PREP-SHOT (Pathways for Renewable Energy Planning coupling Short-term Hydropower OperaTion) is a transparent, modular, and open-source energy expansion model, offering advanced solutions for multi-scale, intertemporal, and cost-effective expansion of energy systems and transmission lines. It's developed by Zhanwei Liu and Xiaogang He from the PREP-NexT Lab at the National University of Singapore.
For more information, please visit our Official Documentation.
This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License 3.0.
- Optimization model based on linear programming for multi-zone energy systems.
- Cost minimization while meeting given demand time series.
- Adjustable operation on hourly-spaced time steps.
- Input data in Excel format and output data in NetCDF format using
Xarray
. - Support for multiple solvers like Gurobi, CPLEX, MOSEK, and GLPK via
Pyomo
. - Allows input of multiple scenarios for specific parameters.
- A pure Python program, leveraging
pandas
andXarray
for simplified complex data analysis and extensibility.
This section includes a brief tutorial on running your first PREP-SHOT model.
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Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/PREP-NexT/PREP-SHOT.git
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Create the Conda Environment and install the dependencies
conda env create -f prep-shot.yml
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Activate the Conda Environment
conda activate prep-shot-test
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Run your first model
python run.py
This example is inspired by real-world data. For a detailed elaboration of this tutorial, check out the Tutorial Page in our documentation.
To contribute to this project, please read our Contributing Guidelines.
If you use PREP-SHOT in a scientific publication, we would appreciate citations. You can use the following BibTeX entry:
@article{liu2023,
title = {Balancing-oriented hydropower operation makes the clean energy transition more affordable and simultaneously boosts water security},
author = {Liu, Zhanwei and He, Xiaogang},
journal = {Nature Water},
volume = {1},
pages = {778--789},
year = {2023},
doi = {10.1038/s44221-023-00126-0},
}
If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions that aren't suitable for public discussions in the Issues section, please feel free to reach out to Zhanwei Liu.
Please use the GitHub Issues for public discussions related to bugs, enhancements, or other project-related discussions.
Benders
decomposition-based fast solution frameworkJuMP
-based low-memory and fast modelling engine- Support for input of cost–supply curves of technologies
- Support for expanding conventional hydropower plants
- Support for refurbishing conventional hydropower plants to pumped-storage schemes
- Support for refurbishing carbon-emission plants to carbon capture and storage (CCS) schemes
The PREP-SHOT model is an academic project and is not intended to be used as a precise prediction tool for specific hydropower operations or energy planning. The developers will not be held liable for any decisions made based on the use of this model. We recommend applying it in conjunction with expert judgment and other modeling tools in a decision-making context.