Antares-Simulator is an Open Source (GNU GPL 3.0) power system simulator meant to be used by anybody placing value in quantifying the adequacy or the economic performance of interconnected energy systems , at short or remote time horizons. With an adequate modelling of the energy consumption, generation and transportation, the software performs probabilistic simulations of the system throughout many year-long scenarios made of 8760 hourly time-frames each.Transmission system Operators, Power and Gas Producers, Regulators, Academics, Consultants, NGO and all others actors concerned by energy policy issues are welcome to use the software. The Antares-Simulator project was initiated by RTE (French Electricity Transmission system Operator) in 2007. Since then, the software has been proving very useful to many users when it comes to:
Explore
Explore prospective visions of the energy sector
Assess
Assess the impact of a given energy policy on the generation mix
Analyse
Analyse the costs and benefits of a new generation or interconnection project
Evaluate
Evaluate the level of security of supply of the upcoming years
The massive development of intermittent renewable energies, the multiplication of local experiments related to smart-grids, the assessment of the potentialities offered by storage technologies (batteries, power-to-gas) are typical examples of strategic issues whose analysis require the assistance of a software application such as Antares-Simulator.
Studies of reference
Strategic tool for calculating energy mixes Antares-Xpansion is now available
Strategic tool for calculating energy mixes Antares-Xpansion is now available : unique tool with such modelling capacities 100% open-source, easy to deploy and use Thanks to its interaction with ...
The 2020 edition of the Mid-Term Adequacy Forecast (MAF) carried out with Antares has been released by ENTSO-e
The 2020 edition of the Mid-Term Adequacy Forecast (MAF) has been released by the ENTSO-e on the 30th of November. Considering the ongoing integration of variable renewable energy sources in ...
How can we ensure that the electricity transmission network will be able to support the energy transition in the long term?
A study has shown that the open source software Antares simulator and the TIMES framework can help to build the right methodology to combine energy transition and the security of the electrici...