Research Article
Power Generation Expansion Planning Including Large Scale Wind Integration: A Case Study of Oman
Table 3
Technical and cost data of thermal plants in the year 2012.
| No. | Plant name | No. of sets | Min. load MW | Capacity MW | Heat rates | Fast spin Res % | FOR % | Sched. Maintenance days | O&M (FIX) $/kW-month |
O&M (VAR) $/MWh | kcal/kWh | Base | Incr. | load | load |
| 1 | GBG5 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 4728 | 2434 | 9 | 10 | 27 | 3.78 | 0.18 | 2 | GBG6 | 2 | 11 | 26 | 4176 | 2116 | 9 | 10 | 31 | 5.21 | 0.18 | 3 | GBG9 | 2 | 91 | 91 | 2705 | 2705 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 7.17 | 0.18 | 4 | GBS1 | 1 | 37 | 37 | 1811 | 1811 | 0 | 50 | 34 | 5.68 | 0.37 | 5 | GBS2 | 2 | 30 | 30 | 1058 | 1058 | 0 | 20 | 25 | 8.91 | 0.37 | 6 | RUSL | 8 | 45 | 86 | 3713 | 2224 | 9 | 5 | 27 | 3.57 | 2.26 | 7 | WJZ1 | 8 | 12 | 27 | 4204 | 2205 | 9 | 5 | 31 | 6.50 | 0.18 | 8 | WJZ2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 4701 | 2430 | 9 | 5 | 30 | 6.50 | 0.18 | 9 | MNH1 | 3 | 12 | 29 | 4301 | 2253 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 6.52 | 3.24 | 10 | MNH2 | 2 | 42 | 94 | 3455 | 2215 | 9 | 2 | 30 | 6.52 | 2.13 | 11 | ALK | 3 | 44 | 99 | 3515 | 2326 | 9 | 2 | 37 | 6.57 | 3.32 | 12 | BRK1 | 1 | 108 | 435 | 3257 | 1756 | 9 | 3 | 20 | 9.08 | 1.44 | 13 | BRK2 | 1 | 126 | 710 | 2114 | 1742 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 7.07 | 1.16 | 14 | BRK3 | 2 | 40 | 247 | 1797 | 1455 | 9 | 3 | 20 | 20.05 | 1.04 | 15 | SHR1 | 1 | 121 | 590 | 3467 | 1821 | 9 | 3 | 20 | 5.84 | 1.28 | 16 | SHR2 | 2 | 40 | 247 | 1797 | 1455 | 9 | 3 | 20 | 20.05 | 1.04 | 17 | SURa | 0 | 400 | 799 | 1771 | 1316 | 9 | 3 | 20 | 13.01 | 0.66 | 18 | SURb | 0 | 201 | 401 | 1711 | 1316 | 9 | 3.5 | 20 | 13.01 | 0.66 |
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