DocumentCode
3189749
Title
Value of solar PV electricity in MENA region
Author
Breyer, Christian ; Gerlach, Alexander ; Beckel, Oliver ; Schmid, Jürgen
Author_Institution
Q-Cells SE, Bitterfeld-Wolfen OT Thalheim, Germany
fYear
2010
fDate
18-22 Dec. 2010
Firstpage
558
Lastpage
563
Abstract
Electricity demand in MENA region increases fast and is highly dependent on diminishing fossil fuel resources. The grid-parity concept for end-users and the fuel-parity concept on power plant level well describes fast growing economic benefit of PV systems. By end of the 2010s most oil and natural gas fired power plants in MENA region are beyond fuel-parity, i.e. PV power plants are lower in cost than fuel-only cost of oil and gas fired power plants. Solar PV electricity will become a very competitive energy option for entire MENA region.
Keywords
fossil fuels; load forecasting; natural gas technology; photovoltaic power systems; MENA region; PV power plants; economic benefit; electricity demand; fossil fuel resources; fuel-parity; grid-parity; natural gas fired power plants; solar PV electricity; Electricity; Fossil fuels; Industries; Natural gas; Power generation; Radiation effects;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Energy Conference and Exhibition (EnergyCon), 2010 IEEE International
Conference_Location
Manama
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-9378-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ENERGYCON.2010.5771744
Filename
5771744
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