Jordan toward a 100% renewable electricity system

Kiwan, Suhil; Al-Gharibeh, Elyasa

doi:10.1016/j.renene.2019.09.004

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“…Sensitivity analysis was conducted to examine the effect of resources and demand variation, RES costs, and annual discount rate on the techno/economic performance of the system. It's also worth noting that the expansion of this work to other similar areas in Jordan is possible, as Kiwan et al [37] showed other rural cities, like AlMafraq and Maan, represent sites of highest hybrid RES potential. Hence, Al-Tafilah signifies the more challenging case towards a 100% renewable energy grid and is therefore considered here.…”

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confidence: 91%

“…This means a population density of 125 people/mi 2 compared to 6827 people/mi 2 in the capital city, Amman [35,36], with a total annual electricity demand of 137 GWh. As presented in Kiwan et al [37], the transition towards a 100% renewable energy grid in Jordan shall be gradual, and about 1/3 of the 2050 total capacity should be installed by 2030. This transition will help Jordan overcome its 94% energy-import dependency.…”

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100% Renewable Energy Grid for Rural Electrification of Remote Areas: A Case Study in Jordan

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Many developing countries suffer from high energy-import dependency and inadequate electrification of rural areas, which aggravates the poverty problem. In this work, Al-Tafilah in Jordan was considered as a case study, where the technical, economic, and environmental benefits of a decentralized hybrid renewable energy system that can match 100% of the city demand were investigated. A tri-hybrid system of wind, solar, and hydropower was integrated with an energy storage system and optimized to maximize the match between the energy demand and production profiles. The optimization aimed at maximizing the renewable energy system (RES) fraction while keeping the levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) equal to the electricity purchase tariff. The techno-economic analysis showed that the optimal system in Al-Tafilah comprises a 28 MW wind system, 75.4 MW PV, and 1 MW hydropower, with a 259 MWh energy storage system, for which a RES fraction of 99% can be achieved, and 47,160 MtCO2 are avoided yearly. This study can be easily extended to other rural cities in Jordan, as they have higher renewable energy system (RES) potential. The presented findings are essential not only for Jordan’s planning and economy-boosting but also for contributing to the ongoing force against climate change.

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100% Renewable Energy Grid for Rural Electrification of Remote Areas: A Case Study in Jordan

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“…This was predicted to resume with a projected growth rate of 7.4% annually between 2014 and 2020 within the Master Strategy for Energy in Jordan [10], leading to an overestimation of the current demand. However, the most recent study from the Jordanian University of Science and Technology from 2019 [16] estimates a higher demand of 82.4 TWh for 2050 partly because of an electrification of other sectors. The unexpected demand decrease between 2018 and 2019, however, lead to a halt in the development of renewable energy projects.…”

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“…Additionally, a compressed air energy storage (CAES) is included in the system in 2030, with a capacity of 31 TWh in 2050. Another study by the Jordan University of Science and Technology from 2019 [16] established various scenarios using EnergyPlan and LEAP, with one being 100% renewable, while others integrated natural gas, oil shale and nuclear power. The 100% renewable scenario was introduced with a high share of concentrated solar power (CSP), 10.6 GW, wind power of 4.5 GW and 25 GW of PV to cover the predicted demand of 2050 (82.4 TWh respective 14,350 MW peak load), and introduced a 90 GWh storage system to meet dispatchability problems.…”

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“…The 100% renewable scenario was introduced with a high share of concentrated solar power (CSP), 10.6 GW, wind power of 4.5 GW and 25 GW of PV to cover the predicted demand of 2050 (82.4 TWh respective 14,350 MW peak load), and introduced a 90 GWh storage system to meet dispatchability problems. Kiwan and Al-Garibeh [16] found that the 100% is also economically feasible, with cumulative expansion cost of the renewable system amounting to $60 Billion compared to $52 Billion for the conventional system.…”

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Analysis of Cost-Optimal Renewable Energy Expansion for the Near-Term Jordanian Electricity System

2020

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Jordan is affected by an ever changing environment in the midst of climate change, political challenges, a fast growing economy and socio-economic pressures. Among other countries in the Middle East and Northern Africa, Jordan is facing a number of electricity related challenges, such as a rising energy demand, high dependency on fossil fuel imports and management of local, fossil and renewable resources. The paper presents an analysis based on an open source optimisation modelling approach identifying a cost-optimal extension of the Jordanian electricity system with growing demand projections until 2030 utilising pumped hydro energy storage and determining the costs of different CO2 mitigation pathways. The results highlight the large potential of renewable energy for the cost effective, environmentally friendly and energy independent development of the Jordanian electricity sector. A share of up to 50% renewable energy can be achieved with only a minor increase in levelised cost of electricity from 54.42 to 57.04 $/MWh. In particular, a combination of photovoltaic and pumped hydro storage proved to be a superior solution compared to the expansion of existing shale oil deployments due to high costs and CO2 emissions. Aiming for a more than 50% renewable energy share within the electricity mix calls for substantial wind energy deployments. In a system with a renewable energy share of 90%, wind energy covers 45% of the demand.

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Assessing the impacts of energy storage on the electricity market‐clearing algorithms

Koltsaklis

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Christoforidis

2021

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Summary This work presents a generic optimization framework based on linear Mixed Integer Programming to assess energy storage options' influence on the operational scheduling and the economic performance of a given power system with high penetration of intermittent renewable energy sources. In particular, three power markets‐clearing algorithms with different order types and modeling of technical characteristics have been developed, including energy storage devices and cross‐border trading capabilities as additional flexibility sources. A representative case study of the future Greek power system in 2030 with an hourly time span has been utilized to assess the developed framework's applicability. Several case studies have been studied to quantify the impacts of the market‐clearing procedure and the electricity storage capacity. The results highlight the improvements in the power system due to the utilization of energy storage in terms of the system's operational cost, operational scheduling through the provision of ramping capabilities, environmental impact, and increased renewables' utilization. Energy storage has to be considered in an integrated way along with other flexibility providers (electric vehicles, interconnections, demand response, and flexible generation) to achieve synergies and fully exploit its contributions.

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Jordan toward a 100% renewable electricity system

Cited by 81 publications

References 27 publications

100% Renewable Energy Grid for Rural Electrification of Remote Areas: A Case Study in Jordan

100% Renewable Energy Grid for Rural Electrification of Remote Areas: A Case Study in Jordan

Analysis of Cost-Optimal Renewable Energy Expansion for the Near-Term Jordanian Electricity System

Assessing the impacts of energy storage on the electricity market‐clearing algorithms

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