Design the mix.
Understand the year.
Bring solar PV, battery storage and diesel generation into one hybrid plant model. Build from demand, examine operation and compare feasible choices before committing to a design.
The design canvas from the development build: PV and a battery on the DC bus, a converter, diesel and the load on the AC bus, with every rating beside its unit. The displayed equipment values are an example, not a verified recommendation.
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01The plant model
Different resources. One energy balance.
Choose the components the site needs. Make their ratings, resource data and operating constraints explicit.
- kWp
Solar PV
Relate resource data and array settings to modeled electrical output, with inverter clipping and temperature effects.
- kWh · kW
Battery storage
Set energy capacity and converter power separately, with state-of-charge limits and efficiency.
- kW · L/h
Diesel generation
Supply backup energy under the selected dispatch strategy and fuel curve, with running hours and fuel use reported.
- kW
Conversion
Account for power conversion between the DC and AC sides of the plant.
- kW
Micro-hydro
Include generation from declared head, flow and efficiency assumptions.
- kW · $/kWh
Grid connection
Include purchase and sale limits, availability and tariffs in the energy and economic balance.
02From inputs to choice
Keep the reasoning with the design.
A result depends on the inputs, component settings and operating rules used to produce it. Follow the workflow inside a saved plant project.
- 01Establish the demandAssess a site and consumer mix, enter a quick estimate, use a monthly/hourly matrix or build from appliances. Record measured inputs and estimates separately.Demand profile
- 02Add the resourceSet the location and fetch weather or import a weather file. Check the period, units and required channels before using the year.Weather record
- 03Configure the plantAdd components, ratings, storage limits and dispatch rules. Set fixed sizes or search ranges for the equipment you want to compare.Saved design
- 04Simulate operationRun the hourly energy balance. Review production, battery state, fuel consumption, surplus energy and unmet demand over the year.Annual results
- 05Compare alternativesSearch within declared bounds. Review feasible designs against the chosen objectives, then save the alternative you want to develop.Sizing comparison
- 06Test the assumptionsVary uncertain inputs and weather cases. See whether a design remains useful when demand, resources or costs change.Sensitivity results
- 07Assess the economicsBuild the project cash flow from capital cost, replacements, operating cost, finance and revenue assumptions. Examine tariff scenarios separately from LCOE.Financial model
The overview connects the project’s workflow stages and names the saved design, its version and the run that produced the headline numbers. Completion indicators show saved project state, not engineering approval.
Real app · development build
03Read the result
Ask what the design serves. And what it leaves unmet.
Annual production is only one view of a plant. The timing of demand and supply determines the work that storage and backup must do.
Energy and demand
Compare supply and demand across the modeled year. Keep unmet energy and curtailed energy visible alongside generation totals.
Storage and backup
Review battery state, charging and discharge, generator operation and fuel use against the selected dispatch policy.
Feasibility and cost
Read objective values together with constraints. A low-cost design that does not meet the stated reliability target is not a feasible answer.
Uncertainty and provenance
Retain the weather period, load method, cost sources and assumptions. Sensitivity results describe the cases that were modeled.
Energy model → electrical model
Check how the network delivers the energy.
The plant simulator uses a single-bus, hourly energy balance. Connect the plant design to network elements, add the required electrical data and run separate power-flow or time-series network checks.
Move from plant design to network checksBuild a plant model you can explain.
Start with a declared demand and resource basis. Follow each design decision through to the result and the checks it needs.