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
Antares-Simulator 8.0.0 now available
This new version brings up three major improvements: To begin with, the MC Scenario Playlist feature was updated to introduce the definition of a weight for each Monte Carlo year. These weights ar...
Register for the next training session for Advanced Antares software on April, 6th and 7th 2021 in Paris and online!
The main objectives of this 2-day training session are for trainees to master the latest features of the software and advanced functionalities through several sessions of practical work. ...
Launch of the Antares Users' Club and 2021 Roadmap
Launch of the Antares Users' Club Antares is now used by more and more organizations. It meets more and more specific needs and proposes scenarios by integrating more and more parameters. Major pl...