Learn how run-of-river hydro is forecast in Erode - how generation follows natural inflow, which signals drive it, and how to plan operations and trades around the water you’ll actually have.
Generation that follows the river, with little or no storage to buffer it.
A run-of-river plant generates from the flow passing through it at the time, with little or no reservoir to hold water back. Output rises and falls with natural inflow rather than being dispatched from storage, so what the river is doing largely sets what the plant can produce.
That makes inflow the single most important thing to forecast. When you know the water coming, you know the generation - and you can plan operations and market positions around it instead of reacting after the fact.
Foresight on the water turns into foresight on the megawatts.
Because output follows inflow so closely, an inflow forecast is effectively a generation forecast. Erode builds that view from weather, snowpack, and hydrology for your site, so you can schedule, trade, and manage risk around the water you will actually have.
Tie forecasts to your plant, its location, and its limits.
Add your plant as an asset so Erode forecasts the flow and generation for your exact site rather than the region in general.
The signals that turn weather and snow into flow and generation.
Start from a decision you already make and let Erode do the digging.
Say you operate a run-of-river plant and want to know what to schedule for tomorrow. You could ask:
Erode answers with an expected inflow and generation range for that window, a short read on the weather and snowmelt driving it, and a flag if inflow could exceed what your units can pass - so you can schedule and move water ahead of the peak.
How to ask a great first questionA few habits that keep your inflow and generation answers reliable.