Summary:
One of the main characteristics of wind power is the inherent variability and unpredictability of the generation source, even in the short-term. To cope with this drawback, hydro pumped-storage units have been proposed in the literature as a good complement to wind generation due to their ability to manage positive and negative energy imbalances over time. This paper investigates the combined optimization of a wind farm and a pumped-storage facility from the point of view of a generation company in a market environment. The optimization model is formulated as a two-stage stochastic programming problem with two random parameters: market prices and wind generation. The optimal bids for the day-ahead spot market are the “here and now” decisions while the optimal operation of the facilities are the recourse variables. A joint configuration is modeled and compared with an uncoordinated operation. A realistic example case is presented where the developed models are tested with satisfactory results.
Keywords: Day-ahead electricity markets, energy storage, optimization, profit maximization, wind power
JCR Impact Factor and WoS quartile: 1,875 (2008); 6,500 - Q1 (2023)
DOI reference:
https://doi.org/10.1109/TPWRS.2008.919430
Published on paper: May 2008.
Published on-line: April 2008.
Citation:
J. García-González, R. Moraga, L. Matres-Santos, A. Mateo, Stochastic joint optimization of wind generation and pumped-storage units in an electricity market. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. Vol. 23, nº. 2, pp. 460 - 468, May 2008. [Online: April 2008]
