Parameters¶

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General parameters¶

These parameters are listed under the [general] section in the .ini file.

Time-series parameters¶

generate¶

Expected value: comma-seperated list of 0 to N elements among the following (case-insensitive): load, wind, hydro, thermal, solar, renewables, max-power (ex: generate = load, hydro, wind)
Required: no
Default value: empty
Usage: if left empty, all the time-series will be imported from input files. Else, the time-series listed in this parameter will be generated randomly by the simulator.

WARNING: time-series generation is not available for transmission capacities (NTC)

nbtimeseriesload¶

Expected value: unsigned integer
Required: no
Default value: 1
Usage: if load time-series are automatically generated, this parameter sets the number of different time-series to generate.

nbtimeserieshydro¶

Expected value: unsigned integer
Required: no
Default value: 1
Usage: if hydro time-series are automatically generated, this parameter sets the number of different time-series to generate.

nbtimeserieswind¶

Expected value: unsigned integer
Required: no
Default value: 1
Usage: if wind time-series are automatically generated, this parameter sets the number of different time-series to generate.

nbtimeseriesthermal¶

Expected value: unsigned integer
Required: no
Default value: 1
Usage: if thermal time-series are automatically generated, this parameter sets the number of different time-series to generate.

nbtimeseriessolar¶

Expected value: unsigned integer
Required: no
Default value: 1
Usage: if solar time-series are automatically generated, this parameter sets the number of different time-series to generate.

refreshtimeseries¶

Expected value: comma-seperated list of 0 to N elements among the following (case-insensitive): load, wind, hydro, thermal, solar, renewables, max-power
Required: no
Default value: empty
Usage: if some time-series are automatically generated, this parameter selects those of them that have to be periodically renewed in run-time

WARNING: time-series refresh is not available for transmission capacities (NTC)

Expected value: comma-seperated list of 0 to N elements among the following (case-insensitive): load, wind, hydro, thermal, solar, renewables, ntc, max-power
Required: no
Default value: empty
Usage: if some time-series are automatically generated, this parameter selects those of them that are correlated, i.e. for which the same time-series should be used together in a given scenario.

WARNING: inter-modal correlation is not available for transmission capacities (NTC)
WARNING: this is the historical correlation mode

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- Expected value: - Required: yes - Default value: - Usage:

Note: A full meteorological correlation (for each MC year) is, from a theoretical standpoint, achievable by activating "intramodal" and "intermodal" for all but the thermal kind of time-series. The availability of an underlying comprehensive multidimensional meteorological database of ready-made time-series is the crux of the matter when it comes to using this configuration.

improveunitsstartup¶

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- Expected value: - Required: yes - Default value: - Usage:

refreshintervalload¶

Expected value: strictly positive integer
Required: no
Default value: 100
Usage: if load time-series are automatically generated and refreshed, this parameter sets their refresh interval (in number of Monte-Carlo years).

refreshintervalhydro¶

Expected value: strictly positive integer
Required: no
Default value: 100
Usage: if hydro time-series are automatically generated and refreshed, this parameter sets their refresh interval (in number of Monte-Carlo years).

refreshintervalwind¶

Expected value: strictly positive integer
Required: no
Default value: 100
Usage: if wind time-series are automatically generated and refreshed, this parameter sets their refresh interval (in number of Monte-Carlo years).

refreshintervalthermal¶

Expected value: strictly positive integer
Required: no
Default value: 100
Usage: if thermal time-series are automatically generated and refreshed, this parameter sets their refresh interval (in number of Monte-Carlo years).

refreshintervalsolar¶

Expected value: strictly positive integer
Required: no
Default value: 100
Usage: if solar time-series are automatically generated and refreshed, this parameter sets their refresh interval (in number of Monte-Carlo years).

Input parameters¶

These parameters are listed under the [input] section in the .ini file.

import¶

Expected value: comma-seperated list of 0 to N elements among the following (case-insensitive): load, wind, hydro, thermal, solar, renewables, ntc, max-power
Required: no
Default value: empty
Usage: if some time-series are automatically generated, this parameter selects those of them that should be exported into the input files (in replacement of the original ones).

Note: you can also use archives to store the time-series in the output folder.

Seeds - Mersenne Twister parameters¶

These parameters are listed under the [seeds - Mersenne Twister] section in the .ini file.
They allow the user to set the seeds of random number generators, in order to ensure the results are repeatable.

seed-tsgen-load¶

Expected value: unsigned integer
Required: yes
Usage: if load time-series are automatically generated, this parameter fixes the seed for its random generator.

seed-tsgen-hydro¶

Expected value: unsigned integer
Required: yes
Usage: if hydro time-series are automatically generated, this parameter fixes the seed for its random generator.

seed-tsgen-wind¶

Expected value: unsigned integer
Required: yes
Usage: if wind time-series are automatically generated, this parameter fixes the seed for its random generator.

seed-tsgen-thermal¶

Expected value: unsigned integer
Required: yes
Usage: if thermal time-series are automatically generated, this parameter fixes the seed for its random generator.

seed-tsgen-solar¶

Expected value: unsigned integer
Required: yes
Usage: if solar time-series are automatically generated, this parameter fixes the seed for its random generator.