0.13.0

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0.13.0

This release introduces a major refactoring of the controller architecture, a complete overhaul of the documentation, and several breaking changes to simplify the API and improve usability.

🚀 New Features

• Direct Access: Controllers now have direct access to storage, policy, and actor instances which highly simplifies implementing custom control strategies.

🔧 Breaking Changes

• Controller Architecture: The controller system has been fully refactored to rely on a single Mosaik entity, simplifying the simulation flow.
• Logging: The Monitor class has been split into vs.MemoryLogger and vs.CsvLogger, providing more specific tools for data recording during simulations.
• Renaming:
  • MicrogridPolicy -> Policy.
  • Actor.p -> Actor.power.
  • Controller variable time -> now.
• Visualization: plot_microgrid_trace has been replaced by plot_result_df.
• Removals: The deprecated SilActor has been removed.

📚 Documentation

• New Theme: The documentation has been rewritten using Material for MkDocs, offering a modern, responsive interface.
• Structure: Updated directory structure, new logos, and revised overview figures.
• Examples: Examples have been migrated from notebooks to executable Python scripts.

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed multiple issues occurring in simulations without storage.
• Resolved missing prometheus_client dependency.
• Added missing type hints and improved docstrings across the codebase.

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