IRENA FlexTool
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IRENA FlexTool
by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
Authors:
Juha Kiviluoma, Arttu Tupala, Antti Soininen
Contact:
Juha Kiviluoma
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IRENA FlexTool is an energy and power systems model for understanding the role of variable power generation in future energy systems. It performs capacity expansion planning as well as operational planning.
VTT develops the model for IRENA (and receives a lot of feedback from IRENA to improve the model)
Based on GNU MathProg. Using Python, SQL for data processing.
Website / Documentation
Download
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 Open Source
GNU Library or "Lesser" General Public License version 3.0 (LGPL-3.0)
Directly downloadable
Some input data shipped
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| Model Scope |
Model type and solution approach |
| Model class
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Multi-purpose
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| Sectors
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All sectors (user can add more)
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| Technologies
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Renewables, Conventional Generation, CHP
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| Decisions
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dispatch, investment
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| Regions
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User dependent
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| Geographic Resolution
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User dependent
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| Time resolution
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Hour
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| Network coverage
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transmission, net transfer capacities
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| Model type
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Optimization
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Typically linear cost minimization, but unit online decisions can be mixed-integer linear (and effectively investment decisions too).
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| Variables
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Case dependent"Case dependent" is not a number.
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| Computation time
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Case dependent"Case dependent" is not a number. minutes (Should be quite fast for linear problems.)
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| Objective
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cost minimization
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| Uncertainty modeling
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perfect foresight, but can use limited horizon
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| Suited for many scenarios / monte-carlo
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Yes
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References
Scientific references
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