Section 5.2: A Case Study

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Although I have not taken the CO$_{2}$ emissions into account in previous chapters, Section 5.2.2 is the ideal setting with a zero carbon emission. In Section 5.2.2, I assume there is no gas-fired plant present and at least 50\% of the demand is supplied by my system, and the rest is satisfied by imports from the National Grid. This section includes three subsections, a fixed carbon price, a variable carbon price and a hard constraint on carbon emission.

CO$_{2}$ is the main greenhouse gas and it is suspected to be the principle gas responsible for global warming and climate change. Different policies have been designed and implemented to incentivise the development of renewable energy sources with the goal of reducing CO$_2$ emissions. One

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