Research Article

Research on the Influence of Development Scenarios on the OLCOE of Wind Power: A Case Study of China

Table 1

Abbreviation.

NameMeaningUnit

Annual operating expenses of wind power$/year
Annual operating expenses of thermal power$/year
Annual energy productionkW · h/year
Standard coal consumption for power supply/kW · h
Generation cost of wind power$/kW · h
Transmission cost$/kW · h
Integration cost$/kW · h
Initial capital cost of wind power$/kW
Initial capital cost of thermal power$/kW
Generation cost of thermal power$/kW · h
Annual total investment in power transmission and transformation$
Electricity loss cost of transmission lines$/year
Annual operation and maintenance cost of lines$/year
Compensator investment of unit capacity$/Mvar
Ancillary cost$/kWh
Profile cost$/kWh
Balance cost$/kW · h
Backup cost$/kW·h
Fixed charge rate of wind powerNone
Fixed charge rate of thermal powerNone
Fixed charge rate of transmission and transformationNone
Total investment in transmission and transformation$
Total investment of converter station$
Total investment of transmission lines$
Total investment of reactive power compensation devices$
Converter/substation investment of unit capacity$/MVA
DC/AC line investment per unit length$/km
Penetration level of wind powerNone
Transmission distancekm
Land lease cost$/year
Levelized replacement/overhaul cost$/year
OLCOEOverall levelized cost of energy$/kW · h
Annual operation and maintenance cost of wind power$/year
Coal price$/kg
Maximum power of DC/AC linesMW
Compensator capacityMvar
Calorific value of standard coalkcal/kg
Calorific value of coalkcal/kg
Power loss rate of converter/substation stationNone
Power loss rate of DC/AC linesNone
Resistance per unit length
Annual operating maintenance rate of linesNone
Utilization hours of wind powerh
Utilization hours of thermal powerh
Rated voltage of lineskV
Annual electricity received by loadkW · h/year
Annual electricity lossMW · h/year
Annual electricity loss of converter/substation stationsMWh/year
Annual electricity loss of linesMWh/year
Electricity generated by wind powerkW · h
Electricity generated by thermal powerkW · h
Maximum load loss hoursh
Capacity credit of power systemNone
Capacity credit of wind powerNone