EnergyCommunity.jl

Optimization of Energy Communities becomes easy with EnergyCommunity.jl!

The package allows to describe any Energy Community using a readable configuration file using yaml format and a simple execution. EnergyCommunity.jl then creates a mathematical optimization model using JuMP.jl and solves it using any optimization solver compatible with JuMP.jl. The JuMP mathematical model is also editable and customized.

See the following example to understand how to use the package.

Example

The following example describes how to install and execute a simple Energy Community model.

Installation

julia> import Pkg

julia> Pkg.add("EnergyCommunity")  # EnergyCommunity package

julia> Pkg.add("JuMP")  # The optimization package

julia> Pkg.add("HiGHS")  # Open-source solver to solve the optimization problem

julia> Pkg.add("Plots")  # Plotting package

Execution

After the installation, you can run a simple example as follows:

using EnergyCommunity
using HiGHS, Plots, JuMP

# create a sample Energy Community model input files in folder "data"
create_example_data("data")

# define input configuration (available in the package)
input_file = "./data/energy_community_model.yml"

# create the Energy Community model in Cooperation mode GroupCO()
ECModel = ModelEC(input_file, EnergyCommunity.GroupCO(), HiGHS.Optimizer)

# build the model
build_model!(ECModel)

# optimize the model
optimize!(ECModel)

# create some plots
plot(ECModel, output_plot_combined)