The Lebanese Electricity Woes: An Estimation of the Economical Costs of Power Interruptions

Bouri, Elie; Assad, Joseph El

doi:10.3390/en9080583

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“…Moreover, G b , WF b , DRP b , and L b in (8) represent a set of generating units, wind farms, DR providers and transmission lines which are connected to bus b, respectively. The economic costs of power interruptions in Lebanon are calculated in [35,36], a willingness-to-pay DR mechanism based on locational area with transmission constraints is presented around income statistics and utilizes a state-space approach to analyze the possibility of altering prices by DR. The transmission thermal flow limits are taken into account in (11).…”

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Multi-Objective Market Clearing Model with an Autonomous Demand Response Scheme

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Demand response (DR) is known as a key solution in modern power systems and electricity markets for mitigating wind power uncertainties. However, effective incorporation of DR into power system operation scheduling needs knowledge of the price–elastic demand curve that relies on several factors such as estimation of a customer’s elasticity as well as their participation level in DR programs. To overcome this challenge, this paper proposes a novel autonomous DR scheme without prediction of the price–elastic demand curve so that the DR providers apply their selected load profiles ranked in the high priority to the independent system operator (ISO). The energy and reserve markets clearing procedures have been run by using a multi-objective decision-making framework. In fact, its objective function includes the operation cost and the customer’s disutility based on the final individual load profile for each DR provider. A two-stage stochastic model is implemented to solve this scheduling problem, which is a mixed-integer linear programming approach. The presented approach is tested on a modified IEEE 24-bus system. The performance of the proposed model is successfully evaluated from economic, technical and wind power integration aspects from the ISO viewpoint.

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“…Most participants were at home and therefore did not have access to the same work environment they did in their offices. This included a lack of private office space and the limited availability of a wireless connection; a condition in Lebanon where electricity inconsistencies are commonplace [ 5 ]. The limited internet connectivity forced researchers to only audio-record, rather than video-record aid workers, which had the benefits of minimizing a breach in participants’ confidentiality and enabled a safe space, but on the other hand, it narrowed the human interaction and nonverbal communication (e.g., body language, facial expressions) necessary for understanding emotional states.…”

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Challenges of Researchers in Conducting International Study during the Eruption of COVID-19: Student and Mentor Perspectives

Mobaraka

Elkazzaz

Rizkalla

2022

IJERPH

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Conducting an international research study may bear various challenges; however, during the global COVID-19 crisis, such a study undertakes unpredictable trajectories. This paper explores the challenges experienced by researchers studying Syrian refugees’ physical and mental health and aid workers serving under humanitarian organizations in Lebanon. It includes information about the changes in the study’s goals and design with the emergence and spread of SARS-CoV-2, as necessitated by the circumstances COVID-19 imposed. It focuses on the unique perspectives of the research team of two students and their mentor who faced multiple challenges while involved in the study, and their narratives and subjective experiences that led to new opportunities for growth in the project. The research team specifically engaged in humanistic and existential psychology in order to conduct research in a manner conducive to personal and professional development, productivity and growth. To conclude, the researchers propose recommendations to the academic community on mitigating some of the challenges faced when conducting international research, and suggestions to the humanitarian sector serving vulnerable populations in conflict zones during COVID-19.

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“…Another paper introduces outage cost estimations for industry sector customers from South Korea [19]. Various other generic power interruption assessment papers have been published for customers from Germany [20] Lebanon [21] and South Africa [22]. These studies make use of customer surveys and indirect analytical methods to make the estimations.…”

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Regional Differences in Economic Impacts of Power Outages in Finland

Gündüz¹,

Küfeoğlu²,

Winzer³

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Estimation of the worth of continuity of electricity supply is of interest of industry, authorities and research society. There are numerous methods to calculate the Customer Interruption Costs (CICs). Each method has its advantages and disadvantages. This paper approaches the problem from Distribution System Operators' (DSOs) point of view and adopts two existing analytical models. One model is used by the Finnish Energy Market Authority and the second one was proposed by the authors at a previous study. The model suggested by the authors as an alternative to the one used by the Finnish Energy Market Authority proposes a simple and straightforward methodology which will provide credible and objective estimations by only utilizing publicly available analytical data. We made use of cost and reliability indices data of 78 DSOs in Finland from the year 2016. In addition to cost estimations, this paper highlights regional differences in CIC estimations in different parts of Finland and critically overviews the existing standard customer compensation scheme in Finland.

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The Lebanese Electricity Woes: An Estimation of the Economical Costs of Power Interruptions

Cited by 24 publications

References 27 publications

Multi-Objective Market Clearing Model with an Autonomous Demand Response Scheme

Multi-Objective Market Clearing Model with an Autonomous Demand Response Scheme

Challenges of Researchers in Conducting International Study during the Eruption of COVID-19: Student and Mentor Perspectives

Regional Differences in Economic Impacts of Power Outages in Finland

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