Hatziargyriou, Nikos D., Georges Contaxis, Papadopoulos, Michaël P., Papadias, Basil C., Pecas Lopes, Joao A., Manuela Matos, Georges Kariniotakis, Eric Nogaret, Halliday, Jackie A., Dutton, Geoff A., Petros. Dokopoulos, Anastasios Bakirtzis, Aris Androutsos, John Stefanakis, Antiopi Gigantidou, National Technical University of Athens [Athens] ( NTUA ), Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa ( INESC-ID ), Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa ( IST ) -Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores ( INESC ), Centre Énergétique et Procédés ( CEP ), MINES ParisTech - École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris-PSL Research University ( PSL ), CLRC - Rutherford Appletown Laboratory, Rutherford Appletown Laboratory, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering [Thessaloniki], Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Public Power Corporation - Grèce ( PPC ), PPC, PPC - Pub. Pwr. Corp./DEM/T.- Crète, National Technical University of Athens [Athens] (NTUA), Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa (INESC-ID), Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (IST)-Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores (INESC), Centre Énergétique et Procédés (CEP), MINES ParisTech - École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL), and Public Power Corporation - Grèce (PPC)
International audience; In this paper, CARE an advanced control system for the optimal operation and management of isolated power systems with increased wind power integration, is presented. This control system minimises the production costs through an on-line optimal scheduling of the power units, which takes into account the technical constraints of the thermal units, as well as short-term forecasts of the load and the renewable resources. The power system security is maximised through on-line security assessment modules, which predict the power system capacity to withstand pre-selected disturbances caused by power variations from both the renewable and thermal power sources or from faults. In this paper, CARE an advanced control system for the optimal operation and management of isolated power systems with increased wind power integration, is presented. This control system minimizes the production costs through an on-line optimal scheduling of the power units, which takes into account the technical constraints of the thermal units, as well as short-term forecasts of the load and the renewable resources. The power system security is maximized through on-line security assessment modules, which predict the power system capacity to withstand pre-selected disturbances caused by power variations from both the renewable and thermal power sources or from faults.