We feel the need, the need for speed! It’s BID3 2022.1.0 !

The ‘Top Gun’ team at AFRY have focused this release on speed, with year splitting to allow you to sub-divide problems even further., along with lightning fast csv exports when you need that extra data without the database overhead. We've also beefed up the LOLE module to include flexible demand, allowed users to export a full log of all constraints to help spot pesky issues (and keep the auditors happy) and also a further bonus 7 features. Enjoy

  • Year splitting allows a year to be sub-divided into several (currently 2 or 4) parts and run those parts in parallel. Given a high enough number of usable cores, this option can be used to speed up the BID3 runtime of the Dispatch module. While this has an impact on hourly results, the annual results are expected to stay close.
  • For fast output of large data files, you now can export directly the data from a run into CSV files. This can significantly speed up the outputting part of a run, particularly for large simulations or databases, and especially if CSVs are the desired final output.
  • It is now possible to model flexible demand in the LOLE module to ensure you've got duplication of the Dispatch and LOLE functionality
  • It is now possible to see which constraints were loaded by the dispatch module for the first loop of the simulation. This can be useful for tuning, audit, or debugging purposes.
  • New functionality has made a huge difference to the speed of simulations! Great work to the BID3 team.

 

 

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