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Environmental and utility planning implications of electricity loss reduction in a developing country: a comparative study of technical options
Author(s) -
Shrestha Ram M.,
Azhar Muhammad
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
international journal of energy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.808
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1099-114X
pISSN - 0363-907X
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-114x(199801)22:1<47::aid-er352>3.0.co;2-x
Subject(s) - electricity , reduction (mathematics) , electricity generation , environmental economics , variable (mathematics) , economics , operations management , environmental science , natural resource economics , environmental engineering , engineering , power (physics) , mathematics , electrical engineering , mathematical analysis , physics , geometry , quantum mechanics
This paper discusses the environmental and utility planning implications of load (i.e. ‘variable’) and non‐load (i.e. ‘core’) loss reduction options in the case of a mixed hydro‐thermal power system from a long‐term electricity generation expansion planning perspective. A key finding of the study is that a reduction of electricity losses in transmission and distribution need not always reduce emissions of air pollutants; and that neither loss reduction option is consistently superior over time from the environmental perspective. For a given level of loss reduction, long‐run average cost of electricity generation with the variable loss reduction option generation was found to be less than that with the core loss reduction option. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.