Welcome to the PowerGenome wiki. Until complete documentation is assembled, this is where important/useful information for PowerGenome users will live.

PowerGenome is currently designed to produce input files for the open-source GenX capacity expansion model. This means that PowerGenome combines data (e.g. existing generators, new-build resources, hourly demand profiles, etc) with user-specified and GenX-specific inputs (e.g. RPS/CES policies and tags -- HYDRO, THERMAL, VRE, etc) for specific resources. In the future we will switch to a model-agnostic output format that focuses on providing only data elements. Users will be able to query PowerGenome for data and will need to use code specific to their capacity expansion model to format it and supplement with additional inputs.

The core data for PowerGenome are available for download.

• Technologies have different names across various data sources. The namespaces page describes options for new-build resources from NREL's ATB, the names given to existing resources by EIA, and the names used to map regional cost correction factors with EIA AEO data.
• To create model regions, apply regional cost corrections, or assign EIA AEO fuel prices to model regions you need to understand the different geospatial mappings.

• All parameters that control PowerGenome are defined in the settings files. This page walks through the individual files and describes how to use the most common settings parameters.
• A more detailed description of how to create model regions from the base IPM regions.
• It is possible to bring your own data for user defined regions.
• A more detailed description of selecting new-build generators.
• How to specify renewable resource groups.
• If you want to use a fuel not included in EIA's AEO price projections (e.g. coal, oil, natural gas, or uranium) it is possible to add custom fuels.