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The Future Expansion of HVDC Power Transmission in Brazil: A Scenario-Based Economic Evaluation

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This paper investigates the future need of the Brazilian electric grid for High-Voltage-Direct-Current (HVDC) transmission lines using expansion scenarios. Currently, electricity is produced mainly in large hydropower plants with enormous reservoirs, but the model is approaching a limit because the potential for hydropower near load centers is almost depleted. To preserve a low-carbon electrical energy mix, renewable energy sources in far more distant locations need to be exploited. This paper focuses on the expansion potential of wind, solar and hydropower and its spatial mismatch with the expected future electricity demand. Linear optimization is used to determine the best HVDC connections. The results show clear differences in the costs for transmission lines in different scenarios, confirming that the transmission capacity is a critical factor in the process of expanding the renewable energy generation capacity in Brazil. This study provides insights for policy makers and industry.

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  1. RWTH Aachen University, Templergraben 55, 52062, Aachen, Germany

    Christian Köhnke Mendonça

  2. Institute for Future Energy Consumer Needs and Behavior (FCN), School of Business and Economics/E.ON Energy Research Center, RWTH Aachen University, Mathieustrasse 10, 52074, Aachen, Germany

    Christian A. Oberst & Reinhard Madlener

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  1. Department of Business Administration, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Karl Franz Dörner

  2. Decision Sciences and Statistics (IDS) Department, ESSEC Business School of Paris, Cergy Pontoise Cedex, France

    Ivana Ljubic

  3. Department of Statistics and Operations Research, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Georg Pflug

  4. Operations Research and Control Systems, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria

    Gernot Tragler

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Mendonça, C.K., Oberst, C.A., Madlener, R. (2017). The Future Expansion of HVDC Power Transmission in Brazil: A Scenario-Based Economic Evaluation. In: Dörner, K., Ljubic, I., Pflug, G., Tragler, G. (eds) Operations Research Proceedings 2015. Operations Research Proceedings. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42902-1_89

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