Development of an Optimization Model for the Community-Scale Biomass Power Plant (CSBPP) based on GAMS-BeWhere model framework in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) region, THAILAND

Abstract

Distributed energy generation enables grassroots people to access to clean energy and increase income to region community by participating and having ownership. In Thailand, the new community-power plant promotion scheme was launched in 2020 with the aim to raise the income equality and quality of life of local community. ❑ Biomass supply is one of the most important issues for continuous plant operation. Systematic supply chain management must be done considering availability and logistics, seasonality, quality, and cost. ❑ BeWhere is a techno-economic engineering model for renewable energy systems optimization framework which is used for a case study of CSBPP in EEC region, Thailand as illustrated in Fig.1. It identifies the localization, size and technology of the renewable energy system that should be applied in a specific renewable energy community-based power from the region for the region. ❑ The objective is to develop decision-support tool and a linear mixed integer programming model to determine the optimal geographic locations and sizes of CSBPP using the EEC region as a case study