This release includes several new features, bug fixes and compatibility improvements. It should have minimal effect on results from existing models other than some improvements and bug fixes in the electricity_cost.csv output file.
New features:
- hydrogen production module
- option to perform optimal early retirement and suspension for generators
- generator retrofit capability
- identify which date each timepoint falls on to support intra-day balancing when using multi-day timeseries
- options to control when generators retire if their maximum age ends in the middle of a study period
- fixed O&M costs for the energy component (e.g. battery cells) of storage projects
- allow negative values for fixed and variable O&M for generators
- compatible with
appsi_highsand other appsi_* solvers - compatible with Pyomo 6.0.0 - 6.7.1
- corrected calculation of
EnergyCostReal_per_MWh - fixes for various bugs
See CHANGELOG.md for more details and documentation.