In this paper, we deal with long-term operation planning problems of hydrothermal power systems by considering scenario analysis and risk aversion. This is a stochastic sequential decision problem whose solution must be non-anticipative, in the sense that a decision at a stage cannot use a perfect knowledge of the future. We propose strategies to reduce the number of scenarios in such way that the decision obtained by solving the non-anticipative risk-averse problem considering the subset of effective scenarios is as reliable as the decision from the whole set of scenarios. Numerical experiments are presented for validation of the techniques proposed by solving the problem for the Brazilian interconnected system with real data. The results obtained by simulation indicate that our approach can help the decision maker to prevent for the occurrence of critical events in the future.
Citation
Technical Report, Dep. of Mathematics, Federal University of Paraná, 2021.