AMIRIS |
AMIRIS |
electricity |
Agent-based electricity market model |
dispatch |
Apache License 2.0 (Apache-2.0) |
Java |
Hour |
National |
ASAM |
ASAM |
Electricity Electricity Market Electric power |
Agent-based Simulation Market Model Electricity System Model German and European Electricity Market |
dispatch |
GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPL-3.0) |
Python (Pyomo) |
15 Minute |
Individual power stations |
ASSUME |
ASSUME |
All / Electricity |
German and European Electricity Market Network-constrained Unit Commitment and Economic Dispatch Agent-based electricity market model |
dispatch |
Affero General Public License v3 (AGPL-3.0) |
Python, Pyomo |
15 Minute |
NUTS0 - NUTS3, for DE |
Antares-Simulator |
Antares-Simulator |
Electricity Methane Hydrogen Heat |
Capacity Expansion Problem Production Cost Model |
dispatch investment |
GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPL-3.0) |
C++, C |
Hour |
NUTS0 - NUTS2 |
AnyMOD |
AnyMOD |
User-dependent |
Framework |
dispatch investment |
MIT license (MIT) |
Julia/JuMP |
Hour |
User-dependent |
Backbone |
Backbone |
All |
Framework |
dispatch investment |
GNU Library or "Lesser" General Public License version 3.0 (LGPL-3.0) |
GAMS |
15 Minute |
Depends on user |
Balmorel |
Balmorel |
User-dependent |
Energy System Model |
dispatch investment |
ISC License (ISC) |
GAMS |
Hour |
Hierarchical: countries, regions, areas |
Breakthrough Energy Model |
Breakthrough Energy Model |
Electricity |
Framework |
dispatch |
MIT license (MIT) |
Julia/JuMP |
Hour |
Nodal |
CAPOW |
CAPOW |
Electric power |
CAISO and Mid-Columbia markets/U.S. West Coast |
dispatch |
MIT license (MIT) |
Python (Pyomo) |
Hour |
Zonal |
CESAR-P |
CESAR-P |
electricity heating cooling domestic hot water |
Swiss building stock |
|
Affero General Public License v3 (AGPL-3.0) |
Python, EnergyPlus |
Hour |
depending on input data |
Calliope |
Calliope |
User-dependent |
Framework |
dispatch investment |
Apache License 2.0 (Apache-2.0) |
Python (Pyomo) |
Hour |
User-dependent |
CapacityExpansion |
CapacityExpansion |
electricity heat gas |
Capacity Expansion Problem |
dispatch investment |
MIT license (MIT) |
Julia/JuMP |
|
input data dependent |
DESSTinEE |
DESSTinEE |
All / Electricity |
Simulation |
dispatch |
Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 3.0 (CC-BY-SA-3.0) |
Excel / VBA |
Hour |
National |
DIETER |
DIETER |
electricity plus sector coupling (EVs P2Heat) |
Optimization |
dispatch investment |
MIT license (MIT) |
GAMS; CPLEX |
Hour |
In most applications so far, Germany as one node; version with additional central European country nodes available |
Demod |
Demod |
end-use demand |
Simulation |
|
GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPL-3.0) |
Python |
Minute |
depending on input data |
Dispa-SET |
Dispa-SET |
Power system |
EU power system |
dispatch |
European Union Public Licence Version 1.1 (EUPL-1.1) |
Python (Pyomo), GAMS |
Hour |
NUTS1 |
ELMOD |
ELMOD |
Electricity Heat |
German and European Electricity Market |
dispatch |
MIT license (MIT) |
GAMS |
Hour |
power plant block, transmission network node |
EMLab-Generation |
EMLab-Generation |
Electricity Market Carbon Market |
Agent-based Simulation |
dispatch investment |
Apache License 2.0 (Apache-2.0) |
Java |
Year |
Zones |
EMMA |
EMMA |
Electricity |
Power market model |
dispatch investment |
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 (CC-BY-3.0) |
GAMS |
Hour |
Countries |
EOLES elec |
EOLES elec |
Electricity Sector Carbon Market |
Electricity System Model |
dispatch investment |
Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 4.0 (CC-BY-SA-4.0) |
GAMS |
Hour |
Country level |
EOLES elecRES |
EOLES elecRES |
Electricity Sector |
Electricity System Model |
dispatch investment |
Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 4.0 (CC-BY-SA-4.0) |
GAMS |
Hour |
Coutry |
ESO-X |
ESO-X |
Electricity |
power system model |
dispatch investment |
MIT license (MIT) |
GAMS; CPLEX |
Hour |
single-node (ESONE: 29 nodes) |
Energy Policy Simulator |
Energy Policy Simulator |
Electricity buildings transportation industry district heat land agriculture hydrogen etc... |
System Dynamics |
dispatch investment |
GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPL-3.0) |
Vensim |
Year |
single region |
Energy Transition Model |
Energy Transition Model |
Households Buildings Agriculture Transport Industry Energy |
Demand driven energy model |
dispatch |
MIT license (MIT) |
Developed in-house written in Ruby (on Rails) |
Year |
Country |
EnergyRt |
EnergyRt |
|
Reference Energy System |
|
Affero General Public License v3 (AGPL-3.0) |
GAMS; GLPK |
|
|
EnergyScope |
EnergyScope |
All (Electricity Heating and mobility) |
Regional energy system design |
dispatch investment |
Apache License 2.0 (Apache-2.0) |
GLPK/GLPSOL or AMPL/Cplex |
Hour |
Country |
Ficus |
Ficus |
electricity heating ... |
energy system optimization model |
dispatch investment |
GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPL-3.0) |
Python (Pyomo) |
15 Minute |
|
FlexiGIS |
FlexiGIS |
Electricity Sector |
urban energy systems |
|
BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License (BSD-3-Clause) |
Python |
15 Minute |
building, street, district, city |
GRIMSEL-FLEX |
GRIMSEL-FLEX |
Electricity Heat Hydrogen Buildings Transport |
Energy System Model Optimization Social Planner |
dispatch |
BSD 2-Clause "Simplified" or "FreeBSD" License (BSD-2-Clause) |
Python (Pyomo) |
Hour |
Consumer types and Urban settings |
Genesys |
Genesys |
Electricity |
Electricity System Model |
dispatch investment |
GNU Library or "Lesser" General Public License version 2.1 (LGPL-2.1) |
C++, boost library, MySQL and QT4, (optional CPLEX solver implementation) |
Hour |
EUMENA, 21 regions |
GridCal |
GridCal |
Electricity |
Transmission Network Model and Data (input and output) |
|
GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPL-3.0) |
Python |
|
|
HighRES |
HighRES |
Electricity |
European electricity system model GB electricity system model |
dispatch investment |
MIT license (MIT) |
GAMS; CPLEX |
Hour |
Country level, 20 zones for GB |
IRENA FlexTool |
IRENA FlexTool |
All sectors (user can add more) |
Multi-purpose |
dispatch investment |
GNU Library or "Lesser" General Public License version 3.0 (LGPL-3.0) |
GNU MathProg |
Hour |
User dependent |
Lemlab |
Lemlab |
local energy markets |
agent-based simulation |
|
GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPL-3.0) |
Python, Pyomo |
|
|
LoadProfileGenerator |
LoadProfileGenerator |
|
|
|
MIT license (MIT) |
C# |
Minute |
|
MEDEAS |
MEDEAS |
electricity heat liquid fuels gas solid fuels |
|
|
MIT license (MIT) |
Phyton |
Year |
global, continents, nations |
Medea |
Medea |
Electricity Heat |
Austrian and German electricity market |
dispatch investment |
MIT license (MIT) |
GAMS |
Hour |
Countries |
MicroGridsPy |
MicroGridsPy |
Micro-grids design |
Energy Modeling Framework |
dispatch investment |
European Union Public Licence Version 1.1 (EUPL-1.1) |
Python (Pyomo) |
Hour |
Village-scale |
Mosaik |
Mosaik |
electricity heat mobility household |
distributed energy systems smart grid simulation |
|
