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A mini-integrated resource plan for a commercial entity in Gauteng Province: planning for energy autonomous businesses

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dc.contributor.author Senatla, Mamahloko
dc.contributor.author Mushwana, Crescent
dc.date.accessioned 2017-09-13T10:44:10Z
dc.date.available 2017-09-13T10:44:10Z
dc.date.issued 2017-08
dc.identifier.citation Senatla, M. and Mushwana, C. 2017. A mini-integrated resource plan for a commercial entity in Gauteng Province: planning for energy autonomous businesses. 14th Industrial and Commercial Use of Energy Conference, Cape Town, 14-16 Aug 2017 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9553
dc.description 14th Industrial and Commercial Use of Energy Conference, Cape Town, 14-16 Aug 2017 en_US
dc.description.abstract Distributed renewable energy competitiveness is becoming a reality in most countries resulting in an increase of installed capacity in both developed and developing countries. Mexico, India, Germany, Zambia and South Africa have experienced the lowest average tariffs for solar photovoltaic (PV) through their competitive bidding processes between 2015 and 2017. In South Africa, the latest competitive bid resulted in PV costing an average of R0.62/kWh, while the average grid electricity tariff is R0.83/kWh. It is anticipated that the cost of PV will continue to decline while grid connected electricity tariffs will continue to increase. The continued increase of electricity tariffs combined with declining cost of solar PV, means that PV will become even more competitive for commercial entities whose periods of maximum power demand coincides with periods of abundant solar resource in most regions. This means that campuses or buildings of most entities can be energy autonomous and can supply their electricity demand using PV at least cost. This paper conducts a mini-integrated resource plan using PLEXOS modelling tool for a commercial entity located in Gauteng with a peak capacity of 6MW. The results show that investing in optimal PV capacity by 2030 reduces the network costs by 11%. The entity can also meet 44% of its energy demand with PV which reduces the energy bill by 14% in 2030. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries Worklist;19375
dc.subject Commercial sector en_US
dc.subject Photovoltaic en_US
dc.subject PV en_US
dc.subject Cost en_US
dc.subject Embedded PV en_US
dc.subject Integrated resource plan en_US
dc.subject Energy autonomous en_US
dc.subject Distributed renewable energy en_US
dc.title A mini-integrated resource plan for a commercial entity in Gauteng Province: planning for energy autonomous businesses en_US
dc.type Conference Presentation en_US
dc.identifier.apacitation Senatla, M., & Mushwana, C. (2017). A mini-integrated resource plan for a commercial entity in Gauteng Province: planning for energy autonomous businesses. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9553 en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitation Senatla, Mamahloko, and Crescent Mushwana. "A mini-integrated resource plan for a commercial entity in Gauteng Province: planning for energy autonomous businesses." (2017): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9553 en_ZA
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation Senatla M, Mushwana C, A mini-integrated resource plan for a commercial entity in Gauteng Province: planning for energy autonomous businesses; 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9553 . en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Conference Presentation AU - Senatla, Mamahloko AU - Mushwana, Crescent AB - Distributed renewable energy competitiveness is becoming a reality in most countries resulting in an increase of installed capacity in both developed and developing countries. Mexico, India, Germany, Zambia and South Africa have experienced the lowest average tariffs for solar photovoltaic (PV) through their competitive bidding processes between 2015 and 2017. In South Africa, the latest competitive bid resulted in PV costing an average of R0.62/kWh, while the average grid electricity tariff is R0.83/kWh. It is anticipated that the cost of PV will continue to decline while grid connected electricity tariffs will continue to increase. The continued increase of electricity tariffs combined with declining cost of solar PV, means that PV will become even more competitive for commercial entities whose periods of maximum power demand coincides with periods of abundant solar resource in most regions. This means that campuses or buildings of most entities can be energy autonomous and can supply their electricity demand using PV at least cost. This paper conducts a mini-integrated resource plan using PLEXOS modelling tool for a commercial entity located in Gauteng with a peak capacity of 6MW. The results show that investing in optimal PV capacity by 2030 reduces the network costs by 11%. The entity can also meet 44% of its energy demand with PV which reduces the energy bill by 14% in 2030. DA - 2017-08 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Commercial sector KW - Photovoltaic KW - PV KW - Cost KW - Embedded PV KW - Integrated resource plan KW - Energy autonomous KW - Distributed renewable energy LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2017 T1 - A mini-integrated resource plan for a commercial entity in Gauteng Province: planning for energy autonomous businesses TI - A mini-integrated resource plan for a commercial entity in Gauteng Province: planning for energy autonomous businesses UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9553 ER - en_ZA


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