Articles | Volume 28, issue 24
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-28-5479-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-28-5479-2024
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19 Dec 2024
Research article |  | 19 Dec 2024

Modeling hydropower operations at the scale of a power grid: a demand-based approach

Laure Baratgin, Jan Polcher, Patrice Dumas, and Philippe Quirion

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Hydrological modeling is valuable for estimating the potential impact of climate change on hydropower generation. This study presents a comprehensive approach to modeling the management of hydroelectric reservoirs in hydrological models. The total power grid demand for hydropower is distributed to the various power plants to compute their release. The method is tested on the French national power grid, and it is demonstrated that it successfully reproduces the observed behavior of reservoirs.
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