Imports¶

Imports are energy purchased from outside the system, such as grid electricity or natural gas. A resource, such as geothermal energy, can also be modeled as an import, without a cost and with a constraint on capacity or energy imported. Imports are configured together with exports in the Imports & exports step of the scenario editor. For resources with intermittent availability, see On-site resources.

Imports appear on the left side of the energy diagram, alongside on-site resources.