kamal0013/PowNet-Laos: PowNet-Laos v1.3

Changes since v1.1

• Fix: Logical Constraints are modified to fix a bug that used to initialize the binary decision variables (on and switch) for each horizon (e.g., 24 hours)
• Fix: Ramp Rate Constraints are modified to fix ramping constraints
• Fix: Up/Down Time Constraints are modified to fix minUp/minDown constraint violation within the same horizon. Note that the constraint violation across horizon is not fixed, but we checked that the violation is minimal in a run
• Enhancement: Export demand for nodes dependent on Laos hydropower are now varied according to hydropower availability (used to be a fixed value)
• Enhancement: Derate factors of dispatchable units are now hourly inputs and are provided in separate csv files saved as 'deratef_xxxx', where 'xxxx' denotes the simulation year
• Enhancement: Options for applying time limit to optimization is added
• Enhancement: Input files are organized into a separate folder
• Enhancement: Storing process of outputs in the solver script slightly reduced the computational requirements
• See issues 7, 8, and 9 at https://github.com/kamal0013/PowNet/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aclosed

Release notes

• Third release, date: 18-Apr-2021.
• Archived in Zenodo with doi: 10.5281/zenodo.4699544
• Contributors: Ng Jia Yi, Rachel Koh, AFM Kamal Chowdhury, Stefano Galelli