psst is a Power System Simulation Toolbox written completely in Python. It is:
- Free software: MIT license
- Documentation: https://nrel.github.io/psst.
Features
Highlights include:
- Security Constrained Unit Commitment
- Security Constrained Economic Dispatch
- Integration with Pyomo, Pandas, Numpy, Scipy, Matplotlib, NetworkX and D3.js
psst supports:
- Wholesale power market modeling
- A Security Constrained Unit Commitment with Look Ahead
- A Security Constrained Economic Dispatch
- DAM and Hourly RTM
Installation
You can clone this repo, then install it locally by typing into a Unix-style command prompt:
git clone git://github.com/power-system-simulation-toolbox/psst
cd psst
pip install -e .
For full instructions, see: https://nrel.github.io/psst.
Credits
This work was developed as an extension to work done supported by Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) and Iowa State University, in collaboration with Sandia National Laboratories, UC Davis and ISO-NE. We also acknowledge the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Wind and Water Power Technology Office (WWPTO) under the office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) for funding the development of this open source power system market clearing tool.