A cost-free hourly amount of  inflow energy for the resource. If the column contains a non-null value, it will trigger the Inflow Storage Logic and will set the Recharge Capacity of the storage unit to zero.

If it is using standard logic, and this column contains a value, Aurora will recognize the resources ability to generate power and receive additional inflows of energy, but not the ability to charge energy.

If it is using enhanced logic, and this column has a value, the storage resource can receive inflow off the grid, and charge power within the grid, simultaneously. Either way it will set the recharge capacity to zero and it will adjust the resource contents each hour to account for whatever the inflow is. The resolved values represent MWh which will be added or subtracted to the resource’s storage contents each hour. This is independent of the charging and generation which might also take place.

This column can be used for storage resources in conjunction with the Must Run and Minimum Capacity columns.

NOTE: Use of the Inflow Storage Logic on a large number of resources can significantly impact run time. Energy Exemplar testing showed that for each resource modeled in this way, run time will be increased by 3-5 seconds per year of the study. This increase in run time will not vary across different sampling configurations within a given year.

For more information, see Storage Resources.

 NOTE: Inputs can be specified for any time period (annual, monthly, weekly, hourly or sub-hourly). For information on how to specify a time series for a variable, see Entering a Time Series.