Regulating the electro-energetic use of natural gas by gas-to-wire offshore technology: Case study from Brazil

Stefania Gomes Relva, Vinícius Oliveira da Silva, Drielli Peyerl, André Luiz Veiga Gimenes and Miguel Edgar Molares Udaeta

Utilities Policy, 2020, vol. 66, issue C

Abstract: This work aims to analyse, from the point of view of long-term electrical power sector planning, the regulatory aspects for the implementation of offshore gas-to-wire (GtW) technology, focusing on a Brazilian case study and pre-salt fields. The main results show that in terms of implementation, offshore GtW must be auctioned as a structuring project and offshore transmission for the GtW power plant could adopt the same model used for Itaipú transmission or be attached to the Basic Network, GtW also requires a practice of priority dispatch, by a contract of quantity (and not availability). Policy changes are urgently needed to coordinate regulation of the electricity and gas sectors.

Keywords: Regulatory aspects; Gas-to-Wires technology; Natural gas transportation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2020.101085

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