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Economic realities and development perspectives of small-scale power generation in the Republic of Belarus

Kovalyov I.L., Kovalyov L.I.

3 (27), 2013

Kovalyov I.L., Kovalyov L.I. Economic realities and development perspectives of small-scale power generation in the Republic of Belarus. Economic and Social Changes: Facts, Trends, Forecast, 2013, no. 3 (27)

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The article analyses the efficiency and economic feasibility of autonomous power supply by the example of several cogeneration plants (mini-CHP) operating in the industrial and municipal enterprises of the Republic of Belarus. The article also focuses on some important features of the energy sector, in particular the problem of cross-subsidies and tariffs in the energy sector. The results and main economic indicators of the exploitation of a number of mini-CHP, constructed in the Republic over the last eight years, are presented and analysed in detail. The article is based on the detailed study of the economy of each object in particular and on the comparison of the results by the parameters of economic efficiency of all of the objects under study in general. Certain disadvantages and advantages of this direction in the energy sector of the country are defined. A number of problems and tasks, revealed on the basis of long-standing generalised experience in designing, construction and exploitation of mini-CHP in the Republic, and requiring thorough investigation and resolution

Keywords

mini-chp, tariffs, gas turbine plants, energy, maintenance and servicing, electricity supply, electricity

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