GridCreator: An Open‑Source Toolbox for Synthetic Low‑Voltage Distribution Grids in Germany

Matthias Behr; Gunter Grimm; Rebecca Hofmann; Mirko Schäfer; Ramiz Qussous; Markus Schumacher; Anke Weidlich

doi:10.52825/ocp.v9i.3304

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Matthias Behr University of Freiburg https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3862-6626
Gunter Grimm University of Freiburg https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5260-0816
Rebecca Hofmann University of Freiburg https://orcid.org/0009-0000-8570-774X
Mirko Schäfer University of Freiburg https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8029-949X
Ramiz Qussous University of Freiburg https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1989-314X
Markus Schumacher University of Freiburg https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1733-8388
Anke Weidlich University of Freiburg https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2361-0912

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52825/ocp.v9i.3304

Keywords:

Low-Voltage Grids, Open-Source, Socio-Economic Data

Abstract

GridCreator is an open-source Python tool used to generate approximations of real-world low-voltage distribution grids across Germany. The tool combines public data sources and open-source Python packages to enable the creation of entire low-voltage grids for user-defined areas with minimal effort. Technical grid data is enriched with socio-economic information from the 2022 census survey. Based on correlations between socio-economic census data and public statistics on the occurrence of generation and demand units, these technologies are distributed across the nodes of the grid area. Finally, the tool generates demand and generation time series, which approximate real-world patterns and provides an interface to network calculation software and energy system models.

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