Reliability investigation of the South African power generation system with the inclusion of wind energy

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dc.contributor.advisorMerven, Brunoen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMaseela, Tiisetsoen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-03T07:53:48Z
dc.date.available2015-07-03T07:53:48Z
dc.date.issued2014en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractRenewable energy sources such as wind energy for electric power supply are receiving serious consideration around the world due to global environmental concerns associated with conventional generation and depleted conventional energy resources to meet increasing electricity demand. This is more than evident in South Africa, where the recently launched Renewable Energy Independent Procurement Program (REIPPPP) has a proposed capacity of 3725MW, allocating 1850MW to wind energy. This dissertation investigates the effects that geographical dispersion and penetration level have on the wind capacity credit and the reliability of the South African power generation system, by estimating the capacity credit. Some of the estimates are tested using a simplified dispatch model, which is also used to estimate other indicators such as the expected energy not served and CO2 emissions of the system for different wind configurations. The sensitivity of the capacity credit definition is further investigated through two definitions. Several scenarios are used to investigate the capacity credit of wind generation, based on the updated IRP base case scenario.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationMaseela, T. (2014). <i>Reliability investigation of the South African power generation system with the inclusion of wind energy</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Energy Research Centre. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13303en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMaseela, Tiisetso. <i>"Reliability investigation of the South African power generation system with the inclusion of wind energy."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Energy Research Centre, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13303en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMaseela, T. 2014. Reliability investigation of the South African power generation system with the inclusion of wind energy. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Maseela, Tiisetso AB - Renewable energy sources such as wind energy for electric power supply are receiving serious consideration around the world due to global environmental concerns associated with conventional generation and depleted conventional energy resources to meet increasing electricity demand. This is more than evident in South Africa, where the recently launched Renewable Energy Independent Procurement Program (REIPPPP) has a proposed capacity of 3725MW, allocating 1850MW to wind energy. This dissertation investigates the effects that geographical dispersion and penetration level have on the wind capacity credit and the reliability of the South African power generation system, by estimating the capacity credit. Some of the estimates are tested using a simplified dispatch model, which is also used to estimate other indicators such as the expected energy not served and CO2 emissions of the system for different wind configurations. The sensitivity of the capacity credit definition is further investigated through two definitions. Several scenarios are used to investigate the capacity credit of wind generation, based on the updated IRP base case scenario. DA - 2014 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2014 T1 - Reliability investigation of the South African power generation system with the inclusion of wind energy TI - Reliability investigation of the South African power generation system with the inclusion of wind energy UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13303 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/13303
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMaseela T. Reliability investigation of the South African power generation system with the inclusion of wind energy. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Energy Research Centre, 2014 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13303en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentEnergy Research Centreen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherSustainable Energy Engineeringen_ZA
dc.titleReliability investigation of the South African power generation system with the inclusion of wind energyen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMSc (Eng)en_ZA
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