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Title: Reducing costs of electric power generation through the integration of desalinated water production into insular weak electric systems
Authors: De La Nuez Pestana, Ignacio Agustín 
Garcia Latorre, Francisco Javier 
UNESCO Clasification: 332201 Distribución de la energía
330806 Regeneración del agua
Keywords: Desalination
Economic dispatch
Integrated water–electricity
Optimization
Issue Date: 2016
Journal: Desalination and Water Treatment 
Abstract: An assessment of both electric generation and desalinated water production in the islands of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura has been carried out. The electric system is made up of small groups consisting of two different technologies. The cost of generation has a steep profile, existing a difference between on-peak and off-peak electricity prices, being the difference between the first and the latter of double its value. Water production is performed through reverse osmosis-based technologies. Annual costs for water production in both insular systems are higher than €27 M, an estimated 10% of the total electricity generated. The process of water production can be adjusted to time slots at the lowest cost of production, since water can be stored and there are generators available at the installations. Several simulations are proposed for water and electricity production, achieving a reduction of more than 11% in desalination costs.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/42513
ISSN: 1944-3994
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2014.978392
Source: Desalination and Water Treatment[ISSN 1944-3994],v. 57, p. 1623-1633
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