GNU Library or "Lesser" General Public License version 2.1 (LGPL-2.1) |
Python |
Second |
|
NEMO |
NEMO |
|
|
dispatch |
GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPL-3.0) |
Python |
Hour |
NEM regions |
NEMO (SEI) |
NEMO (SEI) |
All |
Full energy system optimization flexible geographic and sectoral scope |
dispatch investment |
Apache License 2.0 (Apache-2.0) |
Julia |
Hour |
Flexible - user-defined regionalization |
OMEGAlpes |
OMEGAlpes |
Electricity Heat all |
Production consumption conversion storage |
|
Apache License 2.0 (Apache-2.0) |
OMEGAlpes, PuLP |
|
|
OSeMOSYS |
OSeMOSYS |
all |
|
investment |
Apache License 2.0 (Apache-2.0) |
GNU MathProg |
Day |
Country |
Oemof |
Oemof |
Electricity Heat Mobility |
Energy Modelling Framework |
dispatch investment |
GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPL-3.0) |
Python, Pyomo, Coin-OR |
Hour |
Depends on user |
OnSSET |
OnSSET |
|
|
|
MIT license (MIT) |
Python |
Multi year |
1 km to 10 km |
OpenTUMFlex |
OpenTUMFlex |
Energy Electricity Market Households electricity plus sector coupling (EVs |
Energy System Model urban energy systems load shifting optimisation Local energy systems |
|
GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPL-3.0) |
Python (Pyomo) |
15 Minute |
User dependent |
POMATO |
POMATO |
Electricity Market Heat |
Network-constrained Unit Commitment and Economic Dispatch |
dispatch |
GNU Library or "Lesser" General Public License version 3.0 (LGPL-3.0) |
Julia/JuMP |
Hour |
Nodal resolution |
Pandapipes |
Pandapipes |
|
|
|
MIT license (MIT) |
Python |
|
|
Pandapower |
Pandapower |
|
Transmission Network Model |
|
BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License (BSD-3-Clause) |
Python |
|
|
PowNet |
PowNet |
Electricity Electric power Energy |
Network-constrained Unit Commitment and Economic Dispatch |
dispatch |
MIT license (MIT) |
Python (Pyomo) |
Hour |
High-voltage substation |
PowerMatcher |
PowerMatcher |
|
|
|
Apache License 2.0 (Apache-2.0) |
Java |
|
|
PowerSimulations.jl |
PowerSimulations.jl |
Power system |
quasii-static sequential unit-commitment and economic dispatch problems |
dispatch |
BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License (BSD-3-Clause) |
Julia |
Second |
nodal resolution (all nodes are included) |
PowerSimulationsDynamics.jl |
PowerSimulationsDynamics.jl |
Electric power Electricity electricity |
Dynamic system simulation model library |
|
BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License (BSD-3-Clause) |
Julia |
Less than second |
Nodal resolution |
PowerSystems.jl |
PowerSystems.jl |
Electricity Electricity Sector Electric power |
Optimization Simulation |
dispatch |
BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License (BSD-3-Clause) |
Julia |
Less than second |
Nodal resolution |
Pvlib python |
Pvlib python |
Electricity |
|
|
BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License (BSD-3-Clause) |
Python |
|
|
PyLESA |
PyLESA |
electricity heat |
Local energy systems |
dispatch |
MIT license (MIT) |
Python |
Hour |
Local/Community/District |
PyPSA |
PyPSA |
Electricity Heat Transport User-defined |
Energy System Model |
dispatch investment |
GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPL-3.0) |
Python, Pyomo |
Hour |
User dependent |
QuaSi - GenSim |
QuaSi - GenSim |
electricity heat cold |
building energy demand |
|
MIT license (MIT) |
EnergyPlus, OpenStudio, MS Excel, Ruby |
15 Minute |
|
QuaSi - ReSiE |
QuaSi - ReSiE |
all sectors incl. heat cold hydrogen electricity |
multi energy systems in urban scale |
dispatch investment |
MIT license (MIT) |
Julia |
15 Minute |
depends on user |
