Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Preckel, P.V.
• Sparrow, F.T.
• Bowen, B.H.
• Yu, Z.
• Gotham, D.J.

Titel

Preserving low cost electricity while improving the riverine environment: Part two - Model results

Ist Teil von

• 2009 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, 2009, p.1-8

Ort / Verlag

IEEE

Erscheinungsjahr

2009

Quelle

IEEE Xplore

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This paper reports on a case study for Ghana's thermal/hydroelectric generation system that evaluates the incremental cost of returning dam outflows to pre-dam or near pre-dam conditions. This mode of operation is termed Run of River (ROR) operation. It appears that two key factors - the availability of alternatives for economically expanding hydro generation and the existence of well developed markets for energy and electricity - have a large influence on the increase in cost of ROR operation relative to the least cost operating rules.