Users of PyPSA
The following universities, research institutes, companies and non-governmental organisations are known to have either used PyPSA in the past, or to continue to use PyPSA. This list is necessarily incomplete, since we cannot track who uses PyPSA and we only find out who our users are when they contact the main developers of PyPSA.
Research publications that cite the PyPSA research paper can be found on Google Scholar.
Universities and Research Institutes
Technische Universität Berlin (TUB, where PyPSA development continues): multiple research papers, for example: doi.org:10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105354, doi:10.1016/j.energy.2021.120784
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT, where PyPSA development continues): multiple research papers, for example: doi:10.1016/j.energy.2018.06.222, doi:10.1109/EEM.2019.8916411, doi:10.1016/j.esr.2018.08.012, doi:10.1016/j.epsr.2020.106690, doi:10.1145/3396851.3397688, doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.116726
Aarhus University in Denmark: multiple research papers, for example: doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.02.009, doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.12.016, doi:10.1002/pip.3198, doi:10.1016/j.enconman.2019.111977, doi:10.1038/s41467-020-20015-4
Frankfurt Institute of Advanced Studies (FIAS, where PyPSA was initially developed): multiple research papers, for example: doi:10.1016/j.energy.2017.06.004, doi:10.1109/EEM.2017.7982024, doi:10.1016/j.energy.2018.08.070, doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.09.084, doi:10.1016/j.epsr.2017.12.034
TU Delft in the Netherlands: multiple research papers: doi:10.1016/j.eneco.2018.04.037, doi:10.1016/j.energy.2017.02.111
Reiner Lemoine Institute, Center for Sustainable Energy Systems in Flensburg, Germany: consortial project open-Ego, multiple publications: doi:10.3390/en12112091, doi:10.1088/1742-6596/977/1/012007, doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.116936
Kyoto University in Japan: uses PyPSA to model several high PV penetration scenarios in Kyushu, the southernmost region of Japan, where PV capacity has been rapidly growing since 2012 and PV curtailment started in 2018: doi:10.3390/en14092389, doi:10.3390/en14154496
University of Geneva in Switzerland: research paper doi:10.1038/s41467-020-18812-y
Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE): uses PyPSA for grid modelling, research paper: doi:/10.1016/j.epsr.2020.106349
DLR Institute of Networked Energy Systems in Oldenburg, Germany: research paper doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.114523
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in South Africa: research publication arXiv:1710.11199
Energiewirtschaftliches Institut zu Köln (EWI): research publication Working Paper, No 17/09
Fraunhofer Institute for Energy Infrastructures and Geothermal Systems (IEG): uses PyPSA-Eur-Sec for infrastructure analysis in Europe
EIA University in Medellin, Columbia: uses PyPSA for modelling the Columbian power system in a joint research project with South American transmission company ISA
Dublin City University and the SFI Insight Centre for Data Analytics: use PyPSA for the OESM project modelling the Irish energy system
Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ) for network calculations
Companies and Non-Governmental Organisations
TransnetBW (the electricity transmission system operator in southwest Germany), ONTRAS, (the gas transmission system operator in eastern Germany) and d-fine (the consultancy firm): used PyPSA-Eur-Sec for a study in 2020 of the grid requirements in 2050 with a 90% reduction of carbon dioxide emissions in electricity, buildings and transport, see Stromnetz 2050, for an article in a 2021 issue of Energiewirtschaftliche Tagesfragen Die Rolle von Wasserstoff in einem klimaneutralen europäischen Energiesystem – eine modellbasierte Analyse bis 2050, and for their 2022 study Energy System 2050 - Towards a decarbonised Europe.
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in New Delhi, India: Used PyPSA for a 2020 government-supported study of the Indian power system in 2030, see Renewable Power Pathways Report, and for a study in 2021 A Model-Based Assessment of Variable Renewable Grid Integration Costs in India
Agora Energiewende, a think tank and policy institute in Germany: uses PyPSA for energy system integration studies, see for example this study from 2020: Minimizing the cost of integrating wind and solar power in Japan
The Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), a non-profit organization in the United States focused on a zero-carbon future, used PyPSA for analysing the levelised cost of hydrogen in different parts of the world in a study from 2021: Fueling the Transition: Accelerating Cost-Competitive Green Hydrogen
Climate Analytics, a non-profit climate science and policy institute, uses PyPSA for energy system studies, see for example this study from 2021: Employment opportunities from a coal-to-renewables transition in South Korea
Instrat, a think-tank focused on public policy in Poland, built PyPSA-PL and published reports in 2021 including What’s next after coal? RES potential in Poland and Achieving the goal: Coal phase-out in the Polish power sector
Energynautics GmbH, a grid integration consultancy in Germany: used PyPSA for a study of decentral electricity and heat integration in power grids in a study for the Rhineland-Palatinate state government in 2021: Pilotprojekt Dezentralisierung: Stärkere Dezentralisierung des bundesdeutschen Strom-Wärme-Systems: Rechtliche und organisatorische Rahmenbedingungen sowie infrastrukturelle Folgen (summary in English)
Saudi Aramco: used PyPSA for an assessment of renewables integration in 2019, see arXiv:1709.03761
Shell: uses PyPSA for electricity market simulations in Europe
ISA, a South American transmission company: uses PyPSA for modelling the Columbian power system in a joint research project with EIA University in Medellin, Columbia
elena international: uses PyPSA for customer projects and the research cooperation NETFLEX