MPVBench

Contact: goekhan.demirel@kit.edu

This MPVBench repository provides supplementary materials for the paper Impact and Integration of Mini Photovoltaic Systems on Electric Power Distribution Grids.

Introduction

The MPVBench repository provides open-source, real-time measured data from five Mini Photovoltaic (MPV) or Balcony Power Plants systems located in Karlsruhe and Pforzheim.

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Data Types

The repository provides data on 15-minute power production (W) and temperature (K) and is updated monthly.

⚠️ Note: Last update was on 02.01.2025.

Repository Structure

MPVBench/
├── data/
│   ├── img/
│   ├── 00_ka_mpv_metadata.md
│   ├── 00_pf_mpv_metadata.md
│   ├── 01a_mpv_metadata.md
│   ├── 01b_mpv_metadata.md
│   ├── 01c_mpv_metadata.md
│   ├── 02a_mpv_metadata.md
│   ├── 02b_mpv_metadata.md
│   ├── p_watt.csv
│   └── t_celsius.csv
├── LICENSE
├── MPVBench_Tutorial.ipynb
├── README.md
└── requirements.txt

The structure of the repository is as follows:

• CSV data files (e.g., p_watt_5min.csv, p_watt_15min.csv, t_celsius_5min.csv, t_celsius_15min.csv).
• Metadata files for technical specifications (e.g., 01a_mpv_metadata.md).
• Jupyter notebooks for tutorial (MPVBench_Tutorial.ipynb).

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How to Use

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone git@github.com:KIT-IAI/MPVBench.git
   pip install -r requirements.txt

License

This code is licensed under the MIT License.

Citation

If you use this framework in a scientific publication, please cite the corresponding paper:

BibTeX format

@InProceedings{Demirel_MPV_2024,
    author = {Demirel, Gökhan and Grafenhorst, Simon and Förderer, Kevin and Hagenmeyer, Veit},
    editor = {Jørgensen, Bo Nørregaard and Ma, Zheng Grace and Wijaya, Fransisco Danang and Irnawan, Roni and Sarjiya, Sarjiya},
    title = {Impact and Integration of Mini Photovoltaic Systems on Electric Power Distribution Grids},
    booktitle = {Energy Informatics},
    year = {2025},
    publisher = {Springer Nature Switzerland},
    address = {Switzerland Cham},
    pages = {247--265},
    isbn = {978-3-031-74741-0}
}

Contact

For any questions or inquiries, please contact goekhan.demirel@kit.edu.