Place Equipment (Solar) 20180712-1400

Run this computational tool to place the following components of a solar microgrid:

• Solar Panels
• Street Lamps
• Power Meters
• Wifi Routers
• Wide Poles

Relevant Industries

• Energy > Microgrid > Renewable

Target Applications

• Microgrid Site Design

Pricing Notes

• Pricing is on a per-site basis.
• Please contact billing@crosscompute.com for special rates.

Usage Notes

• Choose a sufficient amount of memory and time to run the algorithm.
• The algorithm is also available as an API for easier automation and integration into your workflow.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to the following groups that made this work possible:

• CrossCompute
• Electric Vine
• Powerhive
• Quadracci Sustainable Engineering Lab

Geography

The algorithm expects an attribute called demand or demand_in_kwh_per_day for each customer (see Electricity).

• Customers must be polygons or points.
• Batteries must be points.
• Poles must be points.
• Distribution lines must be lines.

Electricity

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