Russia has launched the first remote control center for a cascade of hydroelectric power plants. The facility was launched by PAO "RusHydro" and the System Operator of the Unified Energy System. The dispatch center was located in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic on the site of the Zelenchukskaya HPP-PSP, and now it coordinates the operation of three hydro-junctions with a total capacity of 55.4 megawatts.
Krasnogorskaya and Pravokubanskaya stations, each with a capacity of 24.9 megawatts, as well as the Ust-Dzhegutinskaya HPP at 5.6 megawatts, have come under unified control.
Operators from the new center remotely start and stop hydro units, switch equipment, and adjust generation modes. Control duplication is maintained: commands can still come from both the CCG and the dispatch center of the North Caucasian Regional Dispatch Management.
To launch the project, energy specialists updated automated process control systems, configured secure data transmission channels, and enhanced information security.
The center synchronizes the operation of the stations taking into account the current water inflow and electricity consumption schedule. Automation has reduced the time for command execution, switching, and reaction to emergency situations. As part of the pilot, automatic data exchange with the System Operator was implemented: the dispatcher transmits a task to generate a certain amount of energy, and the station equipment independently confirms its execution.
The experience gained is planned to be scaled. Similar centers are at various stages of readiness for a cascade of six HPPs in Kabardino-Balkaria and for two stations in the Chechen Republic.
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