SET Proceedings 2978-4387 Caravel Press 10.65582/set.2002.044 2002.044 Impact of Independent Power Producers on Electricity Generation Expansion Planning and CO2 Emission LimmeechokchaiBundit bundit@siit.tu.ac.th TanatvanitSomporn ShresthaRam M. ram@ait.ac.th Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology, Thammasat University, P.O. Box 22 Thammasat Rangsit Post Office, Pathumthani 12121, Thailand Energy Program, Asian Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 4, Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand 12062002 1 978-1-995850-07-8 1 6 12 June 2002 © 2002 Copyright WSSET 2002

This paper presents the effects of IPPs generation on utility’s planning, environmental, and economic implications. An integrated resource planning (IRP) model is used for the analysis. In addition to the committed IPPs, the coal-based and gas-based power plants, the clean supply-side options are also considered as candidate plants. Results show that the clean supply-side options could reduce CO2 and other harmful emissions. However, the capital cost of the clean options is too expensive compared to conventional plants resulting in high total system cost. The marginal abatement cost of CO2 emission is also examined to identify options which could be implemented as clean development mechanism (CDM) projects.

 Independent power producers CO2 emission clean supply-side option marginal abatement cost clean development mechanism 12 to 14 June 2002 1st International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies SET2002 1 Porto, Portugal