Analysis of the coordinated operation of a hydroelectric power plant and a wind farm in Patagonia

L. I. LEVIEUX; F. A. INTHAMOUSSOU; H. DE BATTISTA

Mar del Plata

Congreso; XVII Workshop on Information Processing and Control (RPIC); 2017

Instituto de Investigaciones Cintíficas y Tecnológicas en Electrónica

In this work an analysis of the coordinated operation between  the  wind  farm  (WF) El  Angelito  and  the  hydroelectric power station Futaleufú, located in Chubut, Argentina, is carried out.  With  a  power  of  200MW,  El  Angelito  would  be  the  largest WF  in  the  country.  With  this  new  generation,  the  elements  of the  system  will  not  be  able  to  handle  both  sources  at  nominal power.  In  particular,  there  would  be  a  bottleneck  in  the  line where  the  WF  would  be  connected  and  in  the  transformer that  connects  the  system  to  500kV.  To  avoid  this  situation,  a coordinated operation of both generation sources is evaluated. In this way, a heuristic algorithm is analyzed to minimize the windand hydraulic discharge, maximizing the power generation under restrictions in the transmissionsystem. Three modes of operationwere analyzed. The obtained results, simulated in a year with realdata, show the benefits of the coordinated operation.