4 - Power System Economics
4 - Power System Economics
Economics
Master Program of REEE
Energy Engineering Department
Faculty of Engineering
Kabul University
• Hydro
• Wind
Renew
• Solar
able
• Geothermal
• Biomass
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• For example, the uranium
Energy isotope U235 became an energy
resource after nuclear fission
Resources was achieved.
and Reserve • Next, ‘resources’ must be
distinguished from ‘reserves’
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Energy Resources and Reserve
Following the World Petroleum Council,
reserves are classified according to the
probability of economically viable extraction
(see Campbell and Laherrere 1996):
– P (proved): probability of extraction >90%;
– 2P (proved + probable): probability of
extraction >50%;
– 3P (proved + probable + possible): probability
of extraction >10%.
Contents
1. Why Competition
2. Market Structure and Participants
3. Dramatis Personae
4. Competition and Privatization
5. Experience and Open Questions
1. Traditional
Model
1. Traditional
Model
2. Introducing
Independent
Power
Producers
First step to
competition
IPPs will try to
get as high a
price as they
can
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Market Structures and Participants
3. Wholesale
Competition
4. Retail
Competition
5. Renewable and
Distributed
Energy Resources
Aggregator's role is to
serve as a commercial
and technical
intermediary between the
wholesale markets and
the owners of distributed
energy resources who
could contribute to the
economic efficiency of the
overall system.