REopt |
REopt |
Energy |
Energy System Model |
dispatch investment |
BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License (BSD-3-Clause) |
Julia/JuMP |
Hour |
Site |
Region4FLEX |
Region4FLEX |
electricity plus sector coupling (EVs P2Heat P2Gas) |
load shifting optimisation |
|
Apache License 2.0 (Apache-2.0) |
Python |
15 Minute |
Administrative districts |
Renpass |
Renpass |
Electricity |
Electricity System Model / Regional Dispatch Model / Transshipment Model |
dispatch |
GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPL-3.0) |
R |
Hour |
Germany: 21 regions / other countries: country |
SIREN |
SIREN |
Electricity |
Electricity System Model |
dispatch investment |
Affero General Public License v3 (AGPL-3.0) |
Python, NREL SAM |
Hour |
Individual power stations |
SMS++ |
SMS++ |
electricity heat components partly developed but extensible to anything |
in princople all short- to long-term optimization |
dispatch investment |
GNU Library or "Lesser" General Public License version 3.0 (LGPL-3.0) |
SMS++ |
Multi year |
any |
SciGRID gas |
SciGRID gas |
Gas |
European Gas Transmission Network Model and Data (input and output) |
|
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0) |
GeoJSON & CSV |
|
Individual gas transmission elements (pipelines, compressorstations, borderpoints etc.) |
SciGRID power |
SciGRID power |
Electricity Sector |
Transmission Network Model |
|
Apache License 2.0 (Apache-2.0) |
Python, PostgreSQL |
|
nodal resolution |
SimSEE |
SimSEE |
Electricity Market |
Optimal energy dispatch |
dispatch investment |
GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPL-3.0) |
freepascal |
Hour |
|
SimSES |
SimSES |
Electricity |
Electrical energy storage system |
dispatch |
BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License (BSD-3-Clause) |
Python |
Minute |
|
SpineOpt.jl |
SpineOpt.jl |
All |
Framework |
dispatch investment |
GNU Library or "Lesser" General Public License version 3.0 (LGPL-3.0) |
Julia/JuMP |
Hour |
User-dependent |
StELMOD |
StELMOD |
Electricity |
Optimization |
dispatch |
MIT license (MIT) |
GAMS |
Hour |
Nodal resolution |
Switch |
Switch |
electricity gas hydrologic transport end-use demand carbon sequestration; user-extendable |
Power system capacity expansion energy system |
dispatch investment |
Apache License 2.0 (Apache-2.0) |
Python, Pyomo |
Hour |
buildings, microgrids, city, state, national or continental |
System Advisor Model (SAM) |
System Advisor Model (SAM) |
power generation |
International renewble energy project modeling |
dispatch |
BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License (BSD-3-Clause) |
C++, WxWidgets |
Minute |
|
TIMES |
TIMES |
All sectors |
Local National Regional Global models developed using TIMES |
dispatch investment |
GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPL-3.0) |
GAMS |
Hour |
Local, National, Regional, Global models |
Temoa |
Temoa |
all |
energy system optimization model |
investment |
GNU General Public License version 2.0 (GPL-2.0) |
Python (Pyomo) |
Multi year |
single region |
TransiEnt |
TransiEnt |
electricity district heating Gas |
Dynamic system simulation model library |
|
|
Modelica |
Second |
Metropolregion Hamburg |
URBS |
URBS |
User-dependent Electricity |
Energy Modelling Framework |
dispatch investment |
GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPL-3.0) |
Python (Pyomo) |
Hour |
User-dependent |
USENSYS |
USENSYS |
Electric power |
Capacity expansion Reference Energy System |
investment |
Affero General Public License v3 (AGPL-3.0) |
R/energyRt |
Hour |
Administrative districts |