Methodology for Optimized Operation Strategies of Solar Thermal Power Plants with Integrated Heat Storage

Kurzfassung

The entry into the Spanish market of solar thermal power plants with integrated heat storage offers to operators the opportunity to increase the yearly revenues. If maximum revenues are to be obtained, the actual electricity price must be taken into account and the power plant must consequently be run with a price driven strategy. To achieve this, it will be necessary to solve a complex optimization problem for scheduling in the day-ahead market. The derivation of the optimization problem will be presented and its adaption to dynamic programming will be shown in the present paper.