Preliminary results from the More Advanced Control Advice Project for secure operation of isolated power systems with increased renewable energy penetration and storage

Nikos D. Hatziargyriou (1) , Georges Contaxis (1) , M. Matos (2) , Joao A. Pecas Lopes (2) , M. H. Vasconcelos (2) , Georges Kariniotakis (3) , Didier Mayer (3) , J. A. Halliday (4) , G. Dutton (4) , Petros Dokopoulos (5) , Anastasios Bakirtzis (5) , John Stefanakis (6) , Antiopi Gigantidou (6) , Philip O'Donnell (7) , Damian Mccoy (7) , M.J. Fernandes (8) , J. M. S. Cotrim (8) , A. P. Figueira (8)

1 NTUA - National Technical University of Athens [Athens]
2 INESC TEC - Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science [Porto]
3 CEP - Centre Énergétique et Procédés
4 RAL - CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
5 Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering [Thessaloniki]
6 PPC - Public Power Corporation - Grèce
7 ESB National Grid - Power System Operations
8 EEM - Empresa de Electricidade da Madeira

In this paper, preliminary results from MORE CARE, a European R&D project financed within the Energy Program are described. This project has, as its main objective, the development of an advanced control software system, aiming to optimize the overall performance of isolated and weakly interconnected systems in liberalized market environments by increasing the share of wind energy and other renewable forms, including advanced online security functions. The main features of the control system comprise advanced software modules for load and wind power forecasting, unit commitment and economic dispatch of the conventional and renewable units and online security assessment capabilities integrated in a friendly man-machine environment. Pilot installations of advanced control functions are foreseen on the islands of Crete, Ireland and Madeira

Mots clés: Control systems; Economic forecasting; Isolated systems; Load forecasting; Power generation economics; Power system economics; Power system security; Software systems; Wind energy; Wind forecasting; Renewable energies

Domaines: Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]

Nikos D. Hatziargyriou, Georges Contaxis, M. Matos, Joao A. Pecas Lopes, M. H. Vasconcelos, et al.. Preliminary results from the More Advanced Control Advice Project for secure operation of isolated power systems with increased renewable energy penetration and storage. IEEE Porto Power Tech - PPT 2001, Sep 2001, Porto, Portugal. 6 p. - ISBN 0-7803-7139-9, ⟨10.1109/PTC.2001.964855⟩. ⟨hal-00617608⟩