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Table 6 LCD option parameters in the EP-LCD model

From: Low-carbon development strategy for the West African electricity system: preliminary assessment using System dynamics approach

 

Fuel type

Capacity

(MW)

Capacity factor (Dmnl)

Capacity lifetime (years)

Construction time (years)

Emission factor,a, b (tCO2/MWh)

Normal per capita electricity demand (MWh/person)

Time to adjust capacity (years)

Grid technologies

Simple cycle gas turbine

1410

0.80

25

3

0.2786c

0.546

21

Combined cycle gas turbine

4892

0.80

25

3

0.2020

Hydropower

3760

0.80

50

10

0.0

Coal subcritical

32

0.80

25

8

0.3413

Nuclear

0

0

25

10

0

Renewable grid technologies

Wind

100

   

0

Solar

10

   

0

Small hydro

100

   

0

Off-grid technologies

Diesel generators

678.0

   

0.2667

Gasoline generators

847.6

   

0.2496

Gas turbines

169.5

   

0.2020

  1. Sources: author’s estimation
  2. aThomas, Rolls and Tennant [59]
  3. bThe emission factor is the ton of CO2 consumed per generation of 1 MWh of electricity
  4. cA review of other literatures [60, 61] aside from Thomas, Rolls and Tennant [59] show that the emission factors for gas turbines are the same. The study used that for combined cycle gas turbine to run the model