The Basics

Kit Terminology

Concept

Definition

Component

A real-world β€œobject” or β€œconcept” to be modeled in the system (e.g., a fuel, power plant, transmission path, policy, etc.)

(Data) Field

Linkage

A relationship between two or more Components

(Model) Report

A human-readable (e.g., CSV, Excel, PDF, Jupyter, HTML) summary of a model run.

(Model) Run

Scenario Tag

System

Kit’s core representation of an energy system. A specific instance of a System (i.e., populated with project-specific data) is called a Model

Tool

The base template for all kit tools (e.g., pathways, resolve), including scenarios tags, settings, run configurations, etc.