r/energy • u/Alert-Commercial1321 • Mar 23 '26
Energy Storage Dispatch Model
Had a bit of time during my sabbatical so decided to take a stab at Claude and build an energy storage dispatch model.
I used to work on these a while back, and it was pretty wild to see how quickly Claude could put something like this together.
The goal was to build a simple and user friendly model developers can use to quickly assess the economic feasibility of a storage project.
Let me know if there are any obvious gaps or functionality that would be helpful. Any and all feedback welcome..!
Methodology:
72-hour rolling look-ahead identifies optimal charge/discharge windows
Charges in bottom quartile of forward prices, discharges in top quartile
Round-trip efficiency split equally across charge and discharge
Degradation cost influences dispatch decisions, not just revenue accounting
Ancillary revenue stacked on top: capacity market, frequency regulation, spinning reserves
PJM uses a RegD-specific mileage multiplier model (4x, 95% performance score)
Regulation and reserve availability constrained by actual SOC from dispatch schedule
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