20 synthetic reference cases · engine 3.0.0

Twenty reference microgrids. Open any of them.

From an 8 kW arctic telecom relay to a 2 MW island feeder. Loads, weather and prices are synthetic and labelled as such: these are regression anchors and starting points, not measured projects and not validation against another engine.

Download the JSON What is tested

What these are. Synthetic loads from the engine’s archetypes; weather from a calibrated synthetic year built on each site’s NASA POWER climatology (badge: offline estimate); illustrative fuel prices. The sizes are deterministic starting designs, not optimizer recommendations. Savings are net present cost against a diesel-only baseline over 25 years at an 8 % nominal discount rate. Open a case and run the sizing search before comparing designs.

Inputs and starting designs

The same cases as a table. Annual load and outputs are recomputed by the engine on every build; the JSON adds the resource provenance and an input fingerprint.

Synthetic reference case inputs and starting designs
Reference case	Peak load	Annual load	Climate · coordinates	Fuel (illustrative)	Starting PV	Starting battery	Starting generator
Arctic telecom relaytelecom	8 kW	59,084 kWh	arctic68.4°, 18.0°	$1.60/L	50 kW	20 kWh	10 kW
Desert telecom relaytelecom	12 kW	65,729 kWh	desert24.5°, 54.4°	$1.30/L	20 kW	50 kWh	15 kW
Remote clinic (small)clinic	20 kW	91,612 kWh	tropical5.6°, -0.2°	$1.45/L	50 kW	50 kWh	30 kW
Remote clinic (medium)clinic	60 kW	232,979 kWh	desert30.1°, 31.2°	$1.30/L	100 kW	200 kWh	70 kW
Island guesthousehospitality	80 kW	429,845 kWh	tropical10.5°, 72.6°	$1.55/L	200 kW	200 kWh	100 kW
Island resorthospitality	300 kW	1,611,920 kWh	tropical12.2°, 96.9°	$1.55/L	1.00 MW	1,000 kWh	400 kW
Rural schoolschool	40 kW	83,021 kWh	continental41.0°, 74.0°	$1.20/L	50 kW	100 kWh	50 kW
Boarding schoolschool	120 kW	279,141 kWh	temperate35.2°, -82.5°	$1.20/L	200 kW	500 kWh	150 kW
Village microgrid (tiny)village	50 kW	129,755 kWh	desert8.5°, 38.0°	$1.45/L	50 kW	200 kWh	70 kW
Village microgrid (small)village	150 kW	387,537 kWh	desert-2.3°, 34.7°	$1.45/L	200 kW	500 kWh	200 kW
Village microgrid (medium)village	400 kW	1,400,544 kWh	tropical6.4°, 3.4°	$1.50/L	1.00 MW	1,000 kWh	500 kW
Mine camp (small)mine-camp	250 kW	1,337,672 kWh	desert22.0°, 15.0°	$1.40/L	500 kW	1,000 kWh	300 kW
Mine camp (medium)mine-camp	1.00 MW	6,448,796 kWh	arctic60.0°, 110.0°	$1.70/L	5.00 MW	2,000 kWh	1.50 MW
Cold storage agro sitecold-storage	150 kW	610,159 kWh	desert33.0°, -5.0°	$1.30/L	200 kW	500 kWh	200 kW
Water pumping stationwater-pumping	75 kW	169,250 kWh	desert28.0°, 70.0°	$1.30/L	100 kW	200 kWh	100 kW
Fisheries / ice plantcold-storage	200 kW	939,233 kWh	temperate45.0°, -60.0°	$1.45/L	1.00 MW	500 kWh	300 kW
Remote municipalityutility-feeder	500 kW	2,433,226 kWh	temperate45.0°, 7.0°	$1.35/L	2.00 MW	1,000 kWh	700 kW
Construction campmine-camp	300 kW	1,605,207 kWh	desert25.0°, 51.0°	$1.40/L	1.00 MW	1,000 kWh	400 kW
Remote military support basemilitary	750 kW	3,926,784 kWh	desert31.0°, 65.0°	$1.60/L	2.00 MW	2,000 kWh	1.00 MW
High-fuel-cost island feederutility-feeder	2.00 MW	10,057,182 kWh	tropical15.0°, 145.7°	$1.85/L	5.00 MW	5,000 kWh	3.00 MW

Illustrative delivered diesel price for a synthetic benchmark (MicrogridModeler assumption, not a market quote). For scale: U.S. on-highway retail was $6.529/gal ($1.72/L) in the week of 2026-09-21 (EIA). Copy reviewed 2026-09-25.

Twenty reference microgrids. Open any of them.

Arctic telecom relay

Desert telecom relay

Remote clinic (small)

Remote clinic (medium)

Island guesthouse

Island resort

Rural school

Boarding school

Village microgrid (tiny)

Village microgrid (small)

Village microgrid (medium)

Mine camp (small)

Mine camp (medium)

Cold storage agro site

Water pumping station

Fisheries / ice plant

Remote municipality

Construction camp

Remote military support base

High-fuel-cost island feeder

Inputs and starting designs