A hybrid model for the optimum integration of renewable technologies in power generation systems

Exploring drivers of energy demand in Cyprus – Scenarios and policy options

“…Recent medium-and long-term energy modelling studies for Cyprus were mainly conducted in order to assist national authorities in preparing action plans in compliance with some of the EU's main legislative initiatives in the energy field -more specifically, the Renewable Energy Directive 2009/28/EU (Poullikkas et al, 2011;Zachariadis, 2011) and the Energy Efficiency Directive 2012/27/EU (Zachariadis and Michael, 2014). Compared to those studies, this paper (a) presents results from four new energy demand scenarios, which were designed in line with macroeconomic and energy price developments of summer 2014; (b) explores different pathways for final energy use in Cyprus, thus allowing for a comprehensive overview of alternative energy futures; and (c) develops projections taking into account national end-use data from the residential and tertiary sector that had not been used in any earlier study.…”

Renewable energy technology integration for the island of Cyprus: A cost-optimization approach

“…Even though in previous studies it has been argued that renewable energy technologies would lead to an unavoidable increase in the cost of electricity [4], results from the sensitivity analysis shown here indicate otherwise. This difference can be attributed to the high price of oil experienced in recent years, along with the significant reduction in investment cost of certain technologies; particularly of solar PV.…”

“…As such, the price of imported natural gas (interim gas solution) is set at a level so as the variable cost of generation from the most efficient gas-firing power plants (i.e. existing Vasilikos CCGT) matches that of transmission connected solar PV 4 . It is assumed that domestic natural gas will be purchased at market price, and thus projections at the European level [17] have been used.…”

“…An optimization model, based on WASP, has previously been employed to examine effects on the country's electricity cost by the set 2020 renewable energy target [4]. This model focused solely on electricity generation.…”

Advanced Methods for Incorporating Solar Energy Technologies into Electric Sector Capacity-Expansion Models: Literature Review and Analysis

“…As an extension, Mileva et al (2013) use this validation routine for SWITCH-WECC to identify hours of capacity shortfalls, which are then added into the capacity-expansion optimization. Poullikkas et al (2011) optimize the capacity mix using WASP-IV and determine the optimal dispatch with IPP. …”