HERA

HERA is a software that supports the development of hydropower and pumped storage projects. It evaluates the hydropower potential of river basins, considering project economic feasibility, as well as social and environmental impacts. HERA contributes to the stakeholder decision process, which is complex as it usually involves conflicting interests, trying to balance energy production with conservation.

Engineering layout

Simulates actual construction of power plants, including reservoir flooded areas

Structure design

Analyzing different types of diversion schemes, dams, spillways, hydraulic circuits and powerhouses

Cost calculation

Considering civil works volumes, equipment characteristics and socioenvironmental metrics

HERA maximizes the economic benefit while minimizing the socioenvironmental impacts

The optimization process is formulated as a non-linear, integer, stochastic mathematical problem. Its objective is the selection of the hydropower and PSH projects to develop, considering also other benefits to the electrical grid, such as the integration of variable renewable energy sources and socioenvironmental restrictions.

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Geoprocessing capabilities

In order to accurately simulate the design of hydropower and PSH projects, HERA uses Digital Terrain Models, geological and hydrological information.

HERA overlaps socio-environmental and infrastructure layers and reservoir flooded areas to define related costs and constraints. For each site, different alternatives can be assessed by varying the hydraulic head and engineering layouts. A plant scheme of each project with estimated costs can be visualized.

Land cover
Population density
Environmental protected areas
Urban and rural areas
Pipelines, channels and others

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Integrating renewable resources into power grids

Conventional hydropower and pumped storage projects are essential for integrating Variable Renewable Energy (VRE) sources into power grids, as they significantly enhance grid flexibility. This is why HERA is designed to integrate seamlessly with the expansion planning tool OptGen and the dispatch planning tool SDDP. HERA generates hydro candidates that can be selected by OptGen and operated in detail by SDDP, providing a comprehensive solution for efficient energy management.

Complementary tools

The HERA license comes with additional tools designed to enhance your experience and productivity. PSRIO is a business intelligence tool for advanced data analysis and visualiation and PSR Cloud is a platform for remote execution in a distributed environment.

PSRIO

B.I. for Data Analysis

PSR Cloud

Cloud Computing Environment

Support & Training

Our team provides not only support services on software, but also an interactive knowledge base platform and the possibility to organize training sessions.

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