Economic Viability Analysis for an OTEC Power Plant at San Andrés Island
Herrera, Jorge (Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano)
Sierra, Santiago (Universidad ECCI)
Hernández-Hamón, Hernando (ECOMAR Consultoría Ambiental)
Ardila, Néstor (ECOMAR Consultoría Ambiental)
Franco, Andrés (Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano)
Ibeas, Asier (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Telecomunicació i Enginyeria de Sistemes)

Data:	2022
Resum:	This paper presents the economic feasibility analysis of a 2 MW Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) power plant in the open cycle. The plant can supply 6. 35% of the average annual consumption of the electricity demand located at San Andrés Island (Colombia). On the one hand, the work presents the selection of the place to locate an offshore facility considering the technical viability while, on the other hand, the economic viability analysis is performed. The latter considers two scenarios: one without desalinated water production and another one with desalinated water. In this way, it is intended to first determine its construction's technical requirements to analyse its economic performance. This approach allows us to have a general idea of the implementation costs and the benefits obtained with this type of plant, for the particular case of San Andrés, an island in the Colombian Caribbean with sustained stress on electricity production and freshwater generation. The results obtained show that the technology is viable and that the investment can be recovered in an adequate time horizon.
Ajuts:	Agencia Estatal de Investigación PCI2019-103376
Nota:	Altres ajuts: ERANet17/ERY-0168
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	Floating OTEC plant ; Marine energy ; Power energy ; Economic feasibility analysis
Publicat a:	Journal of marine science and engineering, Vol. 10, Núm. 6 (Maig 2022) , art. 713, ISSN 2077-1312

DOI: 10.3390/jmse10060713

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