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- AMIRIS (Open source licensed true Open future false License Apache License 2.0 (Apache-2.0) Model class Agent-based electricity market model Decisions dispatch Regions Germany, Austria Math modeltype Simulation Agent-based Uncertainty stochastic, perfect foresight, deterministic Software Java)
- ASAM (Open source licensed true Open future false License GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPL-3.0) Model class Agent-based Simulation Market Model Electricity System Model German and European Electricity Market Decisions dispatch Regions Europe Math modeltype Simulation Agent-based Software Python (Pyomo))
- ASSUME (Open source licensed true Open future false License Affero General Public License v3 (AGPL-3.0) Network transmission distribution Model class German and European Electricity Market Network-constrained Unit Commitment and Economic Dispatch Agent-based electricity market model Decisions dispatch Regions Depending on input data Math modeltype Simulation Agent-based Uncertainty Deterministic Software Python, Pyomo)
- Antares-Simulator (Open source licensed true Open future false License GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPL-3.0) Network transmission DC load flow net transfer capacities Model class Capacity Expansion Problem Production Cost Model Decisions dispatch investment Regions Europe Math modeltype Optimization Simulation Uncertainty Monte-Carlo methods, myopic week-ahead foresight Software C++, C)
- AnyMOD (Open source licensed true Open future true License MIT license (MIT) Network transmission net transfer capacities Model class Framework Decisions dispatch investment Regions User-dependent Math modeltype Optimization Uncertainty single-stage scenarios Software Julia/JuMP)
- Backbone (Open source licensed true Open future false License GNU Library or "Lesser" General Public License version 3.0 (LGPL-3.0) Network transmission DC load flow net transfer capacities Model class Framework Decisions dispatch investment Regions Depends on user Math modeltype Optimization Uncertainty Short-term and long-term stochastics are available Software GAMS)
- Balmorel (Open source licensed true Open future true License ISC License (ISC) Network net transfer capacities transmission DC load flow Model class Energy System Model Decisions dispatch investment Regions User-dependent (Pan-European, applied in 20+ countries) Math modeltype Optimization Uncertainty Deterministic, perfect foresight, global sensitivity analysis Software GAMS)
- Breakthrough Energy Model (Open source licensed true Open future false License MIT license (MIT) Network transmission DC load flow Model class Framework Decisions dispatch Regions Currently U.S., but extendable to any region Math modeltype Optimization Simulation Uncertainty Scenario Analysis (Deterministic) Software Julia/JuMP)
- CAPOW (Open source licensed true Open future false License MIT license (MIT) Network transmission Model class CAISO and Mid-Columbia markets/U.S. West Coast Decisions dispatch Math modeltype Simulation Uncertainty Short-term and long-term stochastics are available Software Python (Pyomo))
- CESAR-P (Open source licensed true Open future false License Affero General Public License v3 (AGPL-3.0) Model class Swiss building stock Regions Switzerland Math modeltype Simulation Software Python, EnergyPlus)
- Calliope (Open source licensed true Open future true License Apache License 2.0 (Apache-2.0) Network net transfer capacities transmission distribution Model class Framework Decisions dispatch investment Regions User-dependent Math modeltype Optimization Uncertainty Deterministic; stochastic programming add-on Software Python (Pyomo))
- CapacityExpansion (Open source licensed true Open future false License MIT license (MIT) Model class Capacity Expansion Problem Decisions dispatch investment Regions Input data dependent Math modeltype Optimization Software Julia/JuMP)
- DESSTinEE (Open source licensed true Open future true License Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 3.0 (CC-BY-SA-3.0) Network net transfer capacities Model class Simulation Decisions dispatch Regions Europe, North Africa Math modeltype Simulation Uncertainty Stochastic Software Excel / VBA)
- DIETER (Open source licensed true Open future false License MIT license (MIT) Model class Optimization Decisions dispatch investment Regions Initial version: greenfield, loosely calibrated to Germany; central European version also available Math modeltype Optimization Uncertainty - (work in progress) Software GAMS; CPLEX)
- Demod (Open source licensed true Open future false License GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPL-3.0) Model class Simulation Regions Germany, UK Math modeltype Simulation Uncertainty Not yet implemented Software Python)
- Dispa-SET (Open source licensed true Open future false License European Union Public Licence Version 1.1 (EUPL-1.1) Network net transfer capacities Model class EU power system Decisions dispatch Regions Currently, 7 EU countries Math modeltype Optimization Uncertainty Through proper sizing of reserve needs Software Python (Pyomo), GAMS)
