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v1.0
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09/11/18

Release 1.0

The official release version of QuESt.

QuESt

QuESt Data Manager

An application for downloading data from RTO/ISO/market operators for use in other QuESt applications.

  • Market and operations data for the following RTOs/ISOs are available using the download utility:
    • ERCOT
    • MISO
    • PJM

QuESt Valuation

An application for performing energy storage valuation. Using historical data from market area operators, set up and solve optimization problems to estimate an upper bound on the revenue that a energy storage device could have generated over the horizon of the data.

  • Features
    • Wizard: a streamlined, guided interface for setting up sets of valuation runs
      • Pick a market area, pricing node, energy storage device, and historical dataset
      • Perform a valuation for the device each month in the set
      • Generate a pro forma report to summarize the findings in a convenient document
    • Single Run: a more flexible interface for setting up valuation runs for one month at a time
      • Offers more customization in terms of energy storage device and simulation parameters than the wizard
    • Batch Runs: an even more flexible interface for setting up large sets of valuation runs
      • Expands upon the wizard, allowing for the selection of multiple months for valuation
      • Perform parameter sweeps to look at the sensitivity of certain device or market parameters
    • Results viewer: a convenient tool for quickly checking your valuation results
      • Plot time series of revenue, state of charge, or scheduled charging/discharging actions
      • View the statistics of electricity prices for each month
      • Export .csv files for external viewing or processing

Known issues

  • An issue where the solver does not exit successfully for certain optimization problems.
  • An issue where certain downloaded data may not appear as options for use in QuESt Valuation.
  • An issue where results for MISO valuations have constant objective functions leading to trivial optimization problems are obtained when they should be excluded.
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