Strategic planning of power supply in Oman including wind energy considerations

A. S. Malik; C. Kuba

doi:10.1109/AFRCON.2013.6757816

Strategic planning of power supply in Oman including wind energy considerations

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Abstract

Many options can be effectively used to meet the future power needs of a country in ways which would be more economically viable, environmentally sound, and socially just. A least-cost generation expansion planning study is conducted to find the economic feasibility of large scale integration of wind farms in Main interconnected transmission system of Oman. The generation expansion planning software used is WASP which is restricted in its capability to model intermittent nature of wind. Therefore, a wind turbine is modeled as a thermal plant with high forced outage rate related to its capacity factor. The result of the study has shown that wind turbines forms as part of the overall least-cost generation expansion plan for Main Interconnected System of Oman.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IEEE AFRICON 2013
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Print)	9781467359405
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/AFRCON.2013.6757816
Publication status	Published - 2013
Externally published	Yes
Event	IEEE AFRICON 2013 - Pointe-Aux-Piments, Mauritius Duration: Sep 9 2013 → Sep 12 2013

Publication series

Name	IEEE AFRICON Conference
ISSN (Print)	2153-0025
ISSN (Electronic)	2153-0033

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Other	IEEE AFRICON 2013
Country/Territory	Mauritius
City	Pointe-Aux-Piments
Period	9/9/13 → 9/12/13

Keywords

Energy planning
Generation expansion planning
Investment planning
Wind turbines modeling

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Computer Science Applications
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Strategic planning of power supply in Oman including wind energy considerations

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