The Hosting Capacity Tool

The Hosting Capacity Tool is an advanced analysis tool designed to assess the capacity of an electrical grid to integrate new generation units, especially renewable energies, without compromising the stability and safe operation of the grid.

This tool allows network planners and operators to evaluate the limits of the current infrastructure before making new investments in generation. Through detailed simulations, the tool models different scenarios of energy generation integration, assessing critical factors such as voltage stability, transmission line overloads, and energy losses. This helps identify the capacities and limitations of the grid to accommodate new energy sources, thus improving generation expansion planning. The Hosting Capacity Tool also enables contingency analysis by simulating network failure situations to assess how the system responds to unforeseen events. This analytical capability is essential to ensure grid resilience and enhance its recovery capacity. The tool utilizes historical and projected data on energy demand and renewable generation, along with information on the network topology, to provide accurate and data-driven assessments. This makes it useful not only for planning urban and industrial networks but also for rural areas and regions with expected growth in energy demand.

Tool Download

The tool is available in the following git repository, or by downloading the .zip folder with its contents:

Git repostitory: https://github.com/pelaokano/emerge_tools.git

ZIP file: Hosting_Capacity_Tool

 

Tool Download