Performance evaluation and benchmarking to inform dispatching rules for hydropower plants

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2024

Authors

Barbosa, F (Author) Other; Casacio, L (Author) Other; Bacalhau, ET (Author) Other; Armando Leitão (Author) FEUP; Luis Guimarães (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: Utilities Policy

Vol. 90

ISSN: 0957-1787

Publisher: Elsevier

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Authenticus ID: P-010-GGS

DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2024.101780

Abstract (EN): Hydropower currently generates more than all other renewable energies combined. Considering the challenges of climate change and the transition to green energy, it is expected to remain the world's largest source of renewable electricity generation. This paper proposes a tool for performance evaluation and benchmarking of hydropower generation to inform dispatching. Through them, strengths and weaknesses of asset operations can be set, identifying areas with the best performance, gathering insights from their strategies and best practices, and comprehending factors that lead to variations in performance levels. The results allow for optimising energy resource use by indicating the dispatching rules with maximum power production and minimum wearand-tear impact. This framework allows the formulation of practical guidelines for dispatching policies. The proposed methodology is applied to analyse two real-world case studies: the Vogelgr & uuml;n run of river hydropower plant (France) and the Frades 2 pump-storage powerplant (Portugal).

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 8