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Modify load over time - PySAM/ Solar PV
21 Sep 2023 02:07 #12508
by pgilman
Replied by pgilman on topic Modify load over time - PySAM/ Solar PV
Hi Allison,
The load input is for one year, so there is not a way to provide different load data for different years.
The best you can do is use the Electric Load Annual Growth Rate input ( load_escalation input to Utilityrate5 in PySAM) to adjust the load in each year. The input is an array, so you can use a different rate for each year. You can use negative load growth values to represent annual reductions in the load. For example, you could model a 5% reduction every 5 years like this:
The resulting annual load:
Note that some annual arrays in SAM are indexed to start in Year 0 and others start in Year 1. In this case the annual load is zero in Year 0.
In PySAM, use an array of length = analysis_period:
Best regards,
Paul.
The load input is for one year, so there is not a way to provide different load data for different years.
The best you can do is use the Electric Load Annual Growth Rate input ( load_escalation input to Utilityrate5 in PySAM) to adjust the load in each year. The input is an array, so you can use a different rate for each year. You can use negative load growth values to represent annual reductions in the load. For example, you could model a 5% reduction every 5 years like this:
The resulting annual load:
Note that some annual arrays in SAM are indexed to start in Year 0 and others start in Year 1. In this case the annual load is zero in Year 0.
In PySAM, use an array of length = analysis_period:
load_escalation = [-5,-5,-5,-5,-5,-10,-10,-10,-10 ...]Best regards,
Paul.
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