Research Article

A TOU Pricing Mechanism to Promote Renewable Energy Consumption: The Case of the Western Inner Mongolia Grid in China

Table 3

Calculation of the renewable energy that can be traded in the market in Western Inner Mongolia in 2016.

ItemsValue

Wind power installed capacity in 2015 (MW)14976.94
Photovoltaic power installed capacity in 2015 (MW)4083
Wind power when utilization hours are 1600 h (TWh)23.96
Photovoltaic power when utilization hours are 1600 h (TWh)6.53
Predicted wind power in 2016 (TWh)28.15
Predicted photovoltaic power in 2016 (TWh)6.94
Wind power which can be traded by market in 2016 (TWh)4.19
Photovoltaic power which can be traded by market in 2016 (TWh)0.41
Renewable energy which can be traded by market in 2016 (TWh)4.59