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100 1 Duffy, Aidan.
245 10 Renewable energy and energy efficiency :|bassessment of
projects and policies /|cAidan Duffy, Martin Rogers,
Lacour Ayompe.
260 Chicester, West Sussex, United Kingdom :|bWiley Blackwell,
|c2015.
300 xiii, 261 pages
505 0 Symbols, Units and Abbreviations ix About the Companion
Website xv 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Background 2 1.2 Aim 4 1.3
Aspects of renewable energy project appraisal 6 1.4 Book
layout 8 References 10 2 Technologies 11 2.1 Introduction
11 2.2 Key concepts 11 2.2.1 Heat of combustion 12 2.2.2
Efficiency 12 2.2.3 Rated power and energy 12 2.2.4
Capacity and availability factors 13 2.2.5 Technology
learning 13 2.3 Electrical power generation 14 2.3.1
Natural-gas-fired power plant 14 2.3.2 Coal-fired power
plant 15 2.3.3 Hydropower 17 2.3.4 Wind power 19 2.3.5
Ocean energy 22 2.3.6 Photovoltaics 25 2.4 Heat generation
28 2.4.1 Boilers 28 2.4.2 Solar water heaters 30 2.5
Combined heat and power 34 2.5.1 Micro-CHP 36 2.5.2 CHP
engines 37 2.5.3 CHP turbines 37 2.5.4 Combined heat,
power and cooling 38 2.6 Energy storage 39 2.6.1
Electrical 40 2.6.2 Pumped hydroelectric storage 40 2.6.3
Compressed air energy storage 42 2.6.4 Thermal energy
storage 44 2.7 Energy efficiency 45 2.7.1 Thermal
insulation 46 2.7.2 High-efficiency lighting 48 References
50 3 Modelling Energy Systems 53 3.1 Introduction 53 3.2
System, model and simulation 54 3.2.1 Systems 54 3.2.2
Models 58 3.2.3 Simulation 71 3.3 Modelling and simulating
energy systems 76 3.3.1 Steps in simulating energy
projects 76 3.3.2 Simulation tools 79 3.3.3 Data sources
79 3.4 Case studies 83 3.4.1 Office PV system 83 3.4.2 Gas
heat pump for data room cooling 87 3.4.3 Compressed air
energy storage 90 3.5 Conclusions 93 References 95 4
Financial Analysis 97 4.1 Introduction 97 4.2 Fundamentals
98 4.2.1 Investor perspective 98 4.2.2 Types of projects
and decisions 99 4.2.3 Cash flows 100 4.2.4 Real and
nominal prices 104 4.2.5 Present value 106 4.2.6 Discount
rates 109 4.2.7 Taxation and depreciation 112 4.2.8
Unequal project lifespan 114 4.3 Financial measures 116
4.3.1 Payback and discounted payback periods 117 4.3.2
Return on investment 120 4.3.3 Profitability index and
savings-to-investment ratio 121 4.3.4 Net present value
123 4.3.5 Internal Rate of Return 127 4.3.6 Life cycle
cost 131 4.3.7 Levelised Cost of Energy 132 4.3.8
Uncertainty and risk 134 4.3.9 Financial measures compared
136 4.4 Case studies 139 4.4.1 Municipal bus fleet
conversion to compressed natural gas 139 4.4.2 New wind
farm development 142 4.5 Conclusion 148 References 149 5
Multi-Criteria Analysis 151 5.1 General 151 5.2 Simple non
-compensatory methods 152 5.2.1 Introduction 152 5.2.2
Dominance 153 5.2.3 Satisficing methods 155 5.2.4
Sequential elimination methods 157 5.2.5 Attitude-oriented
methods 158 5.3 Simple additive weighting method 160 5.3.1
Basic simple additive weighting method 160 5.3.2
Sensitivity analysis of baseline SAWresults 163 5.3.3
Assigning weights to the decision criteria 164 5.4
Analytic hierarchy process 168 5.4.1 Introduction 168
5.4.2 Hierarchies 169 5.4.3 Establishing priorities within
hierarchies 169 5.4.4 Establishing and calculating
priorities 171 5.4.5 Deriving priorities using an
approximation method 172 5.4.6 Deriving exact priorities
using the iterative Eigenvector method 173 5.5 Concordance
analysis 181 5.5.1 Introduction 181 5.5.2 PROMETHEE I 184
5.5.3 ELECTRE TRI 188 5.6 Site selection for wind farms -
a case study from Cavan (Ireland) 189 5.6.1 Introduction
189 5.6.2 National and international guidance 189 5.6.3
Decision framework chosen 194 5.6.4 Decision model
utilised to categorise each of the 18 sites 195 5.6.5
Selection of potentially suitable sites 198 5.6.6
Concluding comment on case studies 198 5.7 Concluding
comments on MCDA models 200 References 202 6 Policy
Aspects 203 6.1 Energy policy context 203 6.2 Energy
policy overview 206 6.2.1 Policy instruments and targets
206 6.2.2 Designing policy instruments 208 6.3 Marginal
abatement cost 210 6.3.1 Environmental life cycle
assessment 211 6.3.2 Estimating marginal abatement costs
221 6.4 Subsidy design 224 6.4.1 Types of energy subsidies
224 6.4.2 Calculating feed-in-tariffs 226 6.5 Social cost-
benefit analysis 230 6.5.1 Define the objective and
identify base case 231 6.5.2 Identify costs and benefits
231 6.5.3 Value costs and benefits 233 6.5.4 Discount the
costs and benefits 235 6.5.5 Interpret results 237 6.5.6
Assess who bears the costs and benefits 237 6.5.7
Uncertainty 238 6.5.8 Make decision 238 6.6 Case studies
238 6.6.1 Marginal abatement costs of emission mitigation
options in a building estate 238 6.6.2 PV feed-in-tariff
design 243 6.7 Conclusions 248 References 248 Appendix A:
Table of Discount Factors 251 Index 253
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