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