Configuration Names and SSC ModelsΒΆ

A configuration is a combination of compute modules required to model a type of system (performance model) or project (performance model plus financial models).

SAM Configuration SSC Compute Module(s)
Battery-None battery
Biopower-All Equity Partnership Flip biomass, equpartflip
Biopower-Commercial biomass, utilityrate5, cashloan
Biopower-LCOE Calculator biomass, lcoefcr
Biopower-Leveraged Partnership Flip biomass, levpartflip
Biopower-None biomass
Biopower-Sale Leaseback biomass, saleleaseback
Biopower-Single Owner biomass, singleowner
Dish Stirling-All Equity Partnership Flip tcsdish, equpartflip
Dish Stirling-Commercial tcsdish, utilityrate5, cashloan
Dish Stirling-LCOE Calculator tcsdish, lcoefcr
Dish Stirling-Leveraged Partnership Flip tcsdish, levpartflip
Dish Stirling-None tcsdish
Dish Stirling-Sale Leaseback tcsdish, saleleaseback
Dish Stirling-Single Owner tcsdish, singleowner
DSGL IPH-LCOH Calculator linear_fresnel_dsg_iph, iph_to_lcoefcr, lcoefcr
DSGL IPH-None linear_fresnel_dsg_iph
DSLF-All Equity Partnership Flip tcslinear_fresnel, equpartflip
DSLF-Commercial tcslinear_fresnel, utilityrate5, cashloan
DSLF-LCOE Calculator tcslinear_fresnel, lcoefcr
DSLF-Leveraged Partnership Flip tcslinear_fresnel, levpartflip
DSLF-None tcslinear_fresnel
DSLF-Sale Leaseback tcslinear_fresnel, saleleaseback
DSLF-Single Owner tcslinear_fresnel, singleowner
DSPT-All Equity Partnership Flip tcsdirect_steam, equpartflip
DSPT-Leveraged Partnership Flip tcsdirect_steam, levpartflip
DSPT-Sale Leaseback tcsdirect_steam, saleleaseback
DSPT-Single Owner tcsdirect_steam, singleowner
Empirical Trough-All Equity Partnership Flip tcstrough_empirical, equpartflip
Empirical Trough-Commercial tcstrough_empirical, utilityrate5, cashloan
Empirical Trough-LCOE Calculator tcstrough_empirical, lcoefcr
Empirical Trough-Leveraged Partnership Flip tcstrough_empirical, levpartflip
Empirical Trough-None tcstrough_empirical
Empirical Trough-Sale Leaseback tcstrough_empirical, saleleaseback
Empirical Trough-Single Owner tcstrough_empirical, singleowner
Flat Plate PV-All Equity Partnership Flip pvsamv1, equpartflip
Flat Plate PV-Commercial pvsamv1, utilityrate5, cashloan
Flat Plate PV-Host Developer pvsamv1, utilityrate5, host_developer
Flat Plate PV-LCOE Calculator pvsamv1, lcoefcr
Flat Plate PV-Leveraged Partnership Flip pvsamv1, levpartflip
Flat Plate PV-None pvsamv1
Flat Plate PV-Residential belpe, pvsamv1, utilityrate5, cashloan
Flat Plate PV-Sale Leaseback pvsamv1, saleleaseback
Flat Plate PV-Single Owner pvsamv1, utilityrate5, singleowner
Flat Plate PV-Third Party belpe, pvsamv1, utilityrate5, thirdpartyownership
Fuel Cell-Commercial pvwattsv5_lifetime, fuelcell, battery, utilityrate5, thermalrate, cashloan
Fuel Cell-Single Owner pvwattsv5_lifetime, fuelcell, battery, utilityrate5, thermalrate, singleowner
Generic CSP System-All Equity Partnership Flip tcsgeneric_solar, equpartflip
Generic CSP System-Commercial tcsgeneric_solar, utilityrate5, cashloan
Generic CSP System-LCOE Calculator tcsgeneric_solar, lcoefcr
Generic CSP System-Leveraged Partnership Flip tcsgeneric_solar, levpartflip
Generic CSP System-None tcsgeneric_solar
Generic CSP System-Sale Leaseback tcsgeneric_solar, saleleaseback
Generic CSP System-Single Owner tcsgeneric_solar, singleowner
Generic System-All Equity Partnership Flip generic_system, equpartflip
Generic System-Commercial generic_system, utilityrate5, cashloan
