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Prospects of Renewable Energy for the New City of El Alamein, Egypt : An Energy System Model using OSeMOSYS to obtain the most cost-efficient electricity production mix
With the motivation to mitigate the effects caused by one of humankind’s biggest challenges, climate change, the purpose of this minor field study was to examine the prospects of renewable energy technologies as part of a larger ambition to offer clean and affordable energy for all, in line with United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The study was conducted for El Alamein in Egypt, a city under construction that will house four million residents. By combining a field study and an interview with literature search, the information needed for an energy system model was gathered. The modelling system OSeMOSYS was thereafter used to calculate the most cost-efficient electricity mix for the model period of 2020 to 2040, based on different scenarios and technologies. The total discounted cost and amount of emissions were thereafter compared between the scenarios, and the most cost-efficient scenario at reducing emissions was identified. Of the scenarios that were compared to the reference case, the one where 50 % of the electricity was produced from renewables in 2040 proved to be the most cost-efficient option. In addition, this scenario was also the most cost efficient at reducing emissions by a large margin. Regarding the renewable technologies, solar photovoltaics, which represented a majority of the renewable electricity production, was evidently the most cost-efficient technology as well as the one with the highest potential for future implementation, followed by onshore wind power. Moreover, concentrating solar power and waste to energy were proven to have a lower potential. The conclusions drawn were that the city of El Alamein could get a substantial part of its electricity from renewables and that solar PV was the best technology for that purpose. The final conclusion was that there might exist great potential for renewable energy in Egypt. ; Med ambitionen att försöka lindra konsekvenserna av vad som idag är en av människans största utmaningar, klimatförändringen, är syftet med denna minor field study ...
Prospects of Renewable Energy for the New City of El Alamein, Egypt : An Energy System Model using OSeMOSYS to obtain the most cost-efficient electricity production mix
With the motivation to mitigate the effects caused by one of humankind’s biggest challenges, climate change, the purpose of this minor field study was to examine the prospects of renewable energy technologies as part of a larger ambition to offer clean and affordable energy for all, in line with United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The study was conducted for El Alamein in Egypt, a city under construction that will house four million residents. By combining a field study and an interview with literature search, the information needed for an energy system model was gathered. The modelling system OSeMOSYS was thereafter used to calculate the most cost-efficient electricity mix for the model period of 2020 to 2040, based on different scenarios and technologies. The total discounted cost and amount of emissions were thereafter compared between the scenarios, and the most cost-efficient scenario at reducing emissions was identified. Of the scenarios that were compared to the reference case, the one where 50 % of the electricity was produced from renewables in 2040 proved to be the most cost-efficient option. In addition, this scenario was also the most cost efficient at reducing emissions by a large margin. Regarding the renewable technologies, solar photovoltaics, which represented a majority of the renewable electricity production, was evidently the most cost-efficient technology as well as the one with the highest potential for future implementation, followed by onshore wind power. Moreover, concentrating solar power and waste to energy were proven to have a lower potential. The conclusions drawn were that the city of El Alamein could get a substantial part of its electricity from renewables and that solar PV was the best technology for that purpose. The final conclusion was that there might exist great potential for renewable energy in Egypt. ; Med ambitionen att försöka lindra konsekvenserna av vad som idag är en av människans största utmaningar, klimatförändringen, är syftet med denna minor field study ...
Prospects of Renewable Energy for the New City of El Alamein, Egypt : An Energy System Model using OSeMOSYS to obtain the most cost-efficient electricity production mix
Färegård, Simon (author) / Miletic, Marko (author) / von Schultz, Erik (author)
2019-01-01
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Erosion chain reaction at El Alamein Resorts on the western Mediterranean coast of Egypt
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