Techno-economic assessment of biomass power plant fed with rice straw: Sensitivity and parametric analysis of the performance and the LCOE

Abdelhady, Suzan; Borello, Domenico; Shaban, Ahmed

doi:10.1016/j.renene.2017.09.040

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“…The average power generating cost is between 35 and 60 USD per MWh, according to (Stich et al, 2017), and electricity generation costs differ within a wide range from less than 40 USD/MWh to greater than 200 USD/MWh. The simulation outcome of a study in Egypt indicated that the cost of the proposed rice straw power plant ranges between 10.55 and 6.33 ¢/kWh (Abdelhady et al, 2018). The life cycle for GHG emissions is higher due to the transportation process.…”

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Life Cycle of Biomass Blending in Electricity Generation: An Environmental and Economic Assessment

Shafie¹,

Othman²,

Hami³

2018

IJTech

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Recently, biomass resources have faced issues with the security of resources supply. Biomass blending could provide the solution to overcome this limitation. This study aimed to determine the life cycle assessment of the biomass blending of paddy residue, cash crop, industrial crop, and garden waste in electricity generation. The analysis are related to environmental and cost assessments. The life cycle includes the process of crop production, crop collection, transportation, collection center, and power plant. The results obtained the range for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, varying from 0.02 kg CO2EQ/kWh to 6400.04 kg CO2EQ/kWh, whereas the cost varied from RM0.01/kWh to RM16.10/kWh. The transportation process is the most critical process requiring extra extension, due to the high GHG emissions and consumption cost for that process. The output from this research is hoped to serve as the guideline for biomass utilization development in Malaysia.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

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Life Cycle of Biomass Blending in Electricity Generation: An Environmental and Economic Assessment

Shafie¹,

Othman²,

Hami³

2018

IJTech

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“…Recently, electricity from biomass gasification has fast emerged for rural electrification using agricultural residues in developing countries [87]. Rice-and straw-based biomass power plants can be integrated with other electricity sources and the utility grid [90]. A few novel technologies on efficient conversion of biomass are being investigated [91], which may help in diversifying the energy systems using different pathways.…”

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“…Thus, it is suitable for distributed or off-grid power for rural areas. We need to scrutinize several factors such as the price of biomass, investments, logistics costs, electricity price, environmental constraints, and regulatory uncertainties for making the biomass gasifiers cost-competitive [89,90,92,93].…”

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Mapping Bioenergy Supply and Demand in Selected Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Exploratory Assessment of Modern Bioenergy’s Contribution to SDG7

Khatiwada

Purohit

Ackom³

2019

Sustainability

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Bioenergy can play an important role in achieving the agreed United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and implementing the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, thereby advancing climate goals, food security, better land use, and sustainable energy for all. In this study, we assess the surplus agricultural residues availability for bioelectricity in six least developed countries (LDCs) in Asia and Africa, namely Bangladesh, Lao-PDR, and Nepal in Asia; and Ethiopia, Malawi, and Zambia in Africa, respectively. The surplus agricultural residues have been estimated using residue-to-product ratio (RPR), agricultural residues lost in the collection, transportation and storage, and their alternative applications. We use a linear regression model to project the economic potential of bioelectricity. The contribution of bioelectricity for meeting the LDCs’ electricity requirements is estimated in a time frame between 2017 and 2030. Our results reveal that the surplus biomass feedstock available from the agriculture sector could provide the total current electricity demand in Malawi alone, followed by Nepal (45%), Bangladesh (29%), Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao-PDR) (29%), Ethiopia (27%), and Zambia (13%). This study also explores the complementarity and synergies of bioelectricity, SDG7, and their interlinkages with other SDGs. Findings from the study show that providing access to sustainable energy in the LDCs to meet the SDG7 by 2030 might be a challenge due to limited access to technology, infrastructure, and finance. Site-specific investigations on how much agricultural residues could be extracted in an environmentally benign manner for bioelectricity and increased investment in the bioenergy sector are key potential solutions in a myriad of options required to harness the full energy potential in the LDCs.

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“…The levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) refers to the cost of generating electricity per kilowatt hour during the construction and operation cycle of a power generation project [58]. It is a widely accepted method for calculating the cost of generating electricity with high transparency [59][60][61][62][63]. In this paper, we will use LCOE model to calculate the power generation costs of three major forms of If using the gas imported from Turkmenistan, taking Guangdong as an example, the cost will not be lower than 2.63 yuan/m 3 .…”

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Gas Supply, Pricing Mechanism and the Economics of Power Generation in China

Liu

2018

Energies

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During the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, green energy is the top priority for China. China has realized that natural gas, as a low-carbon energy source, fits with the nation's energy demand and will play a critical role in the energy transition, but the actual industry development is slower than expected. By analyzing the major gas corporations around the world, the paper finds that the key factors of the sector are supply and price of the energy resource. A comprehensive analysis on domestic and foreign imported gas reveals a trend of oversupply in China in the future. Given the critical import dependence, China has introduced a series of gas price reforms since 2013, which have led to negative impacts on important gas consumption sectors including power generation. With the levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) model, we find that under the prevailing gas supply structure and price level, the economy of utility gas power generation will remain unprofitable, while combined cooling heating and power (CCHP) is only commercially feasible in coastal developed regions. If continuing, such a trend will not only bring forth disastrous consequences to gas power industry, but also damage the upstream gas industry, more importantly, impede the energy transition. We conclude the paper with policy implications on pricing mechanism reform, developing domestic unconventional gas and the R&D of gas turbine.

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Techno-economic assessment of biomass power plant fed with rice straw: Sensitivity and parametric analysis of the performance and the LCOE

Cited by 75 publications

References 21 publications

Life Cycle of Biomass Blending in Electricity Generation: An Environmental and Economic Assessment

Life Cycle of Biomass Blending in Electricity Generation: An Environmental and Economic Assessment

Mapping Bioenergy Supply and Demand in Selected Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Exploratory Assessment of Modern Bioenergy’s Contribution to SDG7

Gas Supply, Pricing Mechanism and the Economics of Power Generation in China

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