Open-source Julia tool for transmission and distribution expansion planning considering storage and demand flexibility
BSD-3-CLAUSE License
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FlexPlan.jl is a Julia/JuMP package to carry out transmission and distribution network planning considering AC and DC technology, storage and demand flexibility as possible expansion candidates. Using time series input on renewable generation and demand, as well a list of candidates for grid expansion, a mixed-integer linear problem is constructed which can be solved with any commercial or open-source MILP solver. The package builds upon the PowerModels and PowerModelsACDC packages, and uses a similar structure.
Modelling features provided by the package include:
The package documentation includes useful information comprising links to example scripts and a tutorial.
Additionally, these presentations provide a brief introduction to various aspects of FlexPlan:
All notable changes to the source code are documented in the changelog.
From Julia, FlexPlan can be installed using the built-in package manager:
using Pkg
Pkg.add("FlexPlan")
FlexPlan.jl is research-grade software and is constantly being improved and extended. If you have suggestions for improvement, please contact us via the Issues page on the repository.
This code has been developed as part of the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the FlexPlan project (grant agreement no. 863819).
Developed by:
The developers thank Carleton Coffrin (Los Alamos National Laboratory) for his countless design tips.
If you find FlexPlan.jl useful in your work, we kindly request that you cite the following publication (preprint):
@inproceedings{FlexPlan.jl,
author = {Matteo Rossini and Hakan Ergun and Marco Rossi},
title = {{FlexPlan}.jl – An open-source {Julia} tool for holistic transmission and distribution grid planning},
booktitle = {2023 Open Source Modelling and Simulation of Energy Systems ({OSMSES})},
year = {2023},
month = {mar},
publisher = {{IEEE}},
doi = {10.1109/osmses58477.2023.10089624},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/osmses58477.2023.10089624}
}
This code is provided under a BSD 3-Clause License.