The python package eDisGo serves as a toolbox to evaluate flexibility measures as an economic alternative to conventional grid expansion in medium and low voltage grids.
The toolbox currently includes:
- Data import from external data sources
- ding0 tool for synthetic medium and low voltage grid topologies for the whole of Germany
- OpenEnergy DataBase (oedb) for feed-in time series of fluctuating renewables and scenarios for future power plant park of Germany
- demandlib for electrical load time series
- SimBEV and TracBEV for charging demand data of electric vehicles, respectively potential charging point locations
- Static, non-linear power flow analysis using PyPSA for grid issue identification
- Automatic grid reinforcement methodology solving overloading and voltage issues to determine grid expansion needs and costs based on measures most commonly taken by German distribution grid operators
- Implementation of different charging strategies of electric vehicles
- Multiperiod optimal power flow based on julia package PowerModels.jl optimizing storage positioning and/or operation (Currently not maintained) as well as generator dispatch with regard to minimizing grid expansion costs
- Temporal complexity reduction
- Heuristic for grid-supportive generator curtailment (Currently not maintained)
- Heuristic grid-supportive battery storage integration (Currently not maintained)
Currently, a method to optimize the flexibility that can be provided by electric vehicles through controlled charging is being implemented. Prospectively, demand side management and reactive power management will be included.
See quickstart for the first steps. A deeper guide is provided in usage-details. Methodologies are explained in detail in features-in-detail. For those of you who want to contribute see dev-notes and the API reference.
eDisGo was initially developed in the open_eGo research project as part of a grid planning tool that can be used to determine the optimal grid and storage expansion of the German power grid over all voltage levels and has been used in two publications of the project:
- Integrated Techno-Economic Power System Planning of Transmission and Distribution Grids
- Final report of the open_eGo project (in German)
quickstart usage_details features_in_detail dev_notes definitions_and_units configs equipment whatsnew genindex