The electricity from small scale rooftop solar is not connected to the grid so there is not T&D loss, but it also conversion sector.

There should not be a problem simultaneously including distributed generation and own-use. Perhaps I'm misunderstanding your question, but can you explain what you have tried in order to model both of these effects, and how this approach is not satisfactory?

To import yearly shapes, you have two options: "Import Hourly Shape" and "Import". The first option searches for named Excel ranges (the workbook must be open) of 1x8760 or 24x365 hourly data points, imports them into a new yearly shape and then normalizes them. The second option is much simpler, and simply allows you to import a named Excel range into a pre-existing yearly shape. For this, the number of data points in Excel must be equal to the number of time-slices, since the import simply copies the data from Excel directly into LEAP.

Best,

Taylor

Thank you so much for your informative response. I would love to take the second approach to import data from excel file to existing yearly shape.

When I try to import the data from excel file (for example, A2: A10), the leap gave me the message "Importing from Excel (no response)" although my laptop has quite good specifications.

Should I set the range as follows $A$2:$A$10?

Sorry for the silly questions.

I could not find the answer from the leap help menu.

Thank you in advance.

Regarding the first question, I take a look at more.

To use the "Import Hourly Shape" function, you will need to name the range of cells in Excel containing the hourly data. To define a name for a cell range, refer to the following Excel help page:

With regards to the question on setting up a model with on-site or "own-use" generation, I recommend creating a new module under the Transformation branch called "On-Site Generation" (for example), and placing this module above the T&D module using the blue up and down arrows located above the tree. The ordering of the modules dictates the sequence of the transformation calculations. For this reason, by placing the On-Site Generation module above the T&D module, it would not be subject to T&D losses. For more information on transformation calculations and ordering modules, refer to the following help page: https://www.energycommunity.org/Help/index.htm#t=Transformation%2FTransformation_Calculations.htm

Also, there have been other threads that have discussed on-site generation, which may also be a useful resource:

https://www.energycommunity.org/default.asp?action=9&tid=3571&fid=22 (see the last post)

Hopefully this helps, but let us know if you have any other questions.

Thanks!

Emily

Thanks a lot!

It really helped!!!