Economic Evaluation of Generation, Storage, and Transmission Technologies
Quantify the value and performance of new technology across power systems and electricity markets - all in a single software.
The Challenge
Integrated Technology Evaluation with SAInt
SAInt proves and optimizes system-level technology value, linking economics, reliability, and interconnection impacts in one model to accelerate new technology deployment.
Step 1: Integrate Technology and System Data
Integrate investment data, market data (prices, demand, fuel), and site-specific technical data (weather, interconnection point, capacity limits). SAInt connects these with grid models to create a unified, ready-to-run planning environment that reflects real-world operating conditions.
Image: A solar technology is characterized with historical weather data for a microgrid operation assessment
Step 2: Simulate Technology Performance and Economic Feasibility
Optimize asset placement and sizing (generation, storage, flexible demand, or hybrid portfolios) across hourly or representative conditions with the capacity expansion tool. Assess economic and technical feasibility using production cost optimizations to quantify market performance and KPIs under future scenarios.
Image: A production cost model finds the optimal dispatch of the technology and calculates interconnection lineflows
Step 3: Compare Configurations and Investment Strategies
Run tradeoff analyses to evaluate different technology configurations and business models.
Image: Custom plots allow the user to quickly visualize the impact of different investment strategies, such as battery configurations on system buildout and annualized capital expenditures
Step 4: (Optional) Evaluate Interconnection Reliability
Identify interconnection bottlenecks and risks early with tools like contingency analysis—giving you detailed reports of line overloading and overvoltages.
Image: A fully-customizable contingency analysis report allows you to rank grid vulnerabilities
The Value of Integrated Technology Evaluation with SAInt
Prove System-Level Value
Combine capacity expansion/production cost with power flow analysis to demonstrate operational and economic benefits of your technology.
Reveal High-Value Siting Opportunities
Highlight where new technology assets deliver the strongest economic and reliability benefits, guiding development toward the most impactful opportunities.
Accelerate Deployment Decisions
Streamline economic and reliability evaluation with clear, data-backed insights that shorten timelines from planning to investment.
See what SAInt can do
Schedule a demo to learn how to streamline new technology evaluation and into one seamless, efficient SAInt workflow.
See how Matt Drews and Berkeley Research Group are using SAInt for robust technology evaluation.
"What I really appreciate about SAInt is its versatility — it can handle both the highly specific, detailed problems our clients bring to us, and the large-scale, bulk system studies. And it uses the same platform and training for both, making it incredibly efficient for my team."
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See how Sumitomo SHI FW is using SAInt to assess the value of their Liquid Air Energy Storage Technology
"I think one of the reasons we chose SAInt was that SAInt was able to perform a wider range of simulations than most of the other tools available in the market." - Ashok Krishnan
"A big plus for SAInt was specifically that it had the option of using the graphical user interface, which is very easy to use and intuitive. We also have the option of using the API, and that enables us to automate and streamline our different processes.” - Mimi Mokka
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