Distribution BESS with all values visible
Bess Sizing Basic
Calculates a reduced battery energy storage sizing case from a required discharge duty. The template sizes usable energy, nominal energy capacity, and beginning-of-life capacity using explicit SOC window, efficiency, and end-of-life retention factors.
5 fields
2 archetypes
with-tool
4 scored fields
contract fields
Parameter Map
5 inputs to 4 scored outputs
required_discharge_power_mw
floatRequired AC discharge power
0.1 to 500MWrequired_discharge_duration_h
floatRequired discharge duration
0.25 to 12husable_soc_range_pct
floatUsable state-of-charge range
40 to 95%round_trip_efficiency_pct
floatRound-trip efficiency used in reduced sizing
70 to 98%end_of_life_capacity_retention_pct
floathidden in hardEnd-of-life capacity retention allowance
60 to 95%
Nominal power rating
Required delivered usable energy
Nominal energy capacity before EOL retention allowance
Beginning-of-life installed energy capacity
visibility contract
Difficulty Ladder
Storage duty selected from distribution or grid firming cases
Grid firming BESS with EOL retention embedded in context
scenario bands
Archetype Atlas
distribution_peak_shaving
2 contextsDistribution peak shaving BESS
distribution-network / peak-shaving
grid_firming
2 contextsGrid firming BESS
renewable-firming / grid-storage
rendered task
Generation Preview
renewable-firming-grid-firming-preview
- difficulty
- hard
- visibility
- partial
- archetype
- grid_firming
- site context
- renewable-firming
visible fields
- required_discharge_power_mw20 to 250 MW
- required_discharge_duration_h2 to 8 h
- usable_soc_range_pct65 to 90 %
- round_trip_efficiency_pct82 to 94 %
withheld schema
Grid firming BESS. renewable-firming. Required outputs: nominal_power_rating_mw, usable_energy_mwh, nominal_energy_capacity_mwh, beginning_of_life_capacity_mwh