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Analysis of LCOE for Korean Onshore Wind Farm Considering Social Discount Rate

사회적 할인율을 고려한 국내육상풍력발전 단지의 LCOE 분석

  • Lee, Keon-Woo (Multidisciplinary Graduate School Program for Wind Energy, Graduate School, Jeju National University) ;
  • Ko, Kyung-Nam (Faculty of Wind Energy Engineering, Graduate School, Jeju National University)
  • 이건우 (제주대학교 대학원 풍력특성화협동과정) ;
  • 고경남 (제주대학교 대학원 풍력공학부)
  • Received : 2019.06.28
  • Accepted : 2020.01.01
  • Published : 2020.02.28
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Abstract

A study on estimation of the Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) was conducted for the Korean onshore wind farms. The LCOE was estimated on the basis of the actual wind farm data from Data Analysis, Retrieval Transfer system (DART) run by Financial Supervisory Service. Recently, social discount rate of Korea dropped from 5.5% to 4.5%, which was taken into account for this study. The onshore wind farms studied accounted for 42% of all the onshore wind farms of South Korea. Capital Expenditure (CapEx) and Operation Expenditure (OpEx) were calculated from the actual data, while Capacity Factors (CFs) were obtained from the wind farms of five provinces. Their distributions were estimated using Maximum Likelihood Estimation method, and then Monte Carlo Simulation (MCS) was performed for estimating LCOE, Levelized Fixed Cost (LFC), and Levelized Variable Cost (LVC). As a result, the LCOEs at the two discount rates, 4.5 and 5.5%, were 142 and 152 $/MWh, respectively, which were lower than that of financially viable onshore wind project of Korea. The 1% drop of social discount rate was estimated to result in a 10 $/MWh decrease in LCOE and a 4 $/MWh in LFC, which can be an advantage for wind project investors.

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