Multiple Locations simulation

Hi!

I'm new to SAM and I've been having some problems. I would like to do one simulation with multiple locations and then compare the results. Is this possible without downloading the data separately and adjusting the code?

Thank you!

Gabriel

You will probably have to save the data separately and then do a comparison of the outputs. With SAM's option to generate code in multiple (programming) languages it should be fairly easy to generate multiple simulations in your language of choice as you should only need to change the variable for the weather file to point to files for your multiple locations. For example, for 'pvwattsv5 the variable is 'solar_resource_file'.

Kind regards

Angus

Dear Gabriel,

You could also use SAM's LK script to run simulations for different weather files. See the Samples page for script examples, for example the solar-resource-simulate-multiple-files.lk script:

github.com/NREL/SAM/tree/develop/samples/LK%20Scripts%20for%20SAM

and this webinar recording for a general overview:

sam.nrel.gov/lk-script.html

Best regards,
Paul.

Dear Gilman,

Could you share the script examples to do one simulation with multiple locations again?

Hi Umut Ece,

I updated the links in my reply above.

Best regards,
Paul.

Hello, 

I have been trying to follow this thread as I am looking to model PV output at multiple locations in Connecticut. To test, I downloaded a couple locations using the SAM GUI by importing my csv of lat and long locations, see the table below. 

ID	Locations
1	41.9483525592,-72.4749881923
2	41.9543929336999,-72.4275463887999
3	41.9539173455999,-72.4176691961999

After downloading the weather data and saving it in a folder, I implemented the  solar-resource-simulate-multiple-files.lk  script. The issue comes when running the script, after selecting the folder that my weather data is saved in the script runs but all attempts fail. When looking at the output the path name is inconsistent (e.g., C:\SAM\weather_Files/"my downloaded file".csv I think the issue is in the slashes between the folders. I am curious if there is something I am doing wrong or if I need different settings on my computer to interact with SAM LK. 

Thank you in advance for your help. 

Adam