Rural electrification cost including transmission and distribution losses and investments
- Tata Energy Research Inst., New Delhi (India)
A procedure is proposed in this paper that incorporates the transmission and distribution costs in the electricity supply cost to the rural load centers. The energy supply cost to the rural loads includes the capacity and operating costs of generation, transmission and distribution and these costs are compared with energy supply from renewable sources of energy for their economic viability. A new method is suggested that determines the contribution of rural loads to the systems peak demand. Due to low load density and the high T and D losses in the rural areas the costs are higher for rural loads than the urban loads. The cost comparison are performed for four categories of rural loads-water pumping, LT industries, domestic/commercial and street lighting. The comparison also includes the hill districts vis a vis plains and electrified and unelectrified villages.
- OSTI ID:
- 6559109
- Journal Information:
- IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (USA), Vol. 5:3; ISSN 0885-8969
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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