Artelys Announces Major New Release of Artelys Crystal Super Grid

Advanced multi-energy capabilities 

Artelys Crystal Super Grid has, from the start, enabled the modelling and optimisation of complex multi‑energy systems. Its asset library continues to expand, with advanced capabilities for electricity‑sector flexibility, improved cross‑vector coupling, and comprehensive parameters to refine the representation of imports of electricity and molecules. 

Advanced multi-energy capabilities 

Artelys Crystal Super Grid has, from the start, enabled the modelling and optimisation of complex multi‑energy systems. Its asset library continues to expand, with advanced capabilities for electricity‑sector flexibility, improved cross‑vector coupling, and comprehensive parameters to refine the representation of imports of electricity and molecules. 

Enhanced maintenance scheduling capabilities 

This improvement enables users to generate a single optimised maintenance plan across multiple test cases without initiating a dispatch optimisation process. The resulting schedule can then be stored and reused for other simulations. An additional parameter has also been added to take maintenance durations into account when scheduling maintenance. 

Enhanced maintenance scheduling capabilities 

This improvement enables users to generate a single optimised maintenance plan across multiple test cases without initiating a dispatch optimisation process. The resulting schedule can then be stored and reused for other simulations. An additional parameter has also been added to take maintenance durations into account when scheduling maintenance. 

Facilitated edition of general constraints 

It is now even easier to set constraints on groups of nodes or assets! Thanks to this capability you can implement a cap on CO₂ emissions, limit imports and exports, set limits on the way thermal units are allowed to be dispatched, etc. The user can choose whether these constraints are to be enforced strictly or implemented as soft constraints that may be violated at a specified cost.

Facilitated edition of general constraints 

It is now even easier to set constraints on groups of nodes or assets! Thanks to this capability you can implement a cap on CO₂ emissions, limit imports and exports, set limits on the way thermal units are allowed to be dispatched, etc. The user can choose whether these constraints are to be enforced strictly or implemented as soft constraints that may be violated at a specified cost.

New feature to identify marginal units more precisely 

The marginal unit identification feature is a post-processing analysis that determines which units would increase their output to meet an additional unit of demand at a given hour and in a given zone. This feature is particularly relevant to analyse the role of gas-fired assets in electricity price formation. To enable this analysis, the application exploits the structure of the underlying mathematical optimisation problem in a completely novel way. 

New feature to identify marginal units more precisely 

The marginal unit identification feature is a post-processing analysis that determines which units would increase their output to meet an additional unit of demand at a given hour and in a given zone. This feature is particularly relevant to analyse the role of gas-fired assets in electricity price formation. To enable this analysis, the application exploits the structure of the underlying mathematical optimisation problem in a completely novel way. 

Enhanced traceability  

Users now have access to an extensive set of logs, enabling them to more easily monitor computation workflows and perform faster diagnosis when a simulation is found to be infeasible.  

Enhanced traceability  

Users now have access to an extensive set of logs, enabling them to more easily monitor computation workflows and perform faster diagnosis when a simulation is found to be infeasible.  

Microservice architecture 

The architecture of Artelys Crystal Super Grid is based on a modular structure that seamlessly connects the web interface, server, database, and computing resources to deliver reliable and high-performance services. It can easily integrate with external tools (e.g. databases, monitoring solutions, etc.) and ensure flexibility, scalability, and smooth operation. This architecture also facilitates the orchestration of complex computation workflows – running thousands of simulations is now as simple as running a single one. 

Microservice architecture 

The architecture of Artelys Crystal Super Grid is based on a modular structure that seamlessly connects the web interface, server, database, and computing resources to deliver reliable and high-performance services. It can easily integrate with external tools (e.g. databases, monitoring solutions, etc.) and ensure flexibility, scalability, and smooth operation. This architecture also facilitates the orchestration of complex computation workflows – running thousands of simulations is now as simple as running a single one.