Investigation of the trends of electricity demands in Jordan and its susceptibility to the ambient air temperature towards sustainable electricity generation

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Almuhtady, A.; Alshwawra, A.; Alfaouri, M.; Al-Kouz, W.; Al-Hinti, I.: Investigation of the trends of electricity demands in Jordan and its susceptibility to the ambient air temperature towards sustainable electricity generation. In: Energy, Sustainability and Society 9 (2019), 39. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13705-019-0224-1

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Background: Efficient production and reliable availability of electricity requires comprehensive understanding of load demand trends to plan and match production with consumption. Although electricity demand depends on a combination of cultural and economic conditions, weather conditions remain as the major driver. With increased capabilities of accurate predictions of weather, the importance of investigating and quantifying its impact on electricity demand becomes obvious. The electrical system in Jordan has been facing several challenges including the failure to respond to increased demands induced by extreme temperatures. This paper covers a clear gap in literature through presenting a detailed investigation of the electricity consumption trends and in identifying the susceptibility of these trends to weather. Methods: This study relies on the statistical processing and analysis, through modeling of hourly electricity demands in Jordan in the period of 10 years between 2007 and 2016. Actual weather data was used employing the degree-day approach. The monthly, daily, and hourly seasonal variation indices were determined. Optimally formulated piecewise functions were used to track the thermal comfort zone and rate of increase in electricity demand for temperatures beyond it for each year. Moreover, the elasticity of polynomial functions was adopted to identify saturation points to thermally map the electricity consumption.Results: The developed models successfully described the relationship between the daily electricity demand and the mean daily ambient temperature. The average comfort zone width was 4 °C and the average mean base temperature was 17.9 °C. The sensitivity of electricity demand to both high and low temperatures has increased on average, with 11% and 16.4% to hot and cold weather, respectively. Finally, the electricity demand in cooling was found to saturate at 32.9 °C, whereas it saturates for heating at 4.7 °C. Conclusions: The electricity demand in Jordan observes seasonal trends in a consistent and predictable manner. An optimally formulated piecewise function successfully tracked the thermal comfort zone and the rate of increase in electricity demand for temperatures beyond it for each year of the study period. Finally, saturation heating and cooling temperatures were acquired from the elasticity of the daily electricity demands modeled against daily HDD and CDD.
License of this version: CC BY 4.0 Unported
Document Type: Article
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Issue Date: 2019
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1 image of flag of Germany Germany 36 30.51%
2 image of flag of Jordan Jordan 25 21.19%
3 image of flag of United States United States 23 19.49%
4 image of flag of China China 7 5.93%
5 image of flag of Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Islamic Republic of 4 3.39%
6 image of flag of India India 3 2.54%
7 image of flag of United Kingdom United Kingdom 3 2.54%
8 image of flag of Indonesia Indonesia 2 1.69%
9 image of flag of France France 2 1.69%
10 image of flag of United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 2 1.69%
    other countries 11 9.32%

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