- DynPP (Open source licensed false Open future false Network net transfer capacities Model class Specific Power Plants Decisions investment Regions Specific plants Math modeltype Optimization Simulation Uncertainty Deterministic Software Modelica, Dymola, (OpenModelica), C++, MySQL, SQLite)
- EA-PSM Electric Arc Flash (Open source licensed false Open future false Network transmission distribution AC load flow DC load flow Regions Global, European Union, Lithuania, Turkey, Poland, India Math modeltype Optimization Simulation Software Java)
- EA-PSM Electric Short Circuit (Open source licensed false Open future false Network transmission distribution AC load flow DC load flow Regions Global, European Union, Lithuania, Turkey, Poland, India Math modeltype Optimization Simulation Software Java)
- ELMOD (Open source licensed true Open future true License MIT license (MIT) Network transmission DC load flow Model class German and European Electricity Market Decisions dispatch Regions Germany, Europe Math modeltype Optimization Software GAMS)
- ELTRAMOD (Open source licensed false Open future true Network transmission net transfer capacities Model class German and European Electricity Market Decisions dispatch investment Regions EU-27 + Norway + Switzerland + United Kingdom + Balkan countries Math modeltype Optimization Uncertainty Deterministic; Perfect foresight; Sensitivity analysis ; Software GAMS; CPLEX)
- EMLab-Generation (Open source licensed true Open future true License Apache License 2.0 (Apache-2.0) Network net transfer capacities Model class Agent-based Simulation Decisions dispatch investment Regions Central Western Europe Math modeltype Simulation Agent-based Uncertainty Limited foresight, optional risk aversion Software Java)
- EMMA (Open source licensed true Open future true License Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 (CC-BY-3.0) Network net transfer capacities Model class Power market model Decisions dispatch investment Regions France, Poland, Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Norway Math modeltype Optimization Uncertainty Sensitivities (many) Software GAMS)
- EOLES elec (Open source licensed true Open future false License Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 4.0 (CC-BY-SA-4.0) Network transmission Model class Electricity System Model Decisions dispatch investment Math modeltype Optimization Simulation Uncertainty Deterministic; Perfect foresight; Sensitivity analysis ; Software GAMS)
- EOLES elecRES (Open source licensed true Open future false License Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 4.0 (CC-BY-SA-4.0) Network transmission Model class Electricity System Model Decisions dispatch investment Math modeltype Optimization Simulation Uncertainty Deterministic; Perfect foresight; Sensitivity analysis ; Robust decision making Software GAMS)
- ESO-X (Open source licensed true Open future false License MIT license (MIT) Model class power system model Decisions dispatch investment Regions UK Math modeltype Optimization Uncertainty scenario analysis Software GAMS; CPLEX)
- Energy Policy Simulator (Open source licensed true Open future false License GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPL-3.0) Model class System Dynamics Decisions dispatch investment Math modeltype Simulation Uncertainty Monte carlo Software Vensim)
- Energy Transition Model (Open source licensed true Open future true License MIT license (MIT) Network transmission distribution net transfer capacities Model class Demand driven energy model Decisions dispatch Regions EU27, The Netherlands, UK, Poland, France, Germany, Spain, Brazil Math modeltype Simulation Uncertainty The user can assess the impact of almost every input variable and assumption Software Developed in-house written in Ruby (on Rails))
- EnergyNumbers-Balancing (Open source licensed false Open future false Model class Simulating storage and exogenously-variable renewables Decisions dispatch Regions Britain, Germany, Spain Math modeltype Simulation Uncertainty Deterministic Software Fortran, PHP, Javascript, HTML, CSS)
- EnergyRt (Open source licensed true Open future true License Affero General Public License v3 (AGPL-3.0) Model class Reference Energy System Math modeltype Optimization Uncertainty perfect foresight Software GAMS; GLPK)
- EnergyScope (Open source licensed true Open future false License Apache License 2.0 (Apache-2.0) Model class Regional energy system design Decisions dispatch investment Regions Region (Switzerland, Belgium) Math modeltype Optimization Software GLPK/GLPSOL or AMPL/Cplex)
- Ficus (Open source licensed true Open future true License GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPL-3.0) Model class energy system optimization model Decisions dispatch investment Math modeltype Optimization Uncertainty None Software Python (Pyomo))
