Electricity network
On the level of a typical LES, the network consists of one or several medium-voltage (MV) networks which support several low-voltage (LV) networks (see Figure 1 below for an example of a network topology).
The high-voltage (HV) net is assumed to lie outside of the testing ground and serves as a source/sink for demand/supply of electricity for the testing ground as a whole.
You can define the exact layout of the electricity network in your LES with a so-called topology. You can use an existing topology or create a new one. The details for this are described in the technologies section of this wiki.
Each electrical technology in ETMoses is described by a load profile. These load profiles describe the load exerted on the end-point of the electricity network to which the technology is connected for each time step (usually 15 minutes). ETMoses than simply add the loads for all connected technologies at each time step. The total load on the end-point is then compared to the capacity of that end-point. Should the total load exceed the capacity the endpoint (a.k.a. node) will light up red. It is also possible to toggle the capacity switch, which will show the capacity of the node in the load diagram as a red line. Both features are shown in the figure below.
Network congestion, i.e. total load on a network component or node exceeding its capacity, can be mitigated by shifting loads in time or storing or buffering energy. ETMoses contains a set of pre-defined strategies which are described in detail in the strategies section of this wiki.
