PyPSA NetView is build to visualize networks from the power systems simulation framework. PyPSA NetView automatically creates a visual representation of a given PyPSA network, showing buses, components on buses and links between buses. PyPSA NetView is very much in early development.

PyPSA NetView is currently being tested, and can only be installed from testpypi: https://test.pypi.org/project/pypsa-netview/0.1.0/

PyPSA NetView is built on the .

• By default, PyPSA NetView will create a circular layout with each bus being a point on a circle. Custom positioning is possible, but not implemented in a good way yet.

• PyPSA NetView can currently only visualize certain components on a bus. These are Loads, Generators and Stores. StorageUnits and the like are not supported yet.

• PyPSA NetView will always show the entire network.

The following parameters can be passed to draw_network:

• show_capcities = True: If the network has been solved, show capacities for bus components and links

• filename = 'yourdrawing.pdf' : A drawing can be saved as pdf by passing a filename.

• spacing : Increase or decrease distance between buses for automatically generated bus positions

The following code produces the example drawing with two buses:

import pypsa
from pypsa_netview.draw import draw_network

n = pypsa.Network()

# Add buses, a bidirectional link, a load and a generator
n.madd('Bus',  ['Bus0', 'Bus1'])
n.add("Link", 'Link0', bus0 = 'Bus0', bus1 = 'Bus1', p_nom = 20, p_min_pu = -1,)
n.add("Load", 'Load0', bus = 'Bus0', p_set = 10)
n.add("Generator", 'Generator1', bus = 'Bus1', p_nom = 20)

# Solve the network (or not) and create visualization
n.lopf()
draw_network(n)

• PyPSA

• Schemdraw

• Pandas

• NumPy

An exmaple of an unsolved two-bus network:

An example of a solved four-bus network: