Article | REF: D4008 V1

Hydropower generation

Author: Pierre LAVY

Publication date: May 10, 2004

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6. Automation

Hydraulic power stations are operated fully automatically. Run-of-river power plants are controlled by the incoming flow, hydropeaking power plants follow a predefined program that can be modified remotely, and peak power plants are remotely controlled from centralized stations capable of operating several complexes.

Example

the hydraulic control station in Lyon controls all the power plants in the Isère and Ain reservoirs.

When several power plants are in a chain on a river, as for example power plants using the head of navigation dams, it is essential to have coordinated management of the diversion bays by a centralized station to avoid amplifying disturbances along the chain.

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