Author :
Mariano, S.J.P.S. ; Calado, M.R.A. ; Ferreira, L.A.F.M.
Abstract :
Deregulation and liberalization of electric power industry, among other things, has created new requirements for the market participants. The power system engineer, operator, and, in general, the market participant is being faced with requirements for which he does not have adequate training and the proper software tools. In this framework, among others, a pure hydro-generation company has to (1) operate its hydro units, throughout the operating day, trying to fulfill the market clearing schedule, and modify the program in the intra-day energy markets if necessary (or more suitable) as real-time operation is getting closer and (2) make the offers for the regulation service market. In this scenario the Dispatch of Head Dependent Hydro Units is a problem that must be solved before dealing with the hourly hydro resource scheduling for energy and reserve optimization.
Keywords :
electricity supply industry deregulation; hydroelectric power stations; power generation dispatch; power generation economics; electric power industry deregulation; electric power industry liberalization; electricity market; energy optimization; head dependent hydro units dispatch; hourly hydro resource scheduling; hydro-generation company; intra-day energy markets; market clearing schedule; optimal generation; regulation service market; reserve optimization; software tools; Electricity supply industry; Hydroelectric power generation; Job shop scheduling; Load management; Power engineering and energy; Power generation; Power generation economics; Power system management; Power system modeling; Water resources; Hydroelectric power generation; electricity market; hydroelectric generators; optimization methods;
