SIREN
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creation date: 2026-08-17T04:57:11+02:00
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SIREN
type: Subject
type: Category:Model
page: https://wiki.openmod-initiative.org/wiki/SIREN
wiki namespace: 0
author institution: Sustainable Energy Now Inc
authors: Angus King
contact persons: Angus King
data availability: some
decisions: dispatch
decisions: investment
full model name: SEN Integrated Renewable Energy Network Toolkit
georesolution: Individual power stations
is suited for many scenarios: true
license: Affero General Public License v3 (AGPL-3.0)
math modeltype: Simulation
math modeltype: Other
math modeltype shortdesc: Uses NREL SAM models to estimate hourly renewable generation for a range/number of renewable energy stations
math objective: Match generation to demand and minimise cost
model class: Electricity System Model
model source public: true
modelling software: Python, NREL SAM
open future: false
open source licensed: true
processing software: Python
report references: https://sen.asn.au/modelling/
sectors: Electricity
source download: siren
technologies: Renewables
text description: 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: Maps can be created from OpenStreet Map (MapQuest) tiles Weather data files can be created from NASA (MERRA2) or ECMWF (ERA5) satellite data It uses US NREL SAM models to calculate energy generation 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". The program source is available on github (https://github.com/ozsolarwind/siren)
timeresolution: Hour
website: modelling overview
wiki page creation date: 2016-06-06T09:58:09Z
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wiki page last editor: User:Angus King
wiki page modification date: 2024-11-07T11:23:31Z
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wiki page is new: false
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