Time Steps & Time of Departure Customization

[filofossati]

Hi There! I have two questions:

if it is possible to reduce the time steps simulation from 5 years down to 1?
And if it is possible to manually change the time of departure of the simulation? for instance right now I believe the base year is 2020; but I was wondering if I could change that and for example making the simulation begin in 2019?
Thanks a lot in advance!
Filo

[khaeru]

Hi @filofossati —welcome, and thanks for your questions! I have moved these to the Discussions forum, because they are not related to any bug or desired addition to the code, only understanding existing functionality:

if it is possible to reduce the time steps simulation from 5 years down to 1?

Yes. Please read the dedicated documentation page “Years, periods, and time slices”, in particular the description of the duration_period parameter.

And if it is possible to manually change the time of departure of the simulation? for instance right now I believe the base year is 2020; but I was wondering if I could change that and for example making the simulation begin in 2019?

Yes. The concepts here are explained in the same place. The function add_horizon() is provided to simultaneously configure several sets and parameters related to time.

If this answer covers your initial questions, please mark it ✅ . If you have further questions and cannot answer them by reading the documentation, please ask a follow-up here or in a new discussion.

[filofossati]

Thanks for your answers @khaeru!I will dig into it and let you know if I have other questions!