Perspectivas de Integración de Recursos Distribuidos en Sistemas Eléctricos de Distribución: evaluación económica de mediano plazo de la incorporación de generación renovable no convencional a las redes de distribución de energía eléctrica del Ecuador considerando tanto inversiones como costos operativos.

Abstract

Renewable energies are becoming more and more relevant in the energy matrix of countries, to reduce environmental pollution. To achieve the implementation of these energies through private investment, Ecuador has issued regulations that promote generation with Non-Conventional Renewable Energies (NCRE). To encourage private investment, it is necessary to have a public selection process to ensure the selection of the most appropriate company for the project to be developed. The levelized cost of energy LCOE is one of the most relevant indexes when making an investment decision, since it indicates how much the energy production will cost me during the whole time the plant is operating. In the present work a LCOE model is developed which considers the incentives offered by the country for those companies that want to invest in NCRE generation, for which an analysis of different LCOE models has been made, as well as incentives from other countries, to finally present a LCOE model that is adapted to Ecuadorian regulations.