SAInt 3.6: Introducing the SAInt Community
We are excited to announce the release of SAInt version 3.6, our first release of SAInt dedicated to connecting our growing community.
Highlights of SAInt 3.6
1. Public Documentation
In our commitment to breaking down the silos in contemporary energy modeling tools, we are excited to announce that our documentation is now publicly available! Explore our comprehensive reference guide for detailed insights into our software, along with task-focused how-to guides and tutorials designed to assist you in planning the energy future, one case study at a time. We encourage you to share these valuable resources widely, as we believe our documentation will be beneficial for all energy modelers!
2. SAInt User Forum
We’re pleased to announce our SAInt User Forum, a space where SAInt users can connect, collaborate, and share insights. Whether you’re looking for Model-Ready-Datasets, sharing SAInt workflows, or asking questions to other SAInt users, our forum is designed to support communication and knowledge exchange. We see this platform, along with our public documentation, as a valuable resource for energy planners today and in the future, helping them learn and grow together. Powered by Discourse, our forum features include liking, quoting, moderation, and personalized notifications, as well as unique elements like approved solutions to questions and dataset documentation integration, all aimed at improving your experience. Want to ask a question or download a dataset? Sign up today!
3. SAInt Videos
Over the past several months, we've been creating instructional videos that cover:
These videos provide users with essential SAInt workflows for each topic, all in around 5 minutes! We plan to continue producing targeted videos on practical energy planning workflows for today’s and tomorrow’s energy planners. We encourage you to use the Forum to discuss the video topics you'd like to see us cover, or feel free to reach out via email at support@encoord.com. Your feedback is valuable in shaping our content!
Improving SAInt
The latest SAInt release brings several significant improvements across network objects, simulation, UI, and security. Various object properties have been refined, such as making certain HUB properties read-only and enhancing the voltage regulation of storage objects. Sample projects have been moved to the forum, and performance enhancements include a confirmation pop-up for DCUCOPF scenarios and adding a Community Area to the ribbon bar. Security updates include full support for cloud license containers and automatic updates for all license types. Several bug fixes improve calculations, scenario handling, and user experience, alongside UI enhancements like updated charts and refined currency settings.
Explore the New Features Today!
Join us in leading a new era of energy network modeling with SAInt 3.6. Whether you plan electric, gas, or thermal networks, or value new assets, our latest release offers the tools, performance, and reliability you need to plan for the future.
To all SAInt users: Thank you for your valuable feedback, which has been instrumental in driving these improvements. We look forward to continuing this journey with you and are always eager to hear your thoughts on how we can further enhance SAInt.
Contact Us to learn more about how SAInt 3.6 can help your planning.
The full list of Release Notes for this version is available on our download page (requires login).
What is SAInt?
The Scenario Analysis Interface for Energy Systems (SAInt) is an integrated energy network planning software that enables coordination across planning domains, helping utilities, system operators, and asset developers navigate the energy transition.
SAInt executes optimization models for system expansion, operations, and markets, along with physical simulations of electric, gas, and thermal networks, all in one modeling platform with a single and consistent data structure.
Utility planners and engineers can integrate planning across electric generation, transmission, and distribution by seamlessly transitioning between physical simulations and optimization models. They can also integrate electric and gas or thermal infrastructure planning by performing hydraulic simulations of gas pipeline networks, as well as thermal-hydraulic simulations of heating and cooling networks.
Asset developers can quantify the value and risks of new projects by running capacity expansion and production cost models. In the same platform, they can also assess infrastructure impacts through physical simulations.
SAInt’s flexible and intuitive interfaces (GUI and API) foster collaboration between engineers, aligning different planning objectives and transforming energy planning.