Assessment of an optimized combination of Iranian power plants by environmental costs impact of carbon tax and fossil fuel price on longterm development of iranian electricity supply system

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Manzoor, D ; Sharif University of Technology

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Type of Document: Article
Abstract:
Despite the abundant renewable energy sources, the Iranian energy sector relies almost entirely on fossil fuel energy resources. Power sector is dominant source of CO2 emissions and responsible for about 35% of total CO2 emissions in the country. Additionally, long-term electricity demand of Iran is expected to grow quickly, which in turn requires extensive investment to meet the growing demand over the next decades. On the other hand, increasing domestic fossil fuel consumption had been a serious challenge due to high costs of oil and gas. Current study pays particular attention to the possible penetration rates of renewable electricity technologies and their implications for fossil fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. The analysis is performed by using an energy supply optimization model. Different scenarios are defined to evaluate the impact of fossil fuel prices and carbon tax on utilization of renewable resources
Keywords:
CO2 emissions ; Electricity supply system ; Fuel consumption ; MESSAGE ; Renewable energy technologies
Source: Journal of Environmental Studies ; Vol. 40, issue. 2 , 2014 , p. 415-430