Computer tool to carry out the long -term planning of transmission lines and reactive power sources in electrical energy systems considering uncertainty

The fact that performing good planning in the expansion of the Electric Transmission System (PET) is known to have sustainable expansion plans in the long term. To achieve this, in large part, advanced optimization tools are needed (which Ecuador does not yet possess) that help planners make better decisions. These tools generally try to minimize a mathematical objective function fulfilling physical, operational, and environmental restrictions. In the current market there are very few commercial solutions that incorporate very little updated solution methodologies. To solve this, in this project it is proposed to develop a computational tool to solve the problem of integrated expansion of transmission lines and reactive power sources. The exact model of the electricity network, uncertainty in demand growth, other expansion options such as continuous current links, and FACTS devices (flexible AC Transmission system) will be considered. The formulation of the problem will be performed multi-onpa. Additionally, several solution techniques such as meta-heuristic algorithms and stochastic programming will be included. The development of this project will help improve Ecuador's ability to carry out the PET, and once completed, users can use the tool to obtain sustainable expansion plans of minimum cost, and consequently make a better decision making. All this will have a positive impact on objectives 4, 10 and 11 of the National Living Plan (PNBV) of Ecuador. - General Research Objective: Contribute to the improvement of electric power supply through the development of an optimal long -term computational tool for electric power transmission systems, so that it helps to meet objectives 4, 10 and 11 of the PNBV. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES - Strengthen the capacity of organizations in the electricity sector that PET performs through the development of a tool that helps decision -making in the activity process, allowing the consideration of new technologies and integrated planning (Objective 4 of the PNBV). - Incorporate optimization models in the PET activities of the Ecuadorian electricity sector in such a way that the future increase in renewable energy generation can be considered based on the corresponding generation expansion plans (Objective 11 of the PNBV). - Develop models of mathematical optimization for integrated planning of transmission lines and reactive power sources in order to obtain optimal plans from the economic and socio-environmental point of view to give added value with respect to the previous way of performing the PET (Objective 10 of the PNBV).

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