Emplois au PNUD - 65681- FOR DEVELOPING TOOL FOR CALCUALTING THE GNERATION

FOR DEVELOPING TOOL FOR CALCUALTING THE GNERATION AND GRID INTEGRATION COST OF DIFFERENT POWER GENRATION SUSTEM (INCLUDING WIND POWER) FOR SUDAN

Lieu :

Khartoum, SOUDAN

Type de contrat :

Individual Contract

Date de commencement :

10-May-2016

Date limite de candidature :

30-Apr-16 (Minuit New York, États-Unis)

Niveau du poste :

International Consultant

Durée du contrat initial

40 working days

Langues requises :

Anglais

Durée prévue de la mission :

40 working days

Le PNUD s’engage à recruter un personnel divers en termes de genre, de nationalité et de culture. Nous encourageons de même les personnes issues des minorités ethniques, des communautés autochtones ou handicapées à postuler. Toutes les candidatures seront traitées dans la plus stricte confidentialité. Le PNUD ne tolère pas l’exploitation et / ou les atteintes sexuelles, ni aucune forme de harcèlement, y compris le harcèlement sexuel, et / ou toutes formes de discrimination. Tous/tes les candidats/tes selectectionnes /ées devