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QuESt Production Cost Modeling Tool (QuESt PCM)

This wiki provides detailed documentation on data preparation, setting up configurations, and output features. For installation instructions, project overview, and citing information, see the README.

Contents

• Data Requirements — Describes the required project directory structure, supported input files, CSV schemas, naming conventions, and formatting requirements for generators, storage, transmission network, load, renewable generation, reserve requirements, and other model inputs.
• Configuration — Explains the YAML configuration file, including simulation horizon, market settings, solver options, storage modeling parameters, output frequency, and other user-configurable options that control the simulation.
• Tool Outputs — Provides an overview of the results generated by QuESt PCM, including CSV, JSON, Excel, HTML, and image outputs. This section explains the organization of the output directory and describes the key market, generator, storage, reliability, and visualization results produced after each simulation.
• Example Results - Presents representative simulation results demonstrating the capabilities of QuESt PCM, including day-ahead and real-time market dispatch, energy storage operation, market prices, and storage operation.

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