Considering geographical distribution of pollutants emission in production costing

Abstract

With the haze weather happening more frequently especially in developing countries, the air quality problem is attracting increasing attention. As a major source of air pollutants emission, the electricity industry is expected to conduct environmental-friendly power system planning and operation. Traditionally, the total pollutants emission is considered. However, it is well identified that the geographical distribution of pollutants emission is a significant factor determining the influence of pollutants. In this work, geographical location of power plants and loads, and meteorological conditions are considered to obtain the geographical distribution information of pollutants emission. A prototype production costing model with air quality constraints is built, which can be employed to aid generation expansion planning, fuel budgeting and system operation. Case studies are conducted on a system with both traditional generations and renewable generations, to reveal the cost of geographical consideration of pollutants. © 2015 IEEE.