Model Factsheet

General Information

Name	Artelys Crystal Super Grid
Acronym	ACSG
Methodical Focus	Optimization
Institution(s)
Author(s) (institution, working field, active time period)
Current contact person	Paul Brière
Contact (e-mail)	info-crystal@artelys.com
Website	https://www.artelys.com/crystal/super-grid/
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Primary Purpose	Energy systems are rapidly getting more and more complex with the increasing integration of intermittent energy sources and energy markets coupling together on a large scale. Therefore, the future of energy mixes in most countries is rather uncertain. Regulators, energy producers, public actors and transmission system operators have to take strategic decisions, which have to consider the complexity and the uncertainty of energy systems. Artelys Crystal Super Grid provides a comprehensive interface that, along with the most advanced quantitative tools, will help you evaluate the costs and benefits of infrastructure projects or policy proposals, as well as optimize investments in generation assets, networks and flexibility solutions.
Primary Outputs	The model is able to simultaneously optimise the operations of and investments in all categories of assets, including different generation technologies, flexible consumption technologies, storage assets, cross-border interconnections and pipelines between areas. The model allows for global constraints to be introduced, such as CO2 budget or maximum output by a given technology over the year (e.g., maximum running hours of coal assets may be constrained).
Support / Community / Forum
Framework
Link to User Documentation	-
Link to Developer/Code Documentation	https://www.artelys.com/docs/supergrid/libraryDoc.html
Documentation quality	good
Source of funding	Private
Number of developers	-
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Openness

Open Source
Planned to open up in the future
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Software

Modelling software
Internal data processing software
External optimizer
Additional software
GUI

Coverage

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Modeled technologies: components for power generation or conversion	Renewables - Conventional -
Modeled technologies: components for transfer, infrastructure or grid	Electricity - Gas - Heat -
Properties electrical grid	-
Modeled technologies: components for storage	-
User behaviour and demand side management
Changes in efficiency
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Mathematical Properties

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Suited for many scenarios / monte-carlo
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Model Integration

Interfaces
Model file format	.exe
Input data file format	.csv
Output data file format	.csv
Integration with other models
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