Add core infra for RE double-loop simulation

[xiangao1]

Addresses issue:

Address the first task here: #95 (comment)

Summary/Motivation:

• Add the necessary functions and classes for renewable case study double loop simulation.

Changes proposed in this PR:

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[dguittet]

Shouldn't test_multiperiod_wind_battery_doubleloop.py also be added?

[lbianchi-lbl]

Shouldn't test_multiperiod_wind_battery_doubleloop.py also be added?

@dguittet thanks for bringing this up. Without knowing the details of the code being tested, I can already see that test_multiperiod_wind_battery_doubleloop.py won't work out of the box (e.g. explicitly requesting gurobi as the solver).

Therefore, I would suggest to merge this in (so that it can make it into the release candidate today) and add the test file in another PR later.

[xiangao1]

@lbianchi-lbl can we use cbc instead then?

[dguittet]

@lbianchi-lbl Adding it in a later PR works too.

[lbianchi-lbl]

@lbianchi-lbl can we use cbc instead then?

I think so, assuming that (an appropriate version of) cbc is available after running idaes get-extensions on both Windows and Ubuntu.