Determinación del Costo Nivelado de Energía (LCOE) para distintos tipos de centrales de generación del Ecuador.

Abstract

In this degree work the analysis of the method for calculating the Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) is developed. This document aims to be a guide for the calculation of the LCOE of the different generation technologies in Ecuador. It combines the method proposed by the United States Energy Information Administration (EIA) and the Nuclear Energy Agency, with the information managed in the databases used by the different agents and the regulations of the Ecuadorian electricity sector.

Throughout the document, the characteristics that make the LCOE a useful tool for project evaluation are detailed, in addition, each of the components of the LCOE and their relationship with Ecuadorian regulations are detailed, in this way, the steps to follow are exposed to determine each of these components.

Finally, the method adopted for the most relevant power plants within the Ecuadorian electricity system is applied; it presented the results by classifying the power plants according to their most relevant characteristics: generation technology and power plant capacity.