ESDL
  • ESDL Documentation
  • Introduction
  • Energy Data Modelling
  • ESDL concepts
    • Design principles
    • Energy System structure
    • Data types
      • Energy System
      • Areas
      • Items, Assets, EnergyAssets and Services
        • Overview of EnergyAssets
      • Profiles
      • Energy System Information
        • Carriers
        • DataSources
        • Mobility Fuel Information
        • Profiles
        • Quantities And Units
        • Sectors
      • KPIs
    • ESDL model
  • How to use ESDL
    • Using ESDL to model an energy system
      • Setup Eclipse using the update site
      • ESDL Tree editor
      • ESDL Graphical editor / ESDL Designer
    • Example ESDL models
      • Describing a house
      • Describing a municipality
      • Describing a profile
  • ESDL models and tools
    • ESDL MapEditor
    • Energy System Simulator (ESSIM)
    • Energy Data Repository (EDR)
  • ESDL related projects
    • Warming Up
    • Mondaine
  • Software development with ESDL
    • Integration with Java
    • Integration with Python and pyEcore
    • Jupyter Notebook ESDL tutorial
  • Contributing to ESDL
    • Setting up the Eclipse Modelling Tools
      • Generating model, edit and editor code
  • Contact
  • ESDL Release Notes
  • ESDL Color Scheme
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  • Installing Eclipse ESDL editor
  • Step 0: Download Oracle JDK (if necessary)
  • Step 1: Download Eclipse Modelling Tools
  • Add ESDL plugin update site
  • Step 1: Open eclipse and close "Welcome Screen"
  • Step 2: Select "Help" --> "Install new software..."
  • Step 3: Press "Add..." to add a new software repository
  • Step 4: Select the package "ESDL (Energy System Description Language)"
  1. How to use ESDL
  2. Using ESDL to model an energy system

Setup Eclipse using the update site

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Installing Eclipse ESDL editor

Step 0: Download Oracle JDK (if necessary)

Go to and press the “Download” button under the “JDK” text to download the JDK. Version 1.8 or higher should be fine.

Step 1: Download Eclipse Modelling Tools

From:

Go to the section "Eclipse Modelling Tools" and select for example “Windows 64-bit”:

Add ESDL plugin update site

To install all the required components and edit ESDL-files, an Eclipse update-site is available to get the latest version of the ESDL Designer and the ESDL model.

To do that, you need to add an eclipse update site to your eclipse installation.

Step 1: Open eclipse and close "Welcome Screen"

Step 2: Select "Help" --> "Install new software..."

Step 3: Press "Add..." to add a new software repository

Give the Repository a name and use the following URL as location:

You can also drag and drop the above URL on the "Install new software" dialog (depicted above) or the "Add new repository" dialog.

Step 4: Select the package "ESDL (Energy System Description Language)"

Follow the required steps to let Eclipse add the required ESDL components.

Eclipse in now configured to use ESDL and you will receive notifications whenever there are updates.

https://github.com/EnergyTransition/esdl-update-site/raw/master
www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html
http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/
http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/technology/epp/downloads/release/photon/R/eclipse-modeling-photon-R-win32-x86_64.zip