Publication Type | Tesis de Grau i Màster // BSc and MSc Thesis |
Year of Publication | 2021 |
Authors | Ignasi Mañé Bosch |
Director | F-Javier Heredia |
Tipus de tesi | MSc Thesis |
Titulació | Master in Statistics and Operations Reseafrch |
Centre | Facultat de matemàtiques i Estadística |
Data defensa | 18/10/2021 |
Nota // mark | 9.5 |
Key Words | teaching; electricity markets; multistage stochastic programming |
Abstract | For many political and economic reasons, over the last decades, electricity markets in developed countries have been liberalised. Markets regulated by governments in which prices were set by the competent authority are now the exception. In this new setting, electricity agents, both consumers and producers, compete to maximise their protability in a series of auctions designed to efficiently match supply and demand. Many energy producers manage together wind and thermal generation units to meet their contractual obligations such as bilateral contracts, as well as bid on the electric market to sell their production capacity. This master thesis explore different multi-stage stochastic programming models for generation companies to nd optimal bid functions in electric spot markets. The explored models not only capture the uncertainty of electric prices of different markets and financial products, but also couples together wind and thermal generation units, offering producers that combine both technologies a more suitable approach to nd their best possible bidding strategy among the space of possible actions. |
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On November 2021 Mr. Ignasi Mañé presented the MsC thesis dissertation Multistage stochastic bid model for a wind-thermal power producer to opt for the master's degree in Statistics and Operations Research (UPC-UB), advised by prof. F.-Javier Heredia. This master thesis explores different multi-stage stochastic programming models for generation companies to find optimal bid functions in electric spot markets capturing the uncertainty of electric prices of different markets and financial products, and coupling together wind and thermal generation unit
Publication Type | Conference Paper |
Year of Publication | 2021 |
Authors | Marlyn Dayana Cuadrado Guevara; F.-Javier Heredia |
Conference Name | 31st European Conference on Operational Research. |
Conference Date | 11-14/07/2021 |
Conference Location | Athens |
Type of Work | Invited presentation |
ISBN Number | ISBN 978-618-85079-1-3 |
Key Words | research; multistage stochastich programming; virtual power plants; electricity markets; scenarios tree generation |
Abstract | The presence of renewables in electricity markets optimization have generated a high level of uncertainty in the data, which has led to a need for applying stochastic optimization to model this kind of problems. In this work, we apply Multistage Stochastic Programming (MSP) using scenario trees to represent energy prices and wind power generation. We developed a methodology of two phases where, in the first phase, a procedure to predict the next day for each random parameter of the MSP models is used, and, in the second phase, a set of scenario trees are built through Forward Tree Construction Algorithm (FTCA) and a modified Dynamic Tree Generation with a Flexible Bushiness Algorithm (DTGFBA). This methodology was used to generate scenario trees for the Multistage Stochastic Wind Battery Virtual Power Plant model (MSWBVPP model), which were based on MIBEL prices and wind power generation of a real wind farm in Spain. In addition, we solved three dierent case studies corresponding to three dierent hypotheses on the virtual power plant’s participation in electricity markets. Finally, we study the relative performance of the FTCA and DTGFBA scenario trees, analysing the value of the stochastic solution through the Forecasted Value of the Stochastic Solution (FVSS) and the classical VSS for the 366 daily instances of the MSWBVPP problem spanning a complete year. |
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Publication Type | Thesis |
Year of Publication | 2020 |
Authors | Marlyn Dayana Cuadrado Guevara |
Academic Department | Dept. of Statistics and Operations Research. Prof. F.-Javier Heredia, advisor. |
Number of Pages | 194 |
University | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTech |
City | Barcelona |
Degree | PhD Thesis |
Key Words | research; Battery energy storage systems; Electricity markets; Ancillary services market; Wind power generation; Virtual power plants; Multistage Stochastic programming; phd thesis |
Abstract | The presence of renewables in energy systems optimization have generated a high level of uncertainty in the data, which has led to a need for applying stochastic optimization to modelling problems with this characteristic. The method followed in this thesis is Multistage Stochastic Programming (MSP). Central to MSP is the idea of representing uncertainty (which, in this case, is modelled with a stochastic process) using scenario trees. In this thesis, we developed a methodology that starts with available historical data; generates a set of scenarios for each random variable of the MSP model; defines individual scenarios that are used to build the initial stochastic process (as a fan or an initial scenario tree); and builds the final scenario trees that are the approximation of the stochastic process. |
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Publication Type | Conference Paper |
Year of Publication | 2018 |
Authors | F.-Javier Heredia; Marlyn D. Cuadrado; J.-Anton Sánchez |
Conference Name | 23th International Symposium on Mathematical Programming |
Conference Date | 01-06/07/2018 |
Conference Location | Bordeaux |
Type of Work | contributed presentation |
Key Words | research; Battery energy storage systems; Electricity markets; Ancillary services market; Wind power generation; Virtual power plants; Stochastic programming |
