Quarterly update Version 20.9 (released in September 2020) included the following features:
- Iterative Technical Design and Financial Analysis
- Optimization of Project Revenues and Costs
- Standalone Storage, PV+S (AC or DC), W+S, PV + W + S, PV + PV + S
- Optimize Sizing and Degradation
- Detailed Time Series Simulations (Hourly, Minute or Second)
- Detailed Calculations: SOC, RTE, OPEX, CAPEX, ITC, Oversizing, Depreciation
- Dynamic Scenarios (Run 5 Different CAPEX and OPEX)
- Non-linear Degradation Curves That Capture Degradation Due to Throughput, DOD and SOC Across Six Lithium-ion Chemistries
- RTE Losses in Accordance with Equipment Efficiency Curves (Batteries, Inverters, Transformers, Wires)
- RTE Degradation (Batteries Become Less Efficient Over Time)
- Optimized Dispatch Tool to Maximize Returns • Stack Applications and Create Custom Dispatches
- Downloadable Cash Flow (annual and monthly)
- Evaluate Business Models using Historical Prices or Forecasts
- Sensitivity Analysis That Allows Year by Year Changes of Costs and Revenues
- Maintenance and Monitoring Cost Estimates
- Detailed Calculations of Peak Auxiliary Loads (Station Power)
- Annual Costs of Auxiliary Loads on a Timestamp by Timestamp Basis
- Solar Parasitic Load Cost Calculation
- Track and Customize Degradation Separately for Augmentations
- Optimize Between BOL Oversize and Augmentations with Self-optimized Simulations
- Specify Cost Curves for Augmentations
- Configure Topology: MV or HV Interconnect
- Solve for Solar PV PPA Rate and Storage Capacity Payment
- Incorporate Third-party Forecasts and Dispatches • DC:AC Optimization for PV+S
- Optimize Around a POI Restriction
- Calculate the Amount of Batteries Given the DOD, C-rate and SOC Restrictions
- Account for Inverter Replacements
- Major Maintenance Reserve Account
- ITC Compliance, MACRS, Bonus Depreciation
- Arbitrage Tool (the Model Shows the Best Times to Buy and Sell)
- Federal and State Taxes and Tax Incentives
- MA SMART and Clean Peak Incentive Calculators
- Full Access to Formulas and VBA
- Access to Pre-built Models for NYISO, ISO-NE, PJM, ERCOT, CAISO, SPP and MISO
- CAPEX Pricing Tool (Fractal’s Estimated Costs)
