Uploaded April 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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This video was produced when the laboratory operated as the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The laboratory is now the National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR). The Hybrid Optimization and Performance Platform (HOPP) is a Python-based, component-level software tool that enables simulation, design, and optimization of hybrid plants (up to utility scale). In this video, Cameron Irmas showcases the new features and improved interface of the latest version of HOPP (v2.0.0), released in October 2023.

The structure of the video is as follows:

1. Overview and Key Concepts
a. Modeling Capabilities
i. Generation Types
ii. Optimal Dispatch
b. Source Code
i. GitHub Repository
ii. Version Releases
c. Documentation
2. Installation
a. Required Software Tools
b. HOPP Package Install
3. Examples
a. Wind + Solar
b. Wind + Solar (using WIND Toolkit and NSRDB)
c. Wind + Solar + Battery Dispatch
d. Wind + Solar + Battery Load Following Dispatch
e. Alternative Wind Model: FLORIS
f. Wave Energy
g. Wind + Solar Generation for Hydrogen Production