Assess the resource adequacy of a power system to help ensure you can reliably satisfy load requirements.
Assess system adequacy with Monte Carlo Simulations
Assess the effectiveness of your power system more quickly and accurately with the Resource Adequacy function of PlanOS*, to help adequately satisfy demand. Based on a full sequential Monte Carlo simulation, GE Vernova’s Resource Adequacy software (formerly MARS) performs a chronological simulation of the system—comparing the hourly load demand in each area to the total available generation in the area—adjusted to account for planned maintenance and randomly occurring forced outages.
Additionally, the Resource Adequacy function has built-in contingency and transfer analyses capabilities, with no third-party software required. These analyses provide the technical basis for assessing the reliability and adequacy of the power system.
Full Sequential Monte Carlo. Simulates thousands of future scenarios to assess the risk of power shortfalls and grid reliability.
Evaluate risk. Model emergency operating procedures and their effect on generation capacity adequacy.
Industry-backed best practices. Simulate renewable generation while preserving load correlation.
Storage. Updated energy storage modeling for pumped hydro and battery energy.
Beyond LOLE and EUE. Gather insights into the duration, frequency, and causes of events with chronological system simulations.
High-performance computing. Resource Adequacy supports task parallelization to reduce time requirements for a single study.
Pre-made datasets. Access ready-to-use datasets available for license for faster model creation.
Transfer analysis. Simplify transmission topology using emergency transfer limits developed, constrain the power flow between major load areas of your system.
Resource Adequacy benefits
1
Conduct probabilistic power and reliability assessments of generation capacity adequacy, such as NERC PROB-A, to help ensure system reliability and mitigate potential risks.
2
Established best practices for modeling renewable generation. Resource Adequacy supports unlimited years of renewable generation data while preserving correlation to load.
3
Perform calculations such as equivalent load carrying capacity to better meet resource adequacy demands.
4
Assess reliability of power supply in meeting energy demand.
5
Determine the need for implementing emergency operating procedures down to hours/year to help avoid system failures.
PlanOS' functions
Revolutionize your system planning experience with GE Vernova
The PlanOS platform brings together GE Vernova’s decades of proven planning software tools (Production Cost, formerly MAPS*; Resource Adequacy, formerly MARS*; Power Flow, formerly PSLF*) and newly added Capacity Expansion into one powerful interface. PlanOS utilizes one shared dataset to seamlessly transition between analyses, like production cost, resource adequacy, and power flow, without the need for third-party add-ons.
This coordinated and holistic approach to analyzing a power system helps you break down traditional grid modeling silos and help you with your Integrated System Planning analysis.
Explore GE Vernova’s Consulting Services training offerings
Contact us
Want to learn more about GE Vernova’s Resource Adequacy software?
*Trademark of GE Vernova and/or its affiliates.
**Decarbonization, as used in this document, is intended to mean the reduction of carbon emissions on a kilogram per megawatt hour.
