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, grid, equpartflip
Biopower-Commercial biomass, grid, utilityrate5, cashloan
Biopower-LCOE Calculator biomass, grid, lcoefcr
Biopower-Leveraged Partnership Flip biomass, grid, levpartflip
Biopower-None biomass
Biopower-Sale Leaseback biomass, grid, saleleaseback
Biopower-Single Owner biomass, grid, singleowner
Dish Stirling-All Equity Partnership Flip tcsdish, grid, equpartflip
Dish Stirling-Commercial tcsdish, grid, utilityrate5, cashloan
Dish Stirling-LCOE Calculator tcsdish, grid, lcoefcr
Dish Stirling-Leveraged Partnership Flip tcsdish, grid, levpartflip
Dish Stirling-None tcsdish
Dish Stirling-Sale Leaseback tcsdish, grid, saleleaseback
Dish Stirling-Single Owner tcsdish, grid, singleowner
DSGL IPH-LCOH Calculator linear_fresnel_dsg_iph, grid, iph_to_lcoefcr, lcoefcr
DSGL IPH-None linear_fresnel_dsg_iph
DSLF-All Equity Partnership Flip tcslinear_fresnel, grid, equpartflip
DSLF-Commercial tcslinear_fresnel, grid, utilityrate5, cashloan
DSLF-LCOE Calculator tcslinear_fresnel, grid, lcoefcr
DSLF-Leveraged Partnership Flip tcslinear_fresnel, grid, levpartflip
DSLF-None tcslinear_fresnel
DSLF-Sale Leaseback tcslinear_fresnel, grid, saleleaseback
DSLF-Single Owner tcslinear_fresnel, grid, singleowner
DSPT-All Equity Partnership Flip tcsdirect_steam, grid, equpartflip
DSPT-Leveraged Partnership Flip tcsdirect_steam, grid, levpartflip
DSPT-Sale Leaseback tcsdirect_steam, grid, saleleaseback
DSPT-Single Owner tcsdirect_steam, grid, singleowner
Empirical Trough-All Equity Partnership Flip tcstrough_empirical, grid, equpartflip
Empirical Trough-Commercial tcstrough_empirical, grid, utilityrate5, cashloan
Empirical Trough-LCOE Calculator tcstrough_empirical, grid, lcoefcr
Empirical Trough-Leveraged Partnership Flip tcstrough_empirical, grid, levpartflip
Empirical Trough-None tcstrough_empirical
Empirical Trough-Sale Leaseback tcstrough_empirical, grid, saleleaseback
Empirical Trough-Single Owner tcstrough_empirical, grid, singleowner
Flat Plate PV-All Equity Partnership Flip pvsamv1, grid, equpartflip
Flat Plate PV-Commercial pvsamv1, grid, utilityrate5, cashloan
Flat Plate PV-Host Developer pvsamv1, grid, utilityrate5, host_developer
Flat Plate PV-LCOE Calculator pvsamv1, grid, lcoefcr
Flat Plate PV-Leveraged Partnership Flip pvsamv1, grid, levpartflip
Flat Plate PV-None pvsamv1
Flat Plate PV-Residential belpe, pvsamv1, grid, utilityrate5, cashloan
Flat Plate PV-Sale Leaseback pvsamv1, grid, saleleaseback
Flat Plate PV-Single Owner pvsamv1, grid, utilityrate5, singleowner
Flat Plate PV-Third Party belpe, pvsamv1, grid, utilityrate5, thirdpartyownership
Fuel Cell-Commercial pvwattsv5_lifetime, fuelcell, battery, grid, utilityrate5, thermalrate, cashloan
Fuel Cell-Single Owner pvwattsv5_lifetime, fuelcell, battery, grid, utilityrate5, thermalrate, singleowner
Generic CSP System-All Equity Partnership Flip tcsgeneric_solar, grid, equpartflip
Generic CSP System-Commercial tcsgeneric_solar, grid, utilityrate5, cashloan
Generic CSP System-LCOE Calculator tcsgeneric_solar, grid, lcoefcr
Generic CSP System-Leveraged Partnership Flip tcsgeneric_solar, grid, levpartflip
Generic CSP System-None tcsgeneric_solar
Generic CSP System-Sale Leaseback tcsgeneric_solar, grid, saleleaseback
Generic CSP System-Single Owner tcsgeneric_solar, grid, singleowner
Generic System-All Equity Partnership Flip generic_system, grid, equpartflip
Generic System-Commercial generic_system, grid, utilityrate5, cashloan
Generic System-Host Developer generic_system, grid, utilityrate5, host_developer
Generic System-LCOE Calculator generic_system, grid, lcoefcr
