Long-term optimization of regional power sector development: Potential for cooperation in the Eastern Nile region?
This paper develops a regional TIMES modelling framework for the electricity sector of the Eastern Nile Basin region, including Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan, to assess the potential of energy trading for cross-border collaboration in this rapidly growing sector. Four alternative scenarios are developed...
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| author | Mondal, Md. Hossain Alam Ringler, Claudia |
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| description | This paper develops a regional TIMES modelling framework for the electricity sector of the Eastern Nile Basin region, including Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan, to assess the potential of energy trading for cross-border collaboration in this rapidly growing sector. Four alternative scenarios are developed for the 2014–2050 period to assess national and regional benefits of alternative energy development strategies. The study finds that electricity trading scenarios out-perform a reference scenario that assumes no energy trading, lowering systems cost by 4.5–7.2%. Total systems costs are lower, even when transmission costs for trade are considered. Costs are also lower with increased generation from renewables compared to investments without regional trade. Investing in renewables has important co-benefits, such as improved energy security and reduced greenhouse gas emissions. Supporting energy trade not only reduces systems costs, but can also strengthen cooperation in the region, as reflected in the energy trading efforts of the East African Power Pool and the transboundary collaboration efforts of the Nile Basin Initiative. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1425032025-02-24T06:47:29Z Long-term optimization of regional power sector development: Potential for cooperation in the Eastern Nile region? Mondal, Md. Hossain Alam Ringler, Claudia models energy sources greenhouse gas emissions international cooperation electricity optimization methods regional development This paper develops a regional TIMES modelling framework for the electricity sector of the Eastern Nile Basin region, including Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan, to assess the potential of energy trading for cross-border collaboration in this rapidly growing sector. Four alternative scenarios are developed for the 2014–2050 period to assess national and regional benefits of alternative energy development strategies. The study finds that electricity trading scenarios out-perform a reference scenario that assumes no energy trading, lowering systems cost by 4.5–7.2%. Total systems costs are lower, even when transmission costs for trade are considered. Costs are also lower with increased generation from renewables compared to investments without regional trade. Investing in renewables has important co-benefits, such as improved energy security and reduced greenhouse gas emissions. Supporting energy trade not only reduces systems costs, but can also strengthen cooperation in the region, as reflected in the energy trading efforts of the East African Power Pool and the transboundary collaboration efforts of the Nile Basin Initiative. 2020-06-10 2024-05-22T12:10:36Z 2024-05-22T12:10:36Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142503 en https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2018.10.158 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2018.02.067 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145671 Open Access Elsevier Mondal, Md. Hossain Alam; and Ringler, Claudia. 2020. Long-term optimization of regional power sector development: Potential for cooperation in the Eastern Nile region? Energy 201(June 2020): 117703. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2020.117703 |
| spellingShingle | models energy sources greenhouse gas emissions international cooperation electricity optimization methods regional development Mondal, Md. Hossain Alam Ringler, Claudia Long-term optimization of regional power sector development: Potential for cooperation in the Eastern Nile region? |
| title | Long-term optimization of regional power sector development: Potential for cooperation in the Eastern Nile region? |
| title_full | Long-term optimization of regional power sector development: Potential for cooperation in the Eastern Nile region? |
| title_fullStr | Long-term optimization of regional power sector development: Potential for cooperation in the Eastern Nile region? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Long-term optimization of regional power sector development: Potential for cooperation in the Eastern Nile region? |
| title_short | Long-term optimization of regional power sector development: Potential for cooperation in the Eastern Nile region? |
| title_sort | long term optimization of regional power sector development potential for cooperation in the eastern nile region |
| topic | models energy sources greenhouse gas emissions international cooperation electricity optimization methods regional development |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142503 |
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