Model Factsheets
| Name | Multi-Vector Simulator of the E-Land toolbox |
| Acronym | MVS |
| Methodical Focus | sector-coupled energy systems , Near-future investments |
| Institution(s) | Reiner Lemoine Institut (RLI) |
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| Current contact person | - |
| Contact (e-mail) | martha.hoffmann@rl-institut.de |
| Website | https://reiner-lemoine-institut.de/en/e-land/ |
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| Framework | oemof-solph |
| Link to User Documentation | https://multi-vector-simulator.readthedocs.io/en/stable/ |
| Link to Developer/Code Documentation | https://multi-vector-simulator.readthedocs.io/en/stable/ |
| Documentation quality | good |
| Source of funding | Public |
| Number of developers | less than 10 |
| Number of users | less than 100 |
| Open Source | |
| License | GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 |
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| GitHub | |
| Access to source code | https://github.com/rl-institut/multi-vector-simulator |
| Data provided | example data |
| Collaborative programming |
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| Modelling software | Python |
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| Additional software | open_plan GUI |
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| Properties electrical grid |
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| Modeled technologies: components for storage |
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| Suited for many scenarios / monte-carlo | |
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| Model file format | .exe |
| Input data file format | .csv |
| Output data file format | .csv |
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