Encast v1.2 Released: More Flexible Multi Network Modelling and New Thermal Capabilities

Version 1.2 is now available. This release focuses on making Encast more capable for real-world projects where electricity, heat, and cooling interact.

The result: more flexible modelling for complex energy systems, smoother configuration for thermal assets, and cleaner, more reliable outputs for reporting and analysis.

What’s new in v1.2

Multi network modelling: electricity, heat, and beyond

Many projects aren’t single network anymore. v1.2 expands Encast’s ability to work with multiple networks (for example, electricity & heat, and now cooling as well), supporting more realistic project configurations and operational strategies.

What this enables for you:

• Model demand and supply across multiple energy networks in a more scalable way
• Run operational logic and criteria that can respond to different networks
• Produce outputs that better match how integrated sites actually operate

Expanded thermal toolkit: boilers, heat pumps, coolers (and more consistency)

Thermal systems are often where the “hard bits” of energy modelling live, especially when you add cooling. v1.2 broadens and clarifies the thermal stack, including:

• Clear separation of heat pumps and boilers as distinct modules
• Introduction of a dedicated cooler module that interacts with a cooling network
• Consistent support for binary operation across thermal modules (useful for assets that operate on/off rather than continuously modulating)

This helps teams model heating and cooling strategies with fewer workarounds and makes results easier to communicate to stakeholders.

Improved gas turbine modelling architecture (better long-term reliability)

Gas turbines remain a key technology in flexible generation and CHP contexts. In v1.2, turbine processing has been reorganised so the module behaves more cleanly inside the broader model, supporting better maintainability and a stronger foundation for future turbine enhancements.

Changelog (v1.2)

• More scalable multi-network handling (electricity, heat, etc.)
  
  • Improved how network data is stored and processed during calculations
  • Better maintainability of core calculation flows
  • Gas turbine processing logic consolidated into the Gas Turbine module
• Thermal and demand expansions
  
  • Demand features expanded to support all networks
  • Criteria expanded to leverage the new multi-network systems
  • Heat pumps and boilers split into separate modules
  • Added Cooling Heatmaps
  • Added a new cooler module that interacts with a cooling network
    
  • Enabled binary operation on all thermal modules
    
  • Organised thermal modules under a dedicated grouping for clarity
• Storage module processing refactor
  
  • Battery and hotwell processing logic consolidated for clarity and maintainability
    
  • Frame-level indexing added to support improved data handling
• Close-up data improvements
  
  • Close-up data structure refactored to improve flexibility across networks
    
  • Aggregation and data flow updated to support the new structure
    
  • Unused storage modules removed and calculation modules refined for clarity