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  • Modeling of cyclic events in electricity markets using circular statistical methods
    Publication . Freitas, Daniel; Martins, Ana Alexandra; Lagarto, João
    In the current operation of electricity markets, market price and quantity present a distinct pattern between peak and off-peak hours. This pattern tends to repeat over a 24-hour time cycle. The purpose of this study is to analyze the maximum values of day-ahead market prices, considering the time of day when the maximum values are reached and the respective quantity traded. The cyclical nature of these variables allows the use of circular statistical methods that can be used to analyze any kind of data that are cyclic in nature, like time-of-day data measured on a 24h-clock. This study applies this methodology in analyzing the maximum day-ahead market prices in the Iberian electricity market (MIBEL) between 2012 and 2014 enabling the analysis over the years and between seasons. Results show that circular statistics methods enable to bring important insights into the characterization of electricity market price behavior.
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  • Multi-market optimal scheduling of a power generation portfolio with a price-maker pumped-storage hydro unit
    Publication . Lagarto, João; Fernandes, Filipe; Sousa, Jorge A. M.; Santana, João
    The increasing integration of renewables in the energy markets has been raising some challenges to generating companies (GENCOs), in terms of operation and planning of their generation portfolios. A GENCO aiming at maximizing its profits has to deal with offers to several available markets, among which are the Day-ahead Market (DAM) and the Secondary Reserve Market (SRM). This paper presents a scheduling solution of a price-maker GENCO whose portfolio includes a pumped-storage hydro unit, acting simultaneously in the DAM and SRM. The results were obtained for six different scenarios, where the portfolio may include a thermal generation unit and compares the GENCO behavior in both markets either as a price-taker or as a price-maker. The results put in evidence the portfolio effect when the GENCO takes into account its influence on price, which is seen in the price-maker scenarios, whereas the scheduling remains unchanged under the price-taker behavior.
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