | SMS++ is a software framework for modelling and solving large-scale problems with multiple nested forms of structure. The primary application of SMS++ has been to energy problems and several specific components have been developed. |