Hydro Power: How to Generate and Combine Hydro and Thermal Electricity Generation

Variables

Table 3 shows the additional variables that are used in this example.

Table 3: Variables

Variable Name Interpretation
HydroNumWorking[period,hydro] Number of units per type of hydro generator operating per period
HydroNumStartup[period,hydro] Number of units per type of hydro generator starting up per period
Depth[period] Reservoir depth (in meters) per period
Pump[period] Number of megawatts used by thermal generators to pump per period
HydroOutput[period,hydro] Number of megawatt-hours generated by hydro generators


Last updated: August 10, 2020