| Title | Economic Feasibility for Geothermal Energy in Comoros |
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| Authors | MOHAMED CHAHEIRE M. Chamassi |
| Year | 2015 |
| Conference | World Geothermal Congress |
| Keywords | energetic crisis, electricity cost, national economy, geothermal |
| Abstract | The Comoros is a country that suffers from energy problems. Several attempts to end the crisis have been proposed but still attends a stagnant situation and sometimes catastrophic. A total installed capacity of 17,908 MW across two islands (Grande Comore and Mohéli), only a total available energy of 7.2kWh with energy of 3782.7 kWh consumed per month (only on Grande Comore). The production cost of electricity (excluding distribution costs) is very expensive and is of the order of U.S. $ 0.75 per kWh. Over 76 % of the production costs due to the cost of diesel fuel. To solve this problem and reduce the costs of electricity, use of geothermal energy will have a direct impact on costs, as does the productivity of individual wells, it would be reasonable to expect that the basic cost of geothermal generation for a 10MW plant would be of the order of US$0.10 to 0.15per kWh. From an economic standpoint these cost would need to be burdened with overheads and the cost of diesel co-generation and bear some portion of the cost of amortization of existing plant but it is likely that the average cost of power could be improved by the access to a geothermal power resource. By examining the production costs very high, it is obvious to know that any alternative source of energy especially geothermal could offset component of the current cost of electricity due to diesel. Thus we have an advantage over the national economy by eliminating the need to use diesel power. As production costs fall close to current rates, it will also allow us to improve the financial situation of the society of water and electricity of Comoros (Mamwé) and further reduce the burden on the government. |