gemspy 0.1.2

Python interpreter for GEMS: modelling and simulation of complex energy systems under uncertainty

GemsPy

A Python interpreter for GEMS — modelling and simulating complex energy systems under uncertainty.

📖 Documentation • 🚀 Getting Started • GEMS framework • 💬 Issues

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✨ Why GemsPy

• 🧠 Low-code modelling — describe energy-system components in a high-level language close to mathematical syntax, minimal Python required.
• 🗂️ YAML-first workflow — read, edit and create case studies as plain YAML files, or build them programmatically from Python.
• ⚙️ Solver-agnostic — generates optimisation problems and delegates to off-the-shelf solvers.
• 🎲 Built for uncertainty — first-class support for time-dependent and scenario-dependent data.
• 🧪 Production-grade Python API — self-supporting, fully tested package, independent from any simulator binary.

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📦 Installation

With uv (recommended):

uv add gemspy

Or with pip:

pip install gemspy

🚀 Quick start

Given a study directory containing your library.yml, system.yml and timeseries files (see the Getting started guide):

from pathlib import Path
from gems.study.folder import load_study
from gems.session import SimulationSession
from gems.optim_config import load_optim_config

study = load_study(Path("my_study"))
optim_config = load_optim_config(Path("my_study/input/optim-config.yml"))

session = SimulationSession(study=study, optim_config=optim_config)
results = session.run()

Or, in a single call:

from pathlib import Path
from gems.study.runner import run_study

run_study(Path("my_study"))

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The GEMS framework

GEMS introduces a novel approach to modelling and simulating energy systems, centred around a simple principle: getting models out of the code.

To develop and test new models of energy-system components, writing software code should not be a prerequisite. This is where GEMS excels, offering users a low-code modelling experience with unparalleled versatility.

The framework consists of two pieces:

• 📝 a high-level modelling language, close to mathematical syntax;
• 🗃️ a data structure for describing energy systems.

🐍 The GemsPy package

GemsPy ships a generic interpreter of GEMS capable of generating optimisation problems from any study case that adheres to the modelling language syntax, then solving them with off-the-shelf solvers.

The Python API lets you:

• read case studies stored in YAML format,
• modify existing studies,
• or create new ones from scratch by scripting.

The Getting started page of the online documentation walks you through the GEMS input file format and the basics of the GemsPy API.

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🔗 Link with Antares Simulator

GemsPy is part of the Antares project, but its implementation is completely independent from the Antares Simulator software. It was initially designed to prototype the next features of Antares, but its structuring and development practices have produced a high-quality, self-supporting codebase. It is now maintained to bring the flexibility of the GEMS modelling language and interpreter to Python users, and to keep exploring its potential.

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📚 Documentation

Full documentation is hosted on Read the Docs: gemspy.readthedocs.io.

📄 License

Distributed under the Mozilla Public License 2.0. See LICENSE for details.