Multiple Assets with the Site API

The site API allows optimizing many assets at the same time.

Multiple assets can be optimized using a single epl.Site, which accepts a list of assets.

Below we give some examples of typical configurations of energy assets.

Battery & CHP Generator

We can use a site to optimize an electric battery alongside a gas fired generator:

import energypylinear as epl

site = epl.Site(assets=[
  epl.Battery(power_mw=2.0, capacity_mwh=4.0),
  epl.Generator(
    electric_power_max_mw=100,
    electric_power_min_mw=30,
    electric_efficiency_pct=0.4
  )
])

results = site.optimize(
  electricity_prices=[100.0, 50, 200, -100, 0, 200, 100, -100],
  freq_mins=60,
  initial_charge_mwh=1,
  final_charge_mwh=3
)

Fast & Slow Battery

We can use a site to optimize a fast and slow battery alongside each other:

import energypylinear as epl

site = epl.Site(assets=[
  epl.Battery(power_mw=4.0, capacity_mwh=1.0),
  epl.Battery(power_mw=2.0, capacity_mwh=4.0),
])

results = site.optimize(
  electricity_prices=[100.0, 50, 200, -100, 0, 200, 100, -100],
  freq_mins=60,
  initial_charge_mwh=1,
  final_charge_mwh=3
)

Battery & EV Chargers

We can use a site to optimize a battery that sits alongside EV chargers:

import energypylinear as epl

site = epl.Site(assets=[
  epl.Battery(power_mw=2.0, capacity_mwh=4.0),
  epl.EVs(charger_mws=[100, 100], charger_turndown=0.1)
])

results = site.optimize(
  electricity_prices=[100.0, 50, 200, -100, 0, 200, 100, -100],
  freq_mins=60,
  initial_charge_mwh=1,
  final_charge_mwh=3,
  charge_events=[
      [1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
      [0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0],
      [0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0],
      [0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
    ],
  charge_event_mwh=[50, 100, 30, 40]
)