Variations in the seasonal and annual generation of hydroelectric power plants

Conclusions

• 1. When the control of river flow by existing reservoirs is optimal from the standpoint of the national economy, variability from year to year, and within one year is characteristic of the power generation of individual hydroelectric plants, their combination, and the hydroelectric plants of the USSR as a whole.

• 2. At the present time the existing capacity of the fuel-storage facilities for the thermal-electric plants may compensate for seasonal fluctuations in fuel consumption and partly for annual fluctuations (for certain regions). In regions heavily dependent on hydroelectric power, the available capacities are inadequate for compensation of the annual fluctuations in fuel consumption.

• 3. In designing the capacities of fuel-storage facilities for thermal-electric plants, we should consider not only seasonal, but also the multiyear variability of fuel consumption. In the light of this, it is expedient to consider the problem and to incorporate appropriate changes into the existing standards that determine the capacity of the fuel-storage facilities for the thermal-electric plants.