Generic System-Leveraged Partnership Flip generic_system, grid, levpartflip
Generic System-None generic_system
Generic System-Residential generic_system, grid, utilityrate5, cashloan
Generic System-Sale Leaseback generic_system, grid, saleleaseback
Generic System-Single Owner generic_system, grid, singleowner
Generic System-Third Party generic_system, grid, utilityrate5, thirdpartyownership
Geothermal Power-All Equity Partnership Flip geothermal, grid, equpartflip
Geothermal Power-LCOE Calculator geothermal, grid, lcoefcr
Geothermal Power-Leveraged Partnership Flip geothermal, grid, levpartflip
Geothermal Power-None geothermal
Geothermal Power-Sale Leaseback geothermal, grid, saleleaseback
Geothermal Power-Single Owner geothermal, grid, singleowner
High-X Concentrating PV-All Equity Partnership Flip hcpv, grid, equpartflip
High-X Concentrating PV-LCOE Calculator hcpv, grid, lcoefcr
High-X Concentrating PV-Leveraged Partnership Flip hcpv, grid, levpartflip
High-X Concentrating PV-None hcpv
High-X Concentrating PV-Sale Leaseback hcpv, grid, saleleaseback
High-X Concentrating PV-Single Owner hcpv, grid, singleowner
ISCC-Single Owner tcsiscc, grid, singleowner
MSLF-All Equity Partnership Flip tcsMSLF, grid, equpartflip
MSLF-Commercial tcsMSLF, grid, utilityrate5, cashloan
MSLF-LCOE Calculator tcsMSLF, grid, lcoefcr
MSLF-Leveraged Partnership Flip tcsMSLF, grid, levpartflip
MSLF-None tcsMSLF
MSLF-Sale Leaseback tcsMSLF, grid, saleleaseback
MSLF-Single Owner tcsMSLF, grid, singleowner
MSPT-All Equity Partnership Flip tcsmolten_salt, grid, equpartflip
MSPT-Leveraged Partnership Flip tcsmolten_salt, grid, levpartflip
MSPT-Sale Leaseback tcsmolten_salt, grid, saleleaseback
MSPT-Single Owner tcsmolten_salt, grid, singleowner
Physical Trough IPH-LCOH Calculator trough_physical_process_heat, grid, iph_to_lcoefcr, lcoefcr
Physical Trough IPH-None trough_physical_process_heat
Physical Trough-All Equity Partnership Flip tcstrough_physical, grid, equpartflip
Physical Trough-Commercial tcstrough_physical, grid, utilityrate5, cashloan
Physical Trough-LCOE Calculator tcstrough_physical, grid, lcoefcr
Physical Trough-Leveraged Partnership Flip tcstrough_physical, grid, levpartflip
Physical Trough-None tcstrough_physical
Physical Trough-Sale Leaseback tcstrough_physical, grid, saleleaseback
Physical Trough-Single Owner tcstrough_physical, grid, singleowner
PVWatts-All Equity Partnership Flip pvwattsv7, grid, equpartflip
PVWatts-Commercial pvwattsv7, battwatts, grid, utilityrate5, cashloan
PVWatts-Host Developer pvwattsv7, grid, utilityrate5, host_developer
PVWatts-LCOE Calculator pvwattsv7, grid, lcoefcr
PVWatts-Leveraged Partnership Flip pvwattsv7, grid, levpartflip
PVWatts-None pvwattsv7
PVWatts-Residential pvwattsv7, belpe, battwatts, grid, utilityrate5, cashloan
PVWatts-Sale Leaseback pvwattsv7, grid, saleleaseback
PVWatts-Single Owner pvwattsv7, grid, singleowner
PVWatts-Third Party pvwattsv7, belpe, battwatts, grid, utilityrate5, thirdpartyownership
Solar Water Heating-Commercial swh, grid, utilityrate5, cashloan
Solar Water Heating-LCOE Calculator swh, grid, lcoefcr
Solar Water Heating-None swh
Solar Water Heating-Residential swh, belpe, grid, utilityrate5, cashloan
Wind Power-All Equity Partnership Flip windpower, grid, equpartflip
Wind Power-Commercial windpower, grid, utilityrate5, cashloan
Wind Power-LCOE Calculator windpower, grid, lcoefcr
Wind Power-Leveraged Partnership Flip windpower, grid, levpartflip
Wind Power-None windpower
Wind Power-Residential windpower, grid, utilityrate5, cashloan
Wind Power-Sale Leaseback windpower, grid, saleleaseback
Wind Power-Single Owner windpower, grid, singleowner