The Project SPARHTACUS, developed by researchers from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), under the coordination of INESC R&D Brazil and Plan4 Engenharia, consists of a high performance and large computational model of multistage stochastic linear integer-mixed programming, in which decisions on electricity and energy will be made by dealing with all ONS planning stages, including the daily schedule, in an integrated manner.
The SPARHTACUS project, whose name is an abbreviation of Stochastic Programming Algorithm for HydroThermal Allocation via CUts and Sampling, presents an innovative, consistent and feasible approach from the mathematical standpoint, with the use of dynamic and stochastic programming algorithms and precepts in the modeling of the multitemporal problem of hydrothermal systems planning.
The research has funding from the Norte Energia company (responsible for the construction of Belo Monte plant operation), within the Research and Development environment of Brazil’s National Electric Energy Agency (ANEEL). Managed by INESC R&D Brazil, it began in December 2018 and is expected to last 23 months.