cerf documentationΒΆ

Date: May 23, 2023 Version: 2.3.2

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cerf is an open-source geospatial Python package for evaluating and analyzing future electricity technology capacity expansion feasibility. cerf was created to evaluate the on-the-ground siting feasibility of an electricity system expansion plan by:

  1. Translating a capacity expansion plan into individually sited renewable and non-renewable power plants across a region.

  2. Emulating regional practices that address local congestion and interconnection costs as well as the social, land, and policy-based constraints faced by developers.

  3. Providing a flexible and computationally efficient tool to understand the relative importance of different factors affecting the feasibility of siting new infrastructure, such as energy justice, land suitability, water availability, and emissions.

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Getting Started

New to cerf? Get familiar with what cerf is all about.

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User Guide

The user guide provides in-depth information on the key concepts of cerf.

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API Reference

The reference guide contains a detailed description of the cerf API. The reference describes how the methods work and which parameters can be used.

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Contributing to CERF

Saw a typo in the documentation? Want to improve existing functionalities? The contributing guidelines will guide you through the process of improving cerf.