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CHANGELOG

A concise record of platform updates, highlighting improvements to stability, accuracy, and overall user experience across each release.

1.4.10 (2026-04-10)​

New Features:

  • Introduced Capacity Utilization Factor (CUF) metrics
    Adds new performance indicators to better evaluate asset utilization and operational efficiency.

  • Added currency conversion support
    Enables financial results to be viewed and analyzed across different currencies, improving flexibility for global projects.

  • Introduced optional normalization for PV and wind time series
    Users can now choose whether to normalize renewable generation data, providing greater control over modeling assumptions.

Workflow & UX Improvements:

  • Improved Excel export experience with asynchronous processing
    Exports now run in the background with notification support, reducing wait times and improving usability for large datasets.

  • Enhanced Excel reporting with Revenue Breakdown by Technology
    Provides clearer financial insights for post-processing and analysis.

  • Introduced Navigator Help overlay and updated documentation links
    In-app guidance and updated links to the latest manual improve onboarding and day-to-day usability.

  • Improved consistency of UI elements and controls
    Standardized button behavior and input handling create a more predictable and streamlined user experience.

  • Clarified allocation inputs and tooltips
    Improved labeling, input behavior, and unit visibility (e.g., MW) reduce ambiguity and configuration errors.

  • Improved visibility into losses modeling inputs
    Users can now better understand which losses are included, supporting more transparent configuration.

Stability & Reliability:

  • Improved persistence of grid import/export time series when switching project stages
    Prevents unintended resets when moving between early and late stage analyses.

  • Enhanced handling of multi-year and multi-file time series inputs
    Improves reliability when working with complex datasets spanning multiple years.

  • Improved handling of non-zero import/export values
    Ensures correct interpretation and use of grid constraints in simulations.

Data Accuracy & Calculations:

  • Improved grid charging behavior
    Ensures grid charges are only applied when enabled, aligning results with user configuration.

  • Improved alignment between time series visualizations and exported data
    Ensures consistency between UI results and downloaded outputs.

  • Improved handling of opportunity cost calculations
    Removed duplicate and irrelevant opportunity cost entries for PV, wind, and storage components.

  • Improved BESS OPEX calculations for multi-year configurations
    Prevents zero-value outputs caused by incorrect handling of dedicated converters.

  • Improved tariff editing behavior
    Ensures ratchet values display and function correctly.

Bug Fixes:

  • Fixed issues with storage capacity default values and input types
    Inputs now correctly reflect allocation types and expected formats.

  • Fixed inconsistencies in time series export data
    Exported datasets now accurately match modeled results.

  • Fixed handling of grid export/import limits
    Reintroduced single export limit option and improved consistency across configurations.

  • Fixed issues with resource time series graph labeling
    Ensures correct and consistent unit labeling in charts.

1.4.9 (2026-03-25)​

Workflow & UX Improvements:

  • Improved navigation with version visibility and external resource links
    The navigation bar now includes the platform version and a direct link to Windnavigator, helping streamline wind data import workflows.

  • Improved clarity of user inputs for market allocations
    Input handling and labeling have been refined to make allocation configuration more intuitive and reduce user error.

  • Enhanced messaging for expired licenses
    Users now receive clearer and more accurate notifications, improving transparency and reducing confusion.

  • Improved tooltip clarity and unit visibility
    Tooltips now explicitly display units (e.g., MW), ensuring better understanding of grid import/export constraints and timeseries data.

Data Accuracy & Reporting:

  • Enhanced Excel export with Revenue Breakdown by Technology
    Provides more detailed financial insights, making downstream analysis and reporting easier.

  • Improved alignment between time series visualizations and exported results
    Ensures consistency between on-screen data and downloaded outputs.

  • Improved handling of sensitivity-related exports
    Excel outputs now better reflect projects with sensitivities, improving accuracy and usability.

  • Standardized units and formatting across UI and exports
    Creates a more consistent and predictable experience when working with financial and operational data.

