Collection of tools

The following tables collect software tools in the context of district and regional energy planning.

The categorization is done according to the specific tasks and individual steps in the energy planning process. If categories are missing, please write an issue or open an PR with a suggestion for improvement.

Single software tools might occur multiple times in different categories, as specific functionalities might sometimes be hidden within a package.

The aim of this overview is a topic and energy planning issue oriented overview.

0 Primary data sources

This section might contain data source, that are relevant for district energy planning. This might be specific, e.g. 3D building geometries are available for Lower Saxony …

1 Stocktaking and data acquisition

Description of subsection.

Data acquisition / download

Name	Short description	Method	Input data	Output data	Availability	Status	Link	Developing organisations
osmnx	download of buildings footprints and street geometries from open street maps		coordinates of district	geopandas.DataFrame with buildings footprints. Streetnetwork graph.	open source	maintained	https://pypi.org/project/osmnx/

Data processing and visualisation

Name	Short description	Method	Input data	Output data	Availability	Status	Link	Developing organisations
QGIS

Weather data

Name	Short description	Method	Input data	Output data	Availability	Status	Link	Developing organisations
wetterdienst							https://github.com/earthobservations/wetterdienst

2 Energy demand

Heat

Name	Short description	Method	Input data	Output data	Availability	Status	Link	Developing organisations
demandlib

Electricity

Name	Short description	Method	Input data	Output data	Availability	Status	Link	Developing organisations
LoadProfileGenerator							https://github.com/FZJ-IEK3-VSA/LoadProfileGenerator
demandlib			Annuel electricity demand	Electricity load profiles according to

3 Renewable energy potential

Photovoltaic

Name	Short description	Method	Input data	Output data	Availability	Status	Link	Developing organisations
pvlib

Solar thermal

Name	Short description	Method	Input data	Output data	Availability	Status	Link	Developing organisations
oemof.thermal

Windpower

Name	Short description	Method	Input data	Output data	Availability	Status	Link	Developing organisations
windpowerlib

4 District heating network

Routing & Dimensioning

Name	Short description	Method	Input data	Output data	Availability	Status	Link	Developing organisations
DHNx	Optimisation of district heating network topology and dimension	MILP based on oemof.solph	GIS Polygon or point layer with buildings. Heat load of buildings. Potential DHS routes (e.g. Street network). DHS Pipeline data (costs, U-value).	DHS network with pipeline dimensions (geopandas.DataFrame). Costs and losses of DHS network.	open source	early stage	https://github.com/oemof/DHNx	University Bremen

Thermo-hydraulic simulation

Name	Short description	Method	Input data	Output data	Availability	Status	Link	Developing organisations
DHNx							https://github.com/oemof/DHNx
pandaspipes							https://github.com/e2nIEE/pandapipes
DiGriPy							https://github.com/lvorspel/DiGriPy

5 Electricity network

Power flow calculation

Name	Short description	Method	Input data	Output data	Availability	Status	Link	Developing organisations
osmnx	download of buildings footprints and street geometries from open street maps		coordinates of district	geopandas.DataFrame with buildings footprints \ - Streetnetwork graph	open source	maintained	https://pypi.org/project/osmnx/

6 District energy supply

Technology selection & Dimensioning

Name	Short description	Method	Input data	Output data	Availability	Status	Link	Developing organisations
q100opt							https://github.com/quarree100/q100opt
mtress							https://github.com/mtress/mtress	DLR Oldenburg

Physical simulation

Name	Short description	Method	Input data	Output data	Availability	Status	Link	Developing organisations
modeliquarree							https://github.com/quarree100/modeliquarree