Una herramienta para la optimización de los proyectos hidroenergéticos a pie de presa.

In Cuba, the current methodologies determine the design head and flow for run-of-river and runof- reservoir hydropower projects using statistical parameters, without any optimization process. This paper describes a software developed by the Empresa de Hidroenergía. This tool takes into account the hydrological data of the site and its specific financial premises, then obtaining the design flow and head, which maximize either the electricity generation or the Net Present Value (NPV). The optimization problem is solved by iterations and graphs or by applying the Generalized Reduced Gradient method (GRG). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]