We’re excited to announce the release of a range of new datasets and functionality in Local Area Energy Planner Plus (LAEP+).
Projects.
A much requested feature: you can now replace default cost and carbon assumptions in Projects with your own. Simply go to Projects and click ‘Manage Templates’ to start creating your own custom cost and carbon assumption templates. Read more: Creating custom cost and carbon assumption templates.
We’ve also made a few usability improvements: the buttons to edit and delete assets once placed are now easier to find and the network headroom slider with save state when you navigate into your Projects - making it easier to deploy assets in locations with spare capacity.
Progress Tracker & Planning Progress.
These two new trackers pages can be used to monitor your local authority’s decarbonisation progress. Access both from the home page. Use these to monitor progress at each stage of a typical Local Area Energy Plan as well as track how many Projects and Scenarios your local authority have made and shared with your Distribution Network Operator. Want to know how to share plans with your Distribution Network Operator? Read our how-to guide: Sharing Plans with Your Network Operator.
Network topology.
Several users requested visibility of National Grid Distribution’s Network Topology to help optimise the deployment locations of EV charging infrastructure. We’re pleased to announce that this is now available in the Map > Utility Networks folder, as well as within Projects.
Image: Access the Progress Tracker and Planning Progress reports from the Home page