Assessing performance of a power plant

A computer-implemented method for assessing performance of a power plant comprising a solar field system and a storage system, the method comprising:

• providing one or more sets of inputs, each set of inputs representing a respective architecture of the power plant;
• and
• computing, for each set of inputs, by a computer system and based on the set of inputs, output data including one or more yearly indicators, the computing comprising, for each set of inputs:
• for each day of a set of days:
• optimizing a schedule for the power plant with the architecture of the set of inputs;
• and
• computing daily indicators for the day based on the optimized schedule, the daily indicators including one or more power quality indicators;
• and
• determining the one or more yearly indicators based on the computed daily indicators.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having recorded thereon a computer program, the computer program comprising instructions for performing a method for assessing performance of a power plant comprising a solar field system and a storage system, the method comprising:

• providing one or more sets of inputs, each set of inputs representing a respective architecture of the power plant;
• and
• computing, for each set of inputs, by a computer system and based on the set of inputs, output data including one or more yearly indicators, the computing comprising, for each set of inputs:
• for each day of a set of days:
• optimizing a schedule for the power plant with the architecture of the set of inputs;
• and
• computing daily indicators for the day based on the optimized schedule, the daily indicators including one or more power quality indicators;
• and
• determining the one or more yearly indicators based on the computed daily indicators.

A system comprising a processor coupled to a memory and a graphical user interface, the memory having recorded thereon a computer program, the computer program comprising instructions for performing a method for assessing performance of a power plant comprising a solar field system and a storage system, the method comprising:

• providing one or more sets of inputs, each set of inputs representing a respective architecture of the power plant;
• and
• computing, for each set of inputs, by a computer system and based on the set of inputs, output data including one or more yearly indicators, the computing comprising, for each set of inputs:
• for each day of a set of days:
• optimizing a schedule for the power plant with the architecture of the set of inputs;
• and
• computing daily indicators for the day based on the optimized schedule, the daily indicators including one or more power quality indicators;
• and
• determining the one or more yearly indicators based on the computed daily indicators.