Zoran Miljanic 8/17/2009

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Hello,

I am trying to test a mitigation scenario that includes expansion of hydro and wind power.
I would like to calculate its effect on decrease of CO2 emissions. The model of the power system has one thermal (coal) and 2 hydro plants. The idea is to decrease the use
of coal for electricity generation due to use of new hydro and wind plants. The problem is in the fact that
the power system in question is very import dependent and hydro and wind plants included in the scenario
are not enough to satisfy the total demand. Therefore LEAP always accounts with full capacity
of existing thermal plant and due to that, there is no emission reduction that I expected.

Is it possible to model import as thermal plant?
In that way, decrease in import will lead to decrease in emissions.


Thanks in advance for your help!

Charlie Heaps 8/17/2009
 

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Could you send me your data set - I will take a look to se what might work.

Charlie

> Hello,
>
> I am trying to test a mitigation scenario that includes expansion of hydro and wind power.
> I would like to calculate its effect on decrease of CO2 emissions. The model of the power system has one thermal (coal) and 2 hydro plants. The idea is to decrease the use
> of coal for electricity generation due to use of new hydro and wind plants. The problem is in the fact that
> the power system in question is very import dependent and hydro and wind plants included in the scenario
> are not enough to satisfy the total demand. Therefore LEAP always accounts with full capacity
> of existing thermal plant and due to that, there is no emission reduction that I expected.
>
> Is it possible to model import as thermal plant?
> In that way, decrease in import will lead to decrease in emissions.
>
>
> Thanks in advance for your help!
>