What Antares offers:
- Representation of a large system in the form of a graph involving up to a few hundreds of region-sized nodes, tied together by edges whose characteristics summarize those of the underlying physical components.
- Modeling of thermal units , seasonal hydro reservoirs, Pumping stations, intermittent generation
- Flow optimization in the conventional DC OPF approach (data in the form of PTDF or Impedances have to be available)
- Enforcement of additional specific rules on the power flow control (critical sections, etc.)
- Modeling of active power regulation devices (phase-shifting transformers) and DC lines
- Simplified flow optimization in the commercial framework of inter-regional capacities (NTC)
- Economic optimization of the medium-term power reserve (day/week ahead) required to keep the system safe in the eventuality of adverse events (loss of wind power, unexpected load rise)
- Week-ahead system-wide unit-commitment and optimal hydro-thermal scheduling
- Unit commitment involving the three major constraints bearing on the operation of thermal plants: minimum power generated in stable conditions, minimum “on” and “off” durations
- Optimization criterion involving all sub-categories of costs : fuel used in regular operating conditions, start-up costs, No-Load Heat costs,CO2 costs, transmission costs
- Assessment of the unsupplied energy to be put down to lack of available power or to grid congestions
- Assessment of the power spillage associated with amounts of energy that could be generated at no additional cost but cannot be used