Sergio Balderrama, Sylvain Quoilin, Francesco Lombardi, Giulia Guidicini, Lorenzo Rinaldi, Emanuela Colombo, Riccardo Mereu, Nicolò Stevanato, Ivan Sangiorgio, Gianluca Pellecchia
Sergio Balderrama, Francesco Lombardi, Fabio Riva, Walter Canedo, Emanuela Colombo, Sylvain Quoilin, A two-stage linear programming optimization framework for isolated hybrid microgrids in a rural context: The case study of the “El Espino” community, Energy (2019), 188,
-Long-term sizing of rural microgrids -Load evolution
European Union Public Licence Version 1.1 (EUPL-1.1)
The model is based on two-stage stochastic optimisation and LP or MILP mathematical formulation
Single or multi objective optimization (NPC, operation costs, CO2 emissions)
-Nicolò Stevanato, Francesco Lombardi, Emanuela Colombo, Sergio Balderrama, Sylvain Quoilin, Two-Stage Stochastic Sizing of a Rural Micro-Grid Based on Stochastic Load Generation, 2019 IEEE Milan PowerTech, Milan, Italy, 2019, pp. 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1109/PTC.2019.8810571 -Nicolò Stevanato, Francesco Lombardi, Giulia Guidicini, Lorenzo Rinaldi, Sergio Balderrama, Matija Pavičević, Sylvain Quoilin, Emanuela Colombo, Long-term sizing of rural microgrids: Accounting for load evolution through multi-step investment plan and stochastic optimization, Energy for Sustainable Development (2020), 58, pp. 16-29, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esd.2020.07.002 -Nicolò Stevanato, Lorenzo Rinaldi, Stefano Pistolese, Sergio Balderrama, Sylvain Quoilin, Emanuela Colombo, Modeling of a Village-Scale Multi-Energy System for the Integrated Supply of Electric and Thermal Energy, Applied Sciences (2020), https://doi.org/10.3390/app10217445
The MicroGridsPy model main objective is to provide an open-source alternative to the problem of sizing and dispatch of energy in micro-grids in isolated places. It’s written in python(pyomo) and use excel and text files as input and output data handling and visualisation. Main features: -Optimal sizing of PV panels, wind turbines, other renewable technologies, back-up genset and electrochemical storage system for least cost electricity supply in rural isolated areas; -Optimal dispatch from the identified supply systems; -Possibility to optimize on NPC or operation costs; -LCOE evaluation for the identified system. Possible features: -Two-stage stochastic optimization; -Multi-year evolving load demand and multi-step capacity expansion; -Possibility of connecting to the national grid; -Two-objective optimization (economic and environmental objective functions); -Brownfield optimization; -Built-in load archetypes for rural users; -Endogenous calculation of renewable energy sources production.