MATPOWER
Free, open-source tools for electric power system simulation and optimization
A MATLAB and Octave package for solving power flow, continuation power flow, optimal power flow, unit commitment, and related steady-state grid problems.
About the Project
Why use this?
MATPOWER is a mature package of MATLAB-language functions and classes for steady-state power-system simulation and optimization. It solves power flow, continuation power flow, extensible optimal power flow, unit commitment, and stochastic secure multi-interval OPF/UC problems.
It is a strong choice for engineers and researchers who need a well-established, academically validated power-flow and OPF toolbox. MATPOWER is easy to modify, works in both MATLAB and GNU Octave, and remains a standard reference implementation for grid-analysis research and education. [123][125][127][134]
Key Features
- Power flow (PF) and continuation power flow (CPF)
- Extensible optimal power flow (OPF)
- Unit commitment and stochastic secure multi-interval OPF/UC
- MATLAB and GNU Octave compatibility
- Designed for researchers and educators who need modifiable tools
- Reference / Repo
- https://github.com/MATPOWER/matpower
- Tool / Hosted
- https://matpower.org/
- Replaces / Alternative to
- PSS/E, PowerWorld, commercial OPF software
- Free layer
- open-source