xinyang-che/SBSP-PyPSA-Eur

The project is a specialized research artifact, likely tied to a thesis or academic paper, rather than a living software product. It achieves a low defensibility score of 2 because it is a configuration layer on top of the existing PyPSA-Eur infrastructure; while the domain knowledge required to model SBSP (Space-Based Solar Power) is non-trivial, the implementation itself is a set of parameterizations and constraints within a third-party framework. With only 6 stars, no forks, and no activity for nearly two years, it lacks any community momentum or network effects. Frontier labs are unlikely to compete in this niche of macro-energy system modeling. The primary 'competitors' are other research groups using PyPSA or competing models like OSeMOSYS or PLEXOS. The displacement horizon is short because any subsequent researcher could update the cost-assumptions and technical parameters for SBSP and recreate or exceed this work with minimal effort using the latest PyPSA-Eur version.