<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The main objective of power system sustainable development is to provide the security of electricity supply required to underpin economic growth and increase the quality of living while minimizing adverse environmental impacts. New challenges such as deregulation, liberalization of energy markets, increased competition on energy markets, growing demands on security of supply, price insecurities and demand to cut CO2 emissions, are calling for better understanding of electrical systems modelling. Existing models are not sufficient anymore and planners will need to think differently in order to face these challenges. Such a model, on the basis on performed simulations, should enable planner to distinguish between different options and to analyze sustainability of these options. PLEXOS is an electricity market simulation model, used for modeling electrical system in Croatia since 2005. Within this paper, generation expansion scenarios until 2020 developed for Croatian Energy Strategy and modeled in PLEXOS. Development of sustainable Croatian energy scenario was analyzed in the paper - impacts of CO2 emission price and wind generation. Energy Strategy sets goal for 1200 MW from wind power plants in 2020. In order to fully understand its impacts, intermittent nature of electricity generation from wind power plant was modeled. We conclude that electrical system modelling using everyday growing models has proved to be inevitable for sustainable electrical system planning in complex environment in which power plants operate today.</p></abstract>

The main objective of power system sustainable development is to provide the security of electricity supply required to underpin economic growth and increase the quality of living while minimizing adverse environmental impacts. New challenges such as deregulation, liberalization of energy markets, increased competition on energy markets, growing demands on security of supply, price insecurities and demand to cut CO2 emissions, are calling for better understanding of electrical systems modelling. Existing models are not sufficient anymore and planners will need to think differently in order to face these challenges. Such a model, on the basis on performed simulations, should enable planner to distinguish between different options and to analyze sustainability of these options. PLEXOS is an electricity market simulation model, used for modeling electrical system in Croatia since 2005. Within this paper, generation expansion scenarios until 2020 developed for Croatian Energy Strategy and modeled in PLEXOS. Development of sustainable Croatian energy scenario was analyzed in the paper - impacts of CO2 emission price and wind generation. Energy Strategy sets goal for 1200 MW from wind power plants in 2020. In order to fully understand its impacts, intermittent nature of electricity generation from wind power plant was modeled. We conclude that electrical system modelling using everyday growing models has proved to be inevitable for sustainable electrical system planning in complex environment in which power plants operate today.

Modelling Sustainable Development Scenarios of Croatian Power System

Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

HEP Renewable Energy Sources Ltd., Zagreb, Croatia

Journal of Electrical Engineering

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The main objective of power system sustainable development is to provide the security of electricity supply required to underpin economic growth and increase...

Modelling Sustainable Development Scenarios of Croatian Power System

Published Online: Jun 07, 2011

Page range: 157 - 163

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10187-010-0022-7

Keywords
power system planning, wind power, sustainable development, power system model

This content is open access.

Modelling Sustainable Development Scenarios of Croatian Power System

Published Online: Jun 07, 2011

Page range: 157 - 163

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10187-010-0022-7

Keywordspower system planning, wind power, sustainable development, power system model

This content is open access.

Keywords
power system planning, wind power, sustainable development, power system model