TY - JOUR A2 - Lomonaco, Guglielmo AU - Esmail, Shadwan M. M. AU - Cheong, Jae Hak PY - 2021 DA - 2021/05/03 TI - Studies on Optimal Strategy to Adopt Nuclear Power Plants into Saudi Arabian Energy System Using MESSAGE Tool SP - 8818479 VL - 2021 AB - An optimal long-term electric power strategy for Saudi Arabia to adopt nuclear power was evaluated using the MESSAGE tool. Saudi Arabia is predicted to experience an electricity shortage by 2025 with the present energy system. This electricity shortage could be postponed until 2035 by rehabilitating the existing power plants. The MESSAGE model predicts that adopting a combination of renewable (i.e., solar and wind), advanced traditional power (i.e., gas turbine, steam, and combined cycle), and nuclear technologies is the most competitive future strategy to supply 43.7%, 41.6%, and 3.8%, respectively, of Saudi Arabia’s electricity needs by 2050. This paper proposes an optimal strategy for adopting nuclear power. The nuclear capacity of three scenarios was evaluated: a single APR-1400 nuclear reactor, a single SMART-100 nuclear reactor, and a combination of these two reactors. The results of this study indicate that the highest nuclear capacity was achieved by the combination of the APR-1400 and SMART-100 reactors followed by the single APR-1400 reactor and then the single SMART-100 reactor. However, the single G4ECONS nuclear reactor shows a higher capacity than the single APR-1400 reactor in other evaluated scenarios. The combined reactor strategy may be the most feasible option if the capital cost of a first-of-a-kind SMART-100 reactor is reduced by 62.3%. The cost reductions result from including factors like the time required to build the nuclear power plants in the MESSAGE tool calculation. Also, CO₂税收将提高核电在沙特阿拉伯能源系统中的可行性。然而，预计可再生能源的份额将受到CO的税收影响₂。在这项研究中，拟议的方法可以为携手核能的国家提供更灵活的战略选择。这些灵活的战略选择可以优化他们的国家能源组合，以便长期规划。SN - 1687-6075 UR - https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/8818479 Do - 10.1155/2021 / 8818479 JF - 核设施科学与技术PB - Hindawi Kw - ER -