Greenhouse gas emission measurement and economic analysis of Iran natural gas fired power plants

Alavijeh, Hamid Shahsavari; Kiyoumarsioskouei, Amir; Asheri, M.H.; Naemi, Sanaz; Alavije, Hamed Shahsavari; Tabrizi, Hassan Basirat

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2013.05.001

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“…For this reason, there is a global effort to reduce CO 2 emissions. Approximately 90% of the CO 2 and 75% of the total greenhouse gas emissions in developed countries originates from the energy sector (Alavijeh et al, 2013). However, as the total greenhouse gas emission per kWh from coal-fired power plants is twice as large as that from natural gas-fired power plants (Agrawal et al, 2014;Tian et al, 2014) there is an incentive to exchange coal-fueled power plants with natural gas to reach global CO 2 reduction goals (Tanaka et al, 2019).…”

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Discovery of shale gas in organic-rich Jurassic successions, Adventdalen, Central Spitsbergen, Norway

Ohm¹,

Larsen²,

Olaussen³

et al. 2020

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Thermogenic dry gas flowed from Jurassic sections in the DH5R research well drilled onshore in Adventdalen, central Spitsbergen, Arctic Norway. The DH5R gas originates from the organic-rich units of the mudstone-dominated Middle Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous Agardhfjellet Formation, which is the onshore equivalent to the Fuglen Formation and the prolific oil and gas generating Hekkingen Formation in the southern Barents Shelf. Low-permeable, low-porosity sandstones from the Upper Triassic De Geerdalen Formation of the neighbouring DH4 well were oil-stained and gas was also collected from this interval. Gas from the two stratigraphic intervals have different compositions; the gas from the Agardhfjellet Formation is drier and isotopically heavier than the gas from the Upper Triassic succession. Both gases originated from source rocks of maturity near the end of the oil window (1.1 < Ro < 1.4% Ro). Maceral analyses of the Agardhfjellet Formation indicate that the more silty parts contain a high percentage of vitrinite-rich type III kerogen, whereas the clay-dominated parts are rich in liptinitic type II kerogen. The Agardhfjellet Formation has therefore the potential to generate both oil and gas. Several simulations based on pressure data and flow rates from the DH5R well were run to evaluate if the gas accumulation in the Agardhfjellet Formation is producible, i.e., can it be commercial shale gas. The models demonstrate how changes in the drainage area size and form, well types (vertical versus horizontal), number and length of induced fractures and thickness of the Agardhfjellet Formation affect gas production rates and producible volumes. Despite uncertainties in the input data, simulations indicate that the shale gas accumulation characterised in Adventdalen is producible. This gas can have major environmental benefits as an alternative for local power generation compared to coal.

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Discovery of shale gas in organic-rich Jurassic successions, Adventdalen, Central Spitsbergen, Norway

Ohm¹,

Larsen²,

Olaussen³

et al. 2020

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“…Trend of export and import of electricity is given in Table 5. In 2013In , 2014, Iran exported about 4.36%, 3.46%, and 3.49% of its total electricity generation, respectively (total power generation in these three years are respectively about 262, 274, and 280 TWh). This amount of exported electricity power is distributed over 12 months of 2013-2015 in different amounts (between 4-11.5% in a month) as shown in Figure 4.…”

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“…During this time scale, Iran's power industry has experienced a rapid expansion of power plants due to its growing domestic needs, intensified industrialization, and electricity export ambition (Iran's Power Industry Analysis Investment Risks & Opportunities in Post-Sanctions Era, 2015). Emissions from fossil fuel power plants is considered a potential polluting agent that largely threatens the human health and the environment, which could be further considered as a phenomenon with external cost (Alavijeh et al, 2013). An external cost describes whenever a social or economic activity of one group impacts another group.…”

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The External Cost of Electricity Generation: An Applicable Approach for Environmental Decision-Making on Electricity Exportation Strategy

Ghoddousi

Talebi

2021

EUR J SUSTAIN DEV RES

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The Burning of fossil fuels, such as coal, fuel oil, natural gas, and diesel in power sector, has become one of the major sources of air pollutants, namely COX, NOX and SOX. These are thought to adversely affect the environment and human health. This paper assesses the external cost of electricity production from fossil fuel power plants in Iran using the Extern-E study. In addition, the future of average amount of emissions and their external cost was predicted according to the development of Iran's power generation system. Investigation of power generation planning in Iran from 2013 to 2023 shows that the average emissions of PM10, SO2, CO, and CO2 will reduce by 26.7%, 54.2%, 65.4%, and 20%, respectively, in fossil power plants. Moreover, it was predicted that the average external cost of power generation in 2023 would decrease up to 28.9%, 27.6%, and 23.1% in low, medium, and high scenarios, respectively. Moreover, analyzing the trend of Iran's electricity exportation and considering the prospect of Iran's energy sector, we claim that substitution of old gas power plants with high throughput combined cycle will help achieve the goal of Iran's power generation development more sustainably.

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“…Sadeghi and Hosseini formulated a fuzzy linear model for optimization of the supply energy system [3]; Kiani and Pourfakhraei presented a large system dynamic model of the energy and economy sector of Iran for investigating policies in different sectors of supply and demand in order to control the future production and consumption trends of the country; however, they did not consider the environmental effects of GHG emissions in their attempt [4]. Several researchers have studied GHG emissions but they have considered some parts of the energy system of Iran [5][6][7][8][9]. In 2013, a fuzzy programming model was developed by Kazemi et al to allocate the oil and gas resources of Iran optimally to minimize GHG [10].…”

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Policy analysis of greenhouse gases’ Mitigation in Iran Energy Sector Using System Dynamics Approach

Kazemi

Hosseinzadeh

2016

Env Prog and Sustain Energy

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The present study aims to shed new light in the energy supply planning in Iran by adopting a system dynamics (SD) model, so as to provide a quantitative assessment of each option of supply allocation policy, the long-term greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions' trends of the country as a whole. This paper thus presents the projections of future GHG emissions' trend under various options of supply policies for a time span of 15 years. The GHG emissions are projected to reach 6,20,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (TCO 2 e) by the year 2021 if the existing supply policy options are followed. 10 different scenarios considering the major variable of "economic sanctions" -which have recently affected Iran's economy-are developed. By running different scenarios, several fundamental dynamic behaviors can be seen explicitly. The results show that the more allocation of supply resources to the power plants will lessen the GHG emissions in the long run; however this option is quite sensitive to the economic sanctions, so that in case of more economic sanctions, it is not a good decision to be made. More gas injection into the oil reservoirs and less gas exports, is highly efficient in the short term, but its relative effectiveness in not substantial in the long run. Increasing the percentage of oil and gas allocated to the industrial sector, declines cumulative GHG in the long run. The GHG emissions from the power plants' scenario are less in comparison to those from the injection and industry scenarios in the modeling period. However, combined scenarios in the both level of the sanctions are the ideal.

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Greenhouse gas emission measurement and economic analysis of Iran natural gas fired power plants

Cited by 13 publications

References 9 publications

Discovery of shale gas in organic-rich Jurassic successions, Adventdalen, Central Spitsbergen, Norway

Discovery of shale gas in organic-rich Jurassic successions, Adventdalen, Central Spitsbergen, Norway

The External Cost of Electricity Generation: An Applicable Approach for Environmental Decision-Making on Electricity Exportation Strategy

Policy analysis of greenhouse gases’ Mitigation in Iran Energy Sector Using System Dynamics Approach

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