Risk-constrained coordination of cascaded hydro units with variable wind power generation

L. V.L. Abreu, M. E. Khodayar, M. Shahidehpour, Lei Wu

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Abstract

This paper presents a stochastic hourly coordination strategy for wind units and cascaded hydro generation as storage to firm up the hourly dispatch in a generating company (GENCO). The proposed strategy is based on the stochastic price-based unit commitment (Stochastic PBUC) formulation which includes wind energy imbalance charges. The forecast errors of electricity market price and wind speed are simulated with the Monte Carlo method via a scenario approach. The risk-aversion constraints are considered for limiting a GENCO's financial risks when considering uncertain wind power generation. The proposed optimization model is solved by mixed-integer linear programming (MIP) and illustrative examples examine the effectiveness of the proposed risk-based coordination model for optimizing a GENCO's payoff.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)359-368
Number of pages10
JournalIEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy
Volume3
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012

Keywords

  • Cascaded hydro and wind coordination
  • risk-aversion
  • stochastic price-based unit commitment

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