VILLASframework

Welcome to the documentation of the VILLASframework.

VILLASframework is a toolkit for local and geographically distributed real-time co-simulation (GD-RTS).

It is actively developed by the Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems at the RWTH Aachen University.

caution

For starters we recommend to read the installation guide!

Components

VILLASframework consists of several components:

• VILLASnode
• VILLASweb
• VILLAScontroller
• VILLASfpga

Download

The source code of all open source components is available over the RWTH GitLab.

Copyright

2014-2022, Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems, EONERC

Licensing

VILLASnode, VILLASfpga, VILLAScontroller and VILLASweb are released as open source software under the GPLv3 license.

VILLASdataprocessing is released as open source software under the Apache 2.0 license.

Other licensing options available upon request. Please contact Prof. Antonello Monti for further details.

Contact / Mailing list

The project is using a public mailing list for announcements and general discussions. Please click on the link above to subscribe.

Steffen Vogel is coordinating development of VILLASframework and its application in project at ACS.

Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems (ACS)
EON Energy Research Center (EONERC)
RWTH University Aachen, Germany

Funding

Funding is provided by the following research projects:

• RESERVE: European Unions Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 727481.
• VILLAS: Funding provided by JARA-ENERGY. Jülich-Aachen Research Alliance (JARA) is an initiative of RWTH Aachen University and Forschungszentrum Jülich.
• Urban Energy Lab 4.0: Funding is provided by the European Regional Development Fund (EFRE).