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PyPSA - Open-Source Software for the Energy Transition
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- Date: 17.08.2020
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With the Helmholtz Energy Computing Initiative (HECI), the Helmholtz Association provides a platform on which accessible benchmarks, scalable methods, realistic data and open source software are available for the planning and optimisation of future energy systems.
IAI scientists are also participating in HECI with the development of the open-source software “Python for Power System Analysis” (PyPSA) as a tool for the simulation of power grids.
Further developments besides PyPSA with the participation of IAI scientists are:
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PolyChaos (collection of numerical routines for orthogonal polynomials) - Category Data:
PyPSA-Eur (open model dataset of the European power system at the transmission network level that covers the full ENTSO-E area) - Category Benchmarks:
Model Compendium, Data and Optimization Benchmarks (model equations for common components of campus-scale energy supply systems)
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PyPSA: Python for Power System Analysis
PyPSA “Python for Power System Analysis” is a free software toolbox for simulating and optimising modern power systems that include features such as conventional generators with unit commitment, variable wind and solar generation, storage units, coupling to other energy sectors, and mixed alternating and direct current networks. PyPSA is designed to scale well with large networks and long time series.
See also the article on PyPSA on the pages of the Helmholtz Energy Computing Initiative (HECI) in the context of “Energy System 2050” of the Helmholtz Association.