DocumentCode :
3052106
Title :
An economic study to investigate the impacts of energy policy changes on renewable contribution in power systems
Author :
Amirioun, Mohammad Hassan ; Pourbabak, Hajir ; Kazemi, A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Iran Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Tehran, Iran
fYear :
2013
fDate :
14-16 May 2013
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
6
Abstract :
This paper evaluates the effect of possible energy policy changes on multi-objective optimal design and planning of a hybrid energy system. The study was performed for a remote area near Esfarjan, a village located in Shahreza, Iran. In the main scenario, the current energy policy is examined, while the sensitivity analysis scenario applies the near future condition that is gradually taking place by reducing the energy subsidies. Simulations have been done on six different system configurations for the both scenarios considering the two mentioned policies for electricity price, fuel price and environmental issues. Results show that in sensitivity scenario, in contrast with the main scenario, the renewable-grid configuration is more economical than the grid-only dependent system, which in turn will result in more interest in investing on renewable resources. Finally, the energy modeling software for hybrid renewable energy systems, HOMER is used in this study.
Keywords :
distributed power generation; government policies; power markets; power system economics; power system planning; renewable energy sources; sensitivity analysis; HOMER; Iran; electricity price; energy modeling software; energy policy changes; energy subsidies; environmental issues; fuel price; hybrid renewable energy systems; multiobjective optimal design; power system economics; power system planning; renewable contribution; renewable-grid configuration; sensitivity analysis; Batteries; Economics; Electricity; Generators; Government; Mathematical model; Thermal loading; Distributed energy resources (DERs); Energy policy; HOMER; Hybrid systems; Optimization; Renewable energy;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Electrical Engineering (ICEE), 2013 21st Iranian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Mashhad
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/IranianCEE.2013.6599897
Filename :
6599897
Link To Document :
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