HybridBOSSE (Hybrid Balance-of-System (BOS) Systems Engineering Model)

Software · Mon Apr 12 00:00:00 EDT 2021

DOI:https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20210628.1· OSTI ID:1798963 · Code ID:60075

Barker, Aaron ^[1]; Bhaskar, Parangat ^[1]; Anderson, Benjamin ^[1]; Eberle, Annika ^[1]; Roberts, Joseph ^[1]

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1. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Hybrid Power Plants (HPPs) have the potential to increase the value of renewable energy systems and decrease their costs through shared development (e.g., permitting) and infrastructure (e.g., collection system). Prior work has identified potential cost savings and technical and economic performance improvements for solar plus storage plants. However, additional research is needed to understand cost drivers that are specific to hybrid wind plants. Here we analyze the potential for shared infrastructure cost savings at one type of hybrid plant: wind plus solar photovoltaic (PV). To perform this analysis, we developed a new open-source, Python-based cost modeling tool: the Hybrid Balance-of-System (BOS) Systems Engineering model (HybridBOSSE). HybridBOSSE is an extension of NREL's LandBOSSE tool.

• Short Name / Acronym: HybridBOSSE
• Project Type: Open Source, Publicly Available Repository
• Site Accession Number: NREL SWR-21-57
• Software Type: Scientific
• License(s): BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License
• Programming Language(s): Python
• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Wind Energy Technologies Office

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  Primary Award/Contract Number:

  AC36-08GO28308
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• Code ID: 60075
• OSTI ID: 1798963
• Country of Origin: United States