Overview

Version

(0.1)

Date

Nov 22, 2021

Features

  • Demand orders

  • Simple orders

  • Block orders

  • Flexible orders

  • Storage orders

  • NTC’s (ramping limits: both hourly and per period)

  • Net positions (ramping limits: both hourly and per period)

Libraries used and requirements

the above are auto installed in a conda environment if you follow the instructions of the Quick start.

DARKO in the scientific literature

  • Micro-scale heat market 1.

Ongoing developments

The DARKO project is relatively recent, and a number of improvements will be brought to the project in a close future:

  • Results analysis (outputs, plots…)

Licence

DARKO is a free software licensed under the “European Union Public Licence” EUPL v1.2. It can be redistributed and/or modified under the terms of this license.

Main Developers

  • Matija Pavičević (KU Leuven, Belgium)

References

1

Sebestyén, T.T. and Pavičević, M. and Dorotić, H. and Krajačić, G. (2020). The establishment of a micro-scale heat market using a biomass-fired district heating system. Energy, Sustainability and Society, doi:10.1186/s13705-020-00257-2