The short-term electricity production management problem at EDF

Grace Hechme-Doukopoulos (1) , Sandrine Brignol-Charousset (1) , Jérôme Malick (2) , Claude Lemaréchal (2)

1 EDF R&D - EDF R&D
2 BIPOP - Modelling, Simulation, Control and Optimization of Non-Smooth Dynamical Systems

Production management aims at meeting the demand of customers at minimum cost; an electricity producer mainly faces the permanent challenge of matching generation and demand to avoid physical failures of the production system. This article presents how EDF (French Electricity Board) solves this optimization problem: we sketch some issues and the resolution scheme, and we highlight parts of the numerical optimization process of the short term management.

Domaines: Optimisation et contrôle [math.OC]; Recherche opérationnelle [math.OC]

Grace Hechme-Doukopoulos, Sandrine Brignol-Charousset, Jérôme Malick, Claude Lemaréchal. The short-term electricity production management problem at EDF. Optima Newsletter , 2010, 84, pp.2-6. ⟨hal-00804159⟩