Generic System-Host Developer generic_system, utilityrate5, host_developer
Generic System-LCOE Calculator generic_system, lcoefcr
Generic System-Leveraged Partnership Flip generic_system, levpartflip
Generic System-None generic_system
Generic System-Residential generic_system, utilityrate5, cashloan
Generic System-Sale Leaseback generic_system, saleleaseback
Generic System-Single Owner generic_system, singleowner
Generic System-Third Party generic_system, utilityrate5, thirdpartyownership
Geothermal Power-All Equity Partnership Flip geothermal, equpartflip
Geothermal Power-LCOE Calculator geothermal, lcoefcr
Geothermal Power-Leveraged Partnership Flip geothermal, levpartflip
Geothermal Power-None geothermal
Geothermal Power-Sale Leaseback geothermal, saleleaseback
Geothermal Power-Single Owner geothermal, singleowner
High-X Concentrating PV-All Equity Partnership Flip hcpv, equpartflip
High-X Concentrating PV-LCOE Calculator hcpv, lcoefcr
High-X Concentrating PV-Leveraged Partnership Flip hcpv, levpartflip
High-X Concentrating PV-None hcpv
High-X Concentrating PV-Sale Leaseback hcpv, saleleaseback
High-X Concentrating PV-Single Owner hcpv, singleowner
ISCC-Single Owner tcsiscc, singleowner
MSLF-All Equity Partnership Flip tcsMSLF, equpartflip
MSLF-Commercial tcsMSLF, utilityrate5, cashloan
MSLF-LCOE Calculator tcsMSLF, lcoefcr
MSLF-Leveraged Partnership Flip tcsMSLF, levpartflip
MSLF-None tcsMSLF
MSLF-Sale Leaseback tcsMSLF, saleleaseback
MSLF-Single Owner tcsMSLF, singleowner
MSPT-All Equity Partnership Flip tcsmolten_salt, equpartflip
MSPT-Leveraged Partnership Flip tcsmolten_salt, levpartflip
MSPT-Sale Leaseback tcsmolten_salt, saleleaseback
MSPT-Single Owner tcsmolten_salt, singleowner
Physical Trough IPH-LCOH Calculator trough_physical_process_heat, iph_to_lcoefcr, lcoefcr
Physical Trough IPH-None trough_physical_process_heat
Physical Trough-All Equity Partnership Flip tcstrough_physical, equpartflip
Physical Trough-Commercial tcstrough_physical, utilityrate5, cashloan
Physical Trough-LCOE Calculator tcstrough_physical, lcoefcr
Physical Trough-Leveraged Partnership Flip tcstrough_physical, levpartflip
Physical Trough-None tcstrough_physical
Physical Trough-Sale Leaseback tcstrough_physical, saleleaseback
Physical Trough-Single Owner tcstrough_physical, singleowner
PVWatts-All Equity Partnership Flip pvwattsv5, equpartflip
PVWatts-Commercial pvwattsv5, battwatts, utilityrate5, cashloan
PVWatts-Host Developer pvwattsv5, utilityrate5, host_developer
PVWatts-LCOE Calculator pvwattsv5, lcoefcr
PVWatts-Leveraged Partnership Flip pvwattsv5, levpartflip
PVWatts-None pvwattsv5
PVWatts-Residential pvwattsv5, belpe, battwatts, utilityrate5, cashloan
PVWatts-Sale Leaseback pvwattsv5, saleleaseback
PVWatts-Single Owner pvwattsv5, singleowner
PVWatts-Third Party pvwattsv5, belpe, battwatts, utilityrate5, thirdpartyownership
Solar Water Heating-Commercial swh, utilityrate5, cashloan
Solar Water Heating-LCOE Calculator swh, lcoefcr
Solar Water Heating-None swh
Solar Water Heating-Residential swh, belpe, utilityrate5, cashloan
Wind Power-All Equity Partnership Flip windpower, equpartflip
Wind Power-Commercial windpower, utilityrate5, cashloan
Wind Power-LCOE Calculator windpower, lcoefcr
Wind Power-Leveraged Partnership Flip windpower, levpartflip
Wind Power-None windpower
Wind Power-Residential windpower, utilityrate5, cashloan
Wind Power-Sale Leaseback windpower, saleleaseback
Wind Power-Single Owner windpower, singleowner