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From Day-Ahead to a 6-Hour Period-Ahead Market Adapted to the Stochastic Behavi...
Couto, António; Algarvio, Hugo; Lopes, Fernando; Estanqueiro, Ana; Santos, Gabriel; Lezama, Fernando; Faia, Ricardo; Carvalho, Rui; Vale, ZitaABSTRACT: The existing electricity market design challenges the fair and competitive participation of variable renewable energy sources (vRES) due to their weather dependence and limited forecasting accuracy, especially for long-time horizons, as required in the day-ahead market (DAM). These challenges impact market clearing prices and create imbalances, leading to inefficiencies, such as market-splitting event...
Dynamic Line Rating Models and Their Potential for a Cost-Effective Transition ...
Estanqueiro, Ana; Algarvio, Hugo; Couto, António; Michiorri, Andrea; Salas, Sergio; Pudjianto, Danny; Hagglund, Per; Dobschinski, Jan; Bolgaryn, RomanABSTRACT: Most transmission system operators (TSOs) currently use seasonally steady-state models considering limiting weather conditions that serve as reference to compute the transmission capacity of overhead power lines. The use of dynamic line rating (DLR) models can avoid the construction of new lines, market splitting, false congestions, and the degradation of lines in a cost-effective way. DLR can also be...
Hybrid Variable Renewable Power Plants: A Case Study of ROR Hydro Arbitrage
Catarino, Isabel; Romão, Inês; Estanqueiro, AnaABSTRACT: Wind and solar energy sources, while sustainable, are inherently variable in their power generation, posing challenges to grid stability due to their non-dispatchable nature. To address this issue, this study explores the synergistic optimization of wind and solar photovoltaic resources to mitigate power output variability, reducing the strain on local grids and lessening the reliance on balancing pow...
The Role of Demand and Vres Flexibility in Carbon-Neutral Power Systems: Insigh...
Algarvio, Hugo; Couto, António; Lopes, Fernando; Estanqueiro, Ana; Faia, Ricardo; Santos, Gabriel; Carvalho, Rui; Faria, Pedro; Vale, ZitaABSTRACT: The goal of a carbon-neutral society by 2050 is speeding up the integration of variable renewable energy sources (vRES) in European power systems. For the expected levels of vRES, the adaptation of the demand will be crucial to manage the stochastic behaviour of these technologies. This work evaluates the impact of four prospective 2050 energy mix scenarios in the Iberian electricity market. All scena...
Contribution to the development of a new value chain in the marine renewable en...
Fontes, Margarida; Simões, Teresa; Estanqueiro, Ana; Nieto, Felix; Tsami, MariaABSTRACT: As part of the commitments made in the NECP2030 for Portugal, an increase in wind capacity is planned, including an additional 10.4 GW onshore and 2 GW offshore. In this sense, it is necessary to assess the conditions for the creation of a new industrial value chain that will accelerate this development and offer attractive conditions for the involvement of the industrial sector, providing conditions ...
Contribution to the Development of a New Value Chain in the Marine Renewable En...
Fontes, Margarida; Simões, Teresa; Estanqueiro, Ana; Nieto, Felix; Tsami, MariaABSTRACT: As part of the commitments made in the NECP2030 for Portugal, an increase in wind capacity is planned, including an additional 10.4 GW onshore and 2 GW offshore. In this sense, it is necessary to assess the conditions for the creation of a new industrial value chain that will accelerate this development and offer attractive conditions for the involvement of the industrial sector, providing conditions ...
Exploring the Offshore Wind and Wave Generation Complementarity in Portugal for...
Couto, António; Justino, Paulo Alexandre; Costa, Paula Silva; Simões, Teresa; Estanqueiro, AnaABSTRACT: Exploring variable energy sources generation complementarity can, among several benefits, help in the reduction of the negative impacts of variability from individual sources, and lower the system’s flexibility requirements. This study focuses on the complementarity between offshore wind and wave energy aiming to identify its overall value to the power system. Using Portugal as a case study, this work...
Descarbonizar micro/mini-redes através da complementaridade da produção solar f...
Couto, António; Cardoso, João P.; Simões, Teresa; Estanqueiro, Ana; Stevanato, N.; Mereu, R.RESUMO: Este trabalho apresenta uma metodologia para determinar a capacidade instalada ótima de fontes de energia renováveis variáveis no tempo, numa mini-rede selecionada, e avaliar o potencial destas tecnologias para satisfazer o consumo de eletricidade, permitindo reduzir a dependência de geradores alimentados por combustíveis fósseis. A capacidade ótima é identificada com base na exploração estratégica da s...
Exploring the offshore wind and wave generation complementarity in Portugal for...
Couto, António; Justino, Paulo Alexandre; Costa, Paula Silva; Simões, Teresa; Estanqueiro, AnaABSTRACT: Exploring variable energy sources generation complementarity can, among several benefits, help in the reduction of the negative impacts of variability from individual sources, and lower the system’s flexibility requirements. This study focuses on the complementarity between offshore wind and wave energy aiming to identify its overall value to the power system. Using Portugal as a case study, this work...
Annual Report 2024: Portugal
Couto, António; Costa, Paula Silva; Simões, Teresa; Estanqueiro, AnaABSTRACT: In 2024, the new wind power capacity installed amounted to 64 MW. This capacity results from overcapacity procedures and expansions at existing sites, with only one new wind park being installed. A new version of the NECP 2030 was released, with wind power continuing to play an important role in decarbonization of the power system, setting targets of 10.4 GW for onshore wind and 2.0 GW for offshore wi...