PowerSimulations.jl

Authors:
Clayton Barrows, Jose-Daniel Lara, Daniel Thom, Dheepak Krishnamurthy, Sourabh Dalvi

Contact:
Clayton Barrows

Flexible, modular, and scalable package for power system quasi-static analysis with sequential problem specification capabilities.

Based on Julia. Using Juli for data processing.

Open Source
BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License (BSD-3-Clause)

Directly downloadable

No data shipped

Model Scope

Model type and solution approach

Model class	quasii-static sequential unit-commitment and economic dispatch problems
Sectors	Power system
Technologies	Renewables, Conventional Generation
Decisions	dispatch
Regions	Any
Geographic Resolution	nodal resolution (all nodes are included)
Time resolution	Second
Network coverage	transmission, AC load flow, DC load flow, net transfer capacities

Model type	Optimization
	Principal application is sequential quasi-static system optimization problems (production cost modeling).
Variables	Millions"Millions" is not a number.
Computation time	any"any" is not a number. minutes (Best in class)
Objective	Least Cost
Uncertainty modeling	scenario analysis
Suited for many scenarios / monte-carlo	Yes

Author institution	NREL +
Authors	Clayton Barrows, Jose-Daniel Lara, Daniel Thom, Dheepak Krishnamurthy, Sourabh Dalvi +
Computation time comments	Best in class
Computation time minutes
Contact email	clayton.barrows@nrel.gov +
Contact persons	Clayton Barrows +
Data availability
Decisions	dispatch +
Deterministic	scenario analysis +
Full Model Name	PowerSimulations.jl +
Georegions	Any +
Georesolution	nodal resolution (all nodes are included) +
Is suited for many scenarios	true +
License	BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License (BSD-3-Clause) +
Math modeltype	Optimization +
Math modeltype shortdesc	Principal application is sequential quasi-static system optimization problems (production cost modeling). +
Math objective	Least Cost +
Model class	quasii-static sequential unit-commitment and economic dispatch problems +
Model source public	true +
Modelling software	Julia +
Network coverage	transmission +, AC load flow +, DC load flow + and net transfer capacities +
Number of variables
Open future	false +
Open source licensed	true +
Processing software	Juli +
Sectors	Power system +
Source download	https://github.com/nrel-siip/PowerSimulations.jl +
Technologies	Renewables + and Conventional Generation +
Text description	Flexible, modular, and scalable package for power system quasi-static analysis with sequential problem specification capabilities.
Timeresolution	Second +
Website	https://github.com/nrel-siip/PowerSimulations.jl +