- FlexiGIS (Open source licensed true Open future false License BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License (BSD-3-Clause) Network distribution Model class urban energy systems Math modeltype Optimization Simulation Software Python)
- GAMAMOD (Open source licensed false Open future true Network transmission distribution Model class European Natural Gas Market Decisions dispatch investment Math modeltype Optimization Software GAMS)
- GAMAMOD-DE (Open source licensed false Open future true Network transmission Model class German Transmission Grid Decisions dispatch Regions Germany Math modeltype Optimization Simulation Software GAMS; CPLEX)
- GRIMSEL-FLEX (Open source licensed true Open future false License BSD 2-Clause "Simplified" or "FreeBSD" License (BSD-2-Clause) Network transmission net transfer capacities Model class Energy System Model Optimization Social Planner Decisions dispatch Regions Switzerland, Austria, Italy, France, Germany Math modeltype Optimization Uncertainty Perfect foresight, Sensitivity analisys, Scenarios Software Python (Pyomo))
- Genesys (Open source licensed true Open future false License GNU Library or "Lesser" General Public License version 2.1 (LGPL-2.1) Network transmission net transfer capacities Model class Electricity System Model Decisions dispatch investment Regions Europe, North Africa, Middle East Math modeltype Optimization Simulation Uncertainty 24 h foresight for storage operation Software C++, boost library, MySQL and QT4, (optional CPLEX solver implementation))
- GridCal (Open source licensed true Open future true License GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPL-3.0) Network transmission distribution AC load flow DC load flow Model class Transmission Network Model and Data (input and output) Math modeltype Optimization Simulation Uncertainty Deterministic, stochastic Software Python)
- HighRES (Open source licensed true Open future false License MIT license (MIT) Network transmission net transfer capacities Model class European electricity system model GB electricity system model Decisions dispatch investment Regions EEA+Norway and UK Math modeltype Optimization Software GAMS; CPLEX)
- IRENA FlexTool (Open source licensed true Open future false License GNU Library or "Lesser" General Public License version 3.0 (LGPL-3.0) Network transmission net transfer capacities Model class Multi-purpose Decisions dispatch investment Regions User dependent Math modeltype Optimization Uncertainty perfect foresight, but can use limited horizon Software GNU MathProg)
- JMM (Open source licensed false Open future false)
- Lemlab (Open source licensed true Open future false License GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPL-3.0) Model class agent-based simulation Math modeltype Simulation Agent-based Uncertainty perfect forecast, deterministic, stochastic Software Python, Pyomo)
- LoadProfileGenerator (Open source licensed true Open future false License MIT license (MIT) Software C#)
- MEDEAS (Open source licensed true Open future false License MIT license (MIT) Regions Global; European Union; Bulgaria; Austria Math modeltype Other Uncertainty Deterministic Software Phyton)
- MOCES (Open source licensed false Open future true Model class Energy Modeling Framework Decisions dispatch Regions Depends on user Math modeltype Simulation Agent-based Uncertainty deterministic, stochastic Software Modelica, Dymola, (OpenModelica), C++, MySQL, SQLite)
- Maon (Open source licensed false Open future false Network transmission distribution AC load flow DC load flow net transfer capacities Model class Mixed-Integer Quadratic Programming (MIQP) Decisions dispatch investment Regions Europe, North Africa, Middle East Math modeltype Optimization Simulation Other Agent-based Uncertainty Monte Carlo, preprocessing or sensitivity Software C++)
- Medea (Open source licensed true Open future false License MIT license (MIT) Network net transfer capacities Model class Austrian and German electricity market Decisions dispatch investment Regions Austria, Germany Math modeltype Optimization Uncertainty Deterministic Software GAMS)
- MicroGridsPy (Open source licensed true Open future false License European Union Public Licence Version 1.1 (EUPL-1.1) Model class Energy Modeling Framework Decisions dispatch investment Math modeltype Optimization Uncertainty Two-stage stochastic optimization Software Python (Pyomo))
- Mosaik (Open source licensed true Open future false License GNU Library or "Lesser" General Public License version 2.1 (LGPL-2.1) Network transmission distribution Model class distributed energy systems smart grid simulation Math modeltype Optimization Simulation Agent-based Software Python)
- MultiMod (Open source licensed false Open future true Network transmission net transfer capacities Model class Equilibrium model Decisions dispatch investment Regions Global Math modeltype Other Uncertainty Not covered (yet) Software GAMS)
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