Abstract | Abstract: Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) can be used by wind producers to improve the operation of wind power plants (WPP) in electricity markets. Associating a wind power plant with a BESS (the so-called Virtual Power Plant (VPP)) provides utilities with a tool that converts uncertain wind power production into a dispatchable technology that can operate not only in spot and adjustment markets (day-ahead and intraday markets) but also in ancillary services markets that, up to now, were forbidden to non-dispatchable technologies. We present in this study a multi-stage stochastic programming model to find the optimal operation of a VPP in the day-ahead, intraday and secondary reserve markets while taking into account uncertainty in wind power generation and clearing prices (day-ahead, secondary reserve, intraday markets and system imbalances). A new forecasting procedure for the random variables involved in stochastic programming model has been developed. The forecasting model is based on Time Factor Series Analysis (TFSA) and gives suitable results while reducing the dimensionality of the forecasting mode. The quality of the scenario trees generated using the TFSA forecasting models with real electricity markets and wind production data has been analysed through multistage VSS. |
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Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2018 |
Authors | F.-Javier Heredia; Marlyn D. Cuadrado; Cristina Corchero |
Journal Title | Computers and Operations Research |
Volume | 96 |
Pages | 316-329 |
Journal Date | 08/2018 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
ISSN Number | 0305-0548 |
Key Words | research; Battery energy storage systems; Electricity markets; Ancillary services market; Wind power generation; Virtual power plants; Stochastic programming; paper |
Abstract | The recent cost reduction and technological advances in medium- to large-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) makes these devices a true alternative for wind producers operating in electricity markets. Associating a wind power farm with a BESS (the so-called virtual power plant (VPP)) provides utilities with a tool that converts uncertain wind power production into a dispatchable technology that can operate not only in spot and adjustment markets (day-ahead and intraday markets) but also in ancillary services markets that, up to now, were forbidden to non-dispatchable technologies. What is more, recent studies have shown capital cost investment in BESS can be recovered only by means of such a VPP participating in the ancillary services markets. We present in this study a multi-stage stochastic programming model to find the optimal operation of a VPP in the day-ahead, intraday and secondary reserve markets while taking into account uncertainty in wind power generation and clearing prices (day-ahead, secondary reserve, intraday markets and system imbalances). A case study with real data from the Iberian electricity market is presented. |
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DOI | 10.1016/j.cor.2018.03.004 |
Preprint | http://hdl.handle.net/2117/118479 |
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Publication Type | Tesis de Grau i Màster // BSc and MSc Thesis |
Year of Publication | 2017 |
Authors | Josep Homs Moreno |
Director | F.-Javier Heredia Cervera; Cristina Corchero; Lucia Igualada |
Tipus de tesi | MSc Thesis |
Titulació | Interuniversity Master in Statistics and Operations Research UPC-UB |
Centre | Faculty of Mathematics and Statistics |
Data defensa | 23/10/2017 |
Nota // mark | 9.5 (A) |
Key Words | offshore wind; Hybrid AC-DC grid; MIP; teaching; MSc Thesis |
Abstract | This thesis analyses a design in which individual wind turbine converters are removed from wind turbines and are installed on intermediate oshore platforms. Thus, many turbines may be controlled by only few power converters, dening clusters. All wind turbines in a cluster operate at the same cluster optimal frequency. This approach is cheaper in terms of capital cost savings than having individual power converters integrated in wind turbines because less components must be installed and maintained. At the same time, it gives enough exibility to turbines to still operate with high power eciency. The generated power in turbines is transmitted with alternating current to AC/DC power converters. In addition, power from AC/DC converters is transmitted in direct current to a single large high voltage direct current converter, which transmits power to the onshore collection grid. |
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Publication Type | Conference Paper |
Year of Publication | 2017 |
Authors | F.-Javier Heredia; Marlyn D. Cuadrado; J.-Anton Sánchez |
Conference Name | 4th International Conference on Optimization Methods and Software 2017 |
Conference Date | 16-21/12/2017 |
Conference Location | La Havana |
Type of Work | Invited presentation |
Key Words | multistage; VSS; wind-BESS VPP; wind power; energy storage; battery; research |
Abstract | One of the objectives of the FOWGEN project (https://fowgem.upc.edu) was to study the economic feasibility and optimal operation of a wind-BESS Virtual Power Plant (VPP): In [1] an ex-post economic analysis shows the economic viability of a wind-BESS VPP thanks to the optimal operation in day-ahead and ancillary electricity markets; In [2] a new multi-stage stochastic programming model (WBVPP)for the optimal bid of a wind producer both in spot and ancillary services electricity markets is developed. The work presented here extends the study in [2] with a new methodology to treat the uncertainty, based in forecasting models, and the study of the quality of the stochastic solution. [1] F-Javier Heredia et al. Economic analysis of battery electric storage systems operating in electricity markets 12th International Conference on the European Energy Market (EEM15), 2015 DOI: 10.1109/EEM.2015.7216739. [2] F-Javier Heredia et al. On optimal participation in the electricity markets of wind power plants with battery energy storage system. Submitted, under second revision. 2017. |
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Last december I was invited to the 4th International Conference on Optimization Methods and Software 2017 that was held in La Havana, to present the study A Multistage Stochastic Programming Model for the Optimal Bid of Wind-BESS Virtual Power Plants to Electricity Markets. This study was developed in collaboration with Marlyn Cuadrado and Josep Anton Sánchez, from my same department in the UPC, and is a partial result of the research project FOWGEM. This study is a follow up of the previous work presented in the WindFarms 2017 Conference extended with a new methodology to treat the uncertainty, based in forecasting models, and the study of the quality of the stochastic solution through the Value of the Stochastic Solution. In the animated graph you can observe how the the probability distribution of several recourse variables (optimal bid, imbalances, charge/discharge and SOC) evolves along five working days.