Stability & Reliability:

  • Improved grid import/export behavior across workflows
    Grid charge settings now consistently follow user configurations, ensuring expected system behavior.

  • Enhanced persistence of grid limits and multi-timeseries configurations
    Improves reliability when working with complex scenarios involving multiple files or varying grid constraints.

  • Improved stability when switching between project stages
    Transitions between early and late stage analyses are now more reliable and consistent.

Bug Fixes:

  • Improved handling of grid charges during battery charging from grid
    Ensures charges are applied correctly based on user-defined settings.

  • Fixed inconsistencies in timeseries export data
    Exported data now accurately reflects modeled results.

  • Improved input behavior based on allocation type
    Input fields now adapt correctly, reducing configuration errors.

  • Set default values for contracted storage capacity as percentages
    Aligns defaults with expected input formats for easier configuration.

1.4.8 (2026-03-06)​

Data Accuracy & Results:

  • Corrected summary graph unit display
    Summary graphs now display the correct unit ($/MWh), improving clarity and preventing confusion caused by the previously duplicated unit label.

  • Improved sensitivity results output by specifying allocation headers
    Allocation headers are now clearly defined in sensitivity analysis results, making exported data easier to interpret and analyze.

Workflow & UX Improvements:

  • Improved naming consistency for downloaded storage components
    Exported storage data now retains the correct project-defined names instead of reverting to default labels.

  • Improved precision in storage capacity display
    The storage selector now preserves decimal values for battery capacity in the detailed view, ensuring more accurate representation of configured system sizes.

  • Added display names for PV time series inputs
    PV time series data now includes clearer display names, helping users more easily identify and manage datasets within projects.

Stability & Reliability:

  • Improved compatibility for detailed results loading in Chrome
    Project detailed results now load reliably in Chrome, ensuring consistent access to analysis outputs across supported browsers.

1.4.7 (2026-02-14)​

Stability & Reliability:

  • Improved overall platform stability and consistency
    Targeted refinements enhance system robustness and reduce the likelihood of unexpected interruptions during analysis and reporting.

Data Accuracy & Calculations:

  • Improved alignment of financial and operational calculations
    Enhancements ensure results remain consistent across dashboards, time series views, and exports, strengthening confidence in reported metrics.

  • Improved handling of edge-case scenarios in optimization workflows
    Refinements help maintain reliable outputs across a wider range of project configurations.

Workflow & UX Improvements:

  • Improved responsiveness across key configuration and results views
    Users should experience smoother interactions when navigating complex analyses.

  • Enhanced clarity of validation and system messaging
    Updated messaging helps users identify and resolve input issues more efficiently.

Performance & Exports:

  • Improved reliability of data export workflows
    Export processes are now more dependable, reducing the risk of incomplete or stalled downloads.

  • Enhanced formatting consistency in generated reports
    Financial outputs now display with improved readability and standardized presentation.

1.4.6 (2026-01-28)​

New Features:

  • Multi-year wind and solar production modeling
    Supports multi-year time series inputs for wind and solar resources, allowing users to capture inter-annual weather variability. This improves the accuracy of charging opportunities and revenue projections for co-located renewable assets.

  • Year-specific capacity payment modeling
    Enables capacity prices to vary by year, supporting non-linear pricing changes driven by auction outcomes or policy shifts. This provides a more realistic view of long-term profitability compared to simple price escalation.

  • Multi-year interconnection and curtailment limits
    Allows interconnection constraints and curtailment assumptions to change over time, reflecting grid upgrades, congestion, or policy changes. This ensures export limits and associated revenues are modeled more accurately across the project lifetime.

  • Yearly variability in Time-of-Delivery (ToD) prices and obligations
    Introduces support for year-by-year changes in ToD pricing structures and obligations, enabling more accurate dispatch optimization and arbitrage strategies as market conditions evolve.

Stability & Reliability:

  • Improved handling of BESS guaranteed model results
    Ensures consistent and correct results across combined component configurations and reporting views.

  • Enhanced platform reliability through staging and release alignment updates
    Regular merges and hotfix integrations reduce divergence between environments and improve release stability.

Bug Fixes:

  • Fixed missing shortage penalty in results
    Shortage penalties are now correctly applied and reflected in outputs.

  • Fixed TOD shortfalls scaling issue
    TOD shortfall values are no longer incorrectly divided by 1,000, ensuring accurate reporting.

  • Fixed project lifetime not being reflected in TOD calculations
    TOD results now correctly align with the configured project lifetime.

  • Fixed opportunity cost not displayed when grid charging is disabled
    Opportunity cost values are now shown consistently across relevant configurations.

  • Fixed old project graphs not displaying in TOD market
    Restores visibility of historical project data in TOD-related charts.

  • Fixed multi-year interconnection limits overriding existing project values
    Existing project configurations are now preserved correctly when applying multi-year settings.

  • Fixed revenue tab Excel export showing the same year repeatedly
    Exported Excel files now correctly reflect year-by-year revenue data.

  • Fixed money-type formatting issues in Excel exports
    Improves numerical readability and consistency in exported financial reports.

  • Fixed incorrect results display for BESS guaranteed degradation combinations
    Ensures all relevant component combinations are accurately represented.

  • Fixed missing results on the Powering Health website
    Restores proper result visibility for affected analyses.

  • Fixed TOD market graphs for legacy projects
    Ensures charts render correctly for older project configurations.

Workflow & UX Improvements:

  • Improved error messaging for PV and wind configurations
    Clearer feedback helps users identify and resolve setup issues more quickly.

  • Fixed regulation down edit and time series popup controls
    Restores expected interaction behavior in configuration and visualization workflows.

  • Applied cosmetic improvements to TOD views and configuration screens
    Improves visual clarity and usability without altering underlying behavior.

1.4.5 (2026-01-14)​

Stability & Reliability:

  • Improved handling of PV degradation in early analysis workflows
    PV degradation is now correctly disabled during early analysis to prevent unintended impacts on preliminary results.

Bug Fixes:

  • Fixed Guaranteed Degradation results display for multi-battery projects
    All battery results are now shown correctly in the Sensitivity and Optimization tables, instead of only the first battery, ensuring complete and accurate reporting for complex storage configurations.

1.4.4 (2025-12-23)​

Stability & Reliability:

  • Improved overall system stability and export reliability
    These updates reduce the risk of stalled processes and improve consistency across data import and export workflows.

Bug Fixes:

  • Fixed CSV import issues when “use comma as decimal point” is enabled
    Numeric values containing periods are now parsed correctly, preventing decimals from being dropped and values from being imported as large integers. This fix applies across energy markets, regulation markets, capacity markets, TOD, and wind time series imports.

  • Resolved Excel export timeouts from optimization results
    Excel exports now complete successfully, ensuring files download as expected without indefinite loading states.

  • Fixed incorrect BESS guaranteed revenue reporting
    Market revenues for guaranteed models now align with the Revenue and Cashflow tab, ensuring consistent values across time series views and Excel exports.

1.4.3 (2025-12-15)​

Stability & Reliability:

  • We resolved project execution crashes caused by the Augmentation Disable setting
    This reduces unexpected failures and improves overall runtime stability when running projects.

Workflow & UX Improvements:

  • Updated legend positioning for Summary and Time Series charts
    Legends are now displayed at the bottom-center and ordered horizontally for easier reading and more consistent interpretation.

Bug Fixes:

  • Fixed incorrect time series legend rendering
    This ensures legends behave consistently across chart views and align with the updated visualization layout.

1.4.2 (2025-12-03)​

Bug Fixes:

  • Fixed a mismatch in TOD (Time of Delivery) revenue values between optimization results and detailed results
    This ensures revenue calculations are consistent.

1.4.1 (2025-12-01)​

Stability & Reliability:

  • Improved overall platform stability
    General reliability enhancements reduce the likelihood of unexpected interruptions during execution.

Bug Fixes:

  • Fixed outdated replacement cost values
    Ensures replacement cost calculations now reflect current and accurate values in the storage library.
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