Multicriteria generation and transmission expansion planning in Paraguay
| dc.contributor.advisor | Baldick, Ross | |
| dc.creator | Martinez Pinanez, Maria Jose | |
| dc.creator.orcid | 0000-0002-1555-7800 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-09-12T18:31:10Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-09-12T18:31:10Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2017-05 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-05 | |
| dc.date.submitted | May 2017 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2017-09-12T18:31:10Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this research is to develop a methodology using welfare economics expanded with multi attribute decision making for portfolio selection of renewable sources in Paraguay’s regulated hydroelectric market. This approach considers expansion planning of the Paraguayan Interconnected System (SIN), including generation, transmission, and 2016 Paraguay’s Energy Policy. This optimization of the generation expansion problem involves a study period from 2017-2040 assuming a rate of 9.84% per year increasing demand. This study models the SIN using Stochastic Dynamic Dual Programming (SDDP), a probabilistic hydrothermal operation cost optimizer. Based on this Base Case, generation expansion is needed after 2026. Using the Optimization Expansion-Operation Module (OPTGEN-SDDP) software to solve the Expansion Case Optimization, after 2029 the transmission system cannot sustain the demand increase. By 2040, the new installed capacity needed is 26,900 MW. By 2040, there is a need for 13,571 MVA transmission expansion to connect mostly South systems to the Metro system. At 2014 prices, the generation expansion would be at a cost of $7.1 million per MVA of new generation capacity. A mixed-integer linear optimization formulation is implemented outside the OPTGEN-SDDP Module. The multicriteria expansion problem is analyzed using a utility function to consider socio-economical, technology and environmental criteria of energy policy interest. The result is then incorporated back to the OPTGEN-SDDP Module. Analyzing a sustainability index for each case, in all cases the Net Import index has a decreasing trend in the period of study. Furthermore, due to transmission constraints, the Reliability index cannot be improved without transmission expansion in any study case. The resultant generation portfolio in both expansion problems includes 26% solar generation, a scale in line with Paraguay’s Energy Policy of diversification of the energy matrix. Small hydro and solar generation sources are a viable alternative to build an electricity generation portfolio mix for the Paraguayan electricity market, by using both a welfare economics optimization and an extended welfare economics optimization with a multi attribute decision making approach. But transmission constraints are still a major issue for the full exploitation of these resources. | |
| dc.description.department | Energy and Earth Resources | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.15781/T28P5VR8D | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2152/61565 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.subject | Multicriteria | |
| dc.subject | Generation expansion | |
| dc.subject | Paraguay | |
| dc.title | Multicriteria generation and transmission expansion planning in Paraguay | |
| dc.type | Thesis | |
| dc.type.material | text | |
| thesis.degree.department | Energy and Earth Resources | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Energy and earth resources | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | The University of Texas at Austin | |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Science in Energy and Earth Resources |
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