Assessment of the economic impact of environmental constraints on short-term hydropower plant operation

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 7960-7970

  Pérez Díaz, Juan I ^a   Wilhelmi, José R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental constraints; Hydropower plant operation; Optimization

Indexed keywords

ANCILLARY SERVICE; ECONOMIC IMPACTS; ELECTRICAL GRIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS; ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW; HYDROPOWER PLANT OPERATION; HYDROPOWER PLANTS; LOAD-FREQUENCY CONTROL; MIXED INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPERATING CONDITION; OPTIMIZATION MODELS; POWER SUPPLY; RAMPING RATE; SPINNING RESERVES;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION;

HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS;

ECONOMIC IMPACT; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINT; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT; LINEAR PROGRAMING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; WATER AVAILABILITY;

EID: 78049445069     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.09.020     Document Type: Article

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