Feasibility and economic analysis of a renewable energy powered special town in China

Ye, Bin1,3; Yang, Peng1; Jiang, Jingjing2,4; Miao, Lixin1; Shen, Bo3; Li, Ji4

2017-06

10.1016/j.resconrec.2016.03.003

RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING   影响因子和分区

0921-3449

1879-0658

The Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC) is a relatively isolated special zone in the northwest region of China. The potential risk to the energy supply security and the pressure of national greenhouse gas emissions reduction clearly indicates the JSLC's need to lower its dependency on imported fossil fuels and electricity. This article presents a feasibility analysis on the available hybrid energy system based on the renewable energy availability and local electricity demand estimation in 2020 through HOMER model. The simulation results indicate that cost of energy (COE) of the three proposed options are 0.127, 0.033 and 0.123 $/kWh, respectively. It also shows that the proposed hybrid renewable energy systems can reduce carbon emissions by 40-70% compared to electricity from the existing power grid. A sensitivity analysis reveals that the COE has a significant positive relationship with carbon price and discount rate, whereas carbon price shows a significantly distinct impact on the COE for different options considered. The optimization results also show that a grid-connected renewable power system comprised of wind power and natural gas power plant is the most economic and environment-friendly energy supply option for JSLC. However, a hybrid RE system with a local energy storage facility can better guarantee the energy supply safety considering the special function and security needs of the JSLC. This study verified that constructing new coal fired power plants is not a suitable choice from both the cost effectiveness and kenvironmental protection perspectives. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Renewable energy Grid-connected Carbon emission Jiuquan

SCI ; EI ; SSCI

英语

通讯

National Natural Science Foundation of China[71572090]

Engineering ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology

Engineering, Environmental ; Environmental Sciences

WOS:000399515800006

ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV

20171403527581

Carbon ; Coal ; Cost effectiveness ; Costs ; Economic analysis ; Electric energy storage ; Electric power system economics ; Emission control ; Energy security ; Fossil fuel power plants ; Gas emissions ; Greenhouse gases ; Sensitivity analysis ; Wind power

Air Pollution Sources:451.1 ; Air Pollution Control:451.2 ; Solid Fuels:524 ; Energy Policy:525.6 ; Wind Power (Before 1993, use code 611 ):615.8 ; Electric Power Transmission:706.1.1 ; Chemical Products Generally:804 ; Cost and Value Engineering; Industrial Economics:911 ; Industrial Economics:911.2 ; Mathematics:921

ENVIRONMENT/ECOLOGY

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1.Tsinghua Univ, Grad Sch Shenzhen, Res Ctr Modern Logist, Shenzhen 518055, Peoples R China
2.South Univ Sci & Technol China, Sch Financial Math & Engn, Shenzhen 518055, Peoples R China
3.Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, Energy Anal & Environm Impacts Div, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
4.Shenzhen Grad Sch, Harbin Inst Technol, Environm Sci & Engn Ctr, Shenzhen 518055, Peoples R China

Ye, Bin,Yang, Peng,Jiang, Jingjing,et al. Feasibility and economic analysis of a renewable energy powered special town in China[J]. RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING,2017,121:40-50.

Ye, Bin,Yang, Peng,Jiang, Jingjing,Miao, Lixin,Shen, Bo,&Li, Ji.(2017).Feasibility and economic analysis of a renewable energy powered special town in China.RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING,121,40-50.

Ye, Bin,et al."Feasibility and economic analysis of a renewable energy powered special town in China".RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING 121(2017):40-50.