In the present work, the problem associated to the firm energy evaluation is treated as a non linear optimization model, which allows the representation of the productivity variation of the hydro plants. The proposed model takes into account the individualized representation of the plants and the historical series of flows since the month of January of 1931. The proposed optimization problem will be solved using the Primal-Dual Interior Point Method. A case study will be presented including the Brazilian Interconnected National System. The results obtained show that the proposed methodology is promising, since it presents an energy market value more realistic when compared with existing methodologies.
Firm Energy; Efficient Storage; Nonlinear Optimization; Interior Point Method
