Data

Which data and where from?

In general, the import format is going to be adapted to get data from CSV/excel files. Implementation for connection with DB is in my head but still far from now. The way of collecting demand and radiation will be implemented initially adapted to the formats of data I have. Later on I will maybe try to make robust functions that accept several kinds of different inputs.

Electric demand

For the demand, I am using data obtained from the website of the electricity distributor of my parents home. I can access it online and download it in CSV format. The code will be design therefore based on this data, meaning that its import is adapted to the time steps this data is obtained (e.g. each 15 minute, each 5 minutes, etc.)

Solar generation

As the case study is focused in my hometown, I use radiation data from there. The radiation GHI (global horizontal irradiation), and a function that adapts it to angle and latitude will be implemented.