Updating for v3.4.0 (#506)

# Updating for v3.4.0

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Author: johnjasa

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md

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 - OS: <macOS 12.4>
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-- Python version: <3.10.4>
+- Python version: <3.11.1>
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 - HOPP version: <0.1.1>
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.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash -el {0}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4

.github/workflows/conda_build.yml

@@ -9,9 +9,19 @@ As part of NREL's [Hybrid Energy Systems Research](https://www.nrel.gov/wind/hyb
 software assesses optimal designs for the deployment of distributed, commercial, and utility-scale hybrid energy plants, particularly considering wind,
 solar and storage.
 
+
+## Part of the WETO Stack
+
+HOPP is primarily developed with the support of the U.S. Department of Energy and is part of the [WETO Software Stack](https://nrel.github.io/WETOStack). For more information and other integrated modeling software, see:
+- [Portfolio Overview](https://nrel.github.io/WETOStack/portfolio_analysis/overview.html)
+- [Entry Guide](https://nrel.github.io/WETOStack/_static/entry_guide/index.html)
+- [Techno-Economic Modeling Workshop](https://nrel.github.io/WETOStack/workshops/user_workshops_2024.html#tea-and-cost-modeling)
+- [Systems Engineering Workshop](https://nrel.github.io/WETOStack/workshops/user_workshops_2024.html#systems-engineering)
+
+
 ## Software requirements
 
-- Python version 3.10, and 3.11 only
+- Python version 3.11 or higher
 
 ## Installing from Package Repositories
 

README.md

@@ -1,4 +1,46 @@
 # Release Notes
+## Unreleased
+* Add `overwrite_fin_values` from H2Integrate to sync cost input methods
+* Bump minimum NREL-PySAM version to 7.0.0
+* Clarify that the `nominal_discount_rate` method of the `CustomFinancialModel` uses the Fisher equation
+* Bug-fix in `WindPlant` for handling model_input_file for PySAM simulations.
+* Remove `tidal_resource` as a required input to the tidal model because it's no longer required in the SSC model ([NREL/SSC PR #1305](https://github.com/NREL/ssc/pull/1305))
+* Add load following heuristic dispatch test
+* Consolidated utilities, renamed MHKConfig to MHKWaveConfig
+* Updated solar resource download to use GOES Aggregated PSM v4 download
+
+## Version 3.3.0, April 30, 2025
+
+* Added GenericPlant model ([PR #472](https://github.com/NREL/HOPP/pull/472)) which may be used to:
+    - simulate grid and battery performance without resimulating generation of other technologies
+    - represent the physics-based performance of a generation technology that is not included in HOPP
+* Loosened strictness of comparison for wind turbine config checking and added tests
+* Loosened strictness of comparison for wind turbine hub-height and wind resource hub-height
+* Updated workflow for specifying wind turbine parameters without specifying a turbine name with PySAM.
+* Added ability to download wind resource data from WTK-LED for Alaska ([PR #461](https://github.com/NREL/HOPP/pull/461))
+* Added ability to download wind resource data from BC-HRRR CONUS 60-minute (NOAA + NREL) for 2015-2023 ([PR #474](https://github.com/NREL/HOPP/pull/474))
+* Updated HOPP for pySAM 7.0.0 release ([PR #477](https://github.com/NREL/HOPP/pull/477))
+* Add long-duration energy storage (LDES) ([PR #471](https://github.com/NREL/HOPP/pull/471))
+* Bugfix for cycle counting in the minimum operating cost objective function - no longer throws an error
+* Bugfix for flicker mismatch; cases with a single `Point` now correctly work
+
+
+
+## Version 3.3.0, April 30, 2025
+
+* Added GenericPlant model ([PR #472](https://github.com/NREL/HOPP/pull/472)) which may be used to:
+    - simulate grid and battery performance without resimulating generation of other technologies
+    - represent the physics-based performance of a generation technology that is not included in HOPP
+* Loosened strictness of comparison for wind turbine config checking and added tests
+* Loosened strictness of comparison for wind turbine hub-height and wind resource hub-height
+* Updated workflow for specifying wind turbine parameters without specifying a turbine name with PySAM.
+* Added ability to download wind resource data from WTK-LED for Alaska ([PR #461](https://github.com/NREL/HOPP/pull/461))
+* Added ability to download wind resource data from BC-HRRR CONUS 60-minute (NOAA + NREL) for 2015-2023 ([PR #474](https://github.com/NREL/HOPP/pull/474))
+* Updated HOPP for pySAM 7.0.0 release ([PR #477](https://github.com/NREL/HOPP/pull/477))
+* Add long-duration energy storage (LDES) ([PR #471](https://github.com/NREL/HOPP/pull/471))
+* Bugfix for cycle counting in the minimum operating cost objective function - no longer throws an error
+* Bugfix for flicker mismatch; cases with a single `Point` now correctly work
+
 
 
 ## Version 3.3.0, April 30, 2025

RELEASE.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # HOPP Simulation Interface
 
-This class is the main interaction point for HOPP simulations. See [Examples](https://github.com/NREL/HOPP/tree/main/examples/workshop) for in-depth notebooks and configuration files.
+This class is the main interaction point for HOPP simulations. See [Examples](https://github.com/NREL/HOPP/tree/main/examples) for in-depth notebooks and configuration files.
 
 ```{eval-rst}
 .. currentmodule:: hopp.simulation.hopp_interface

conda.recipe/meta.yaml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ MHK Wave Generator class
 ## Wave Plant Configuration
 
 ```{eval-rst}
-.. autoclass:: hopp.simulation.technologies.wave.mhk_wave_plant.MHKConfig
+.. autoclass:: hopp.simulation.technologies.wave.mhk_wave_plant.MHKWaveConfig
     :members:
     :undoc-members:
 ```

conda_build.sh

@@ -19,9 +19,17 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 16,
+   "execution_count": 1,
    "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "name": "stdout",
+     "output_type": "stream",
+     "text": [
+      "/Users/kbrunik/github/HOPP/examples/log/hybrid_systems_2025-07-23T14.55.37.333918.log\n"
+     ]
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
     "from hopp.simulation import HoppInterface"
    ]
@@ -35,8 +43,7 @@
     "\n",
     "For the site information, the tidal resource data **must be pre-loaded** in the format given in the `Tidal_resource_timeseries.csv`.\n",
     "\n",
-    "The tidal technology configuration requires the device rating (kw), power curve of tidal energy device as function of stream speeds (kW), and number of devices. Additionally there's a variable called `tidal_resource`, which is required for model instantiation but doesn't impact a timeseries simulation.\n",
-    "\n",
+    "The tidal technology configuration requires the device rating (kw), power curve of tidal energy device as function of stream speeds (kW), and number of devices.\n",
     "Note that the tidal model doesn't come with a default financial model. To address this, you must establish the `CustomFinancialModel` from HOPP.\n",
     "\n",
     "The `default_fin_config` contains all of the necessary parameters for the financial calculations.\n",
@@ -46,7 +53,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 17,
+   "execution_count": 2,
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
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  ],
  "metadata": {
   "kernelspec": {
-   "display_name": "pysam6",
+   "display_name": "pysam7",
    "language": "python",
    "name": "python3"
   },