Planning Of The Ancillary Reserve Provided By Hydropower Plants

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Peter Šulek
Peter Dušička
Marián Ozábal

Abstract

A considerable attention has been paid to the optimal utilization of the dynamic characteristics of the hydropower plants in electric power system of Slovakia. For more than 20 years, simplified optimization solutions have been used for the operation planning as well as the real time operative control. The issue of the assuring the support services in the field of the primary, secondary and tertiary reserve of power output has been increasingly occurring by the operation of the hydropower plants in the last years. The article describes suitable methods for the solutions of the problems of the hydropower plant control related to the new tendencies in the planning and the market with electrical energy, while primary taking into account their generality in the aspect of the planning and providing the ancillary reserve.

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Generation of Electricity, Transmission, Distribution and Consumption of Electricity