Modeling of Hydro-Power in Spine - Optimizing Electricity Production With a Piece-Wise Linear

Sammanfattning

Hydropower plays an important role in the Swedish power system and is a valuable renewable energy source with great ability for regulation. It is, therefore, crucial to plan and optimize hydropower in a way that is effective. In this project, the Skellefte River is modeled with the software Spine. The focus is on applying a piece-wise linear function to describe the electricity production, instead of a simpler linear one, and optimizing the profit. The results of the optimization indicate that the piece-wise linear function gives accurate values on the electricity production. This work has also further contributed to the development of Spine.