"For THE use in a virtual power plant" or "for use in a virtual power plant" and other "the" cases

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So a friend of mine just proof read my masters thesis and pointed out some errors which I think sound weird. He is probably right, but since one is in my title (*facepalm) and I need to fill in some special request to change it I wanted to double check.
Is it: "Simulation of ... for THE use in a virtual power plant" or is the "the" wrongly placed there?

Also: I am using some components from an online library called "Windpowerlib". So I always referred to it as: These functions are implemented from THE windpowerlib. He told me the "the" is wrongly placed there as well.

Can someone confirm? (and maybe explain because it sounds superweird to me)

Greybeard · Answer

Your friend is correct.

In "for use" "use" is uncountable and does not require a determiner. In fact it would be incorrect to use one as "the" has the effect of implying "of which we are aware" to its noun.

As far as "Windpowerlib" is concerned,it is a name and all names are uncountable (there are a few exceptions, but those need not worry you.)

"For THE use in a virtual power plant" or "for use in a virtual power plant" and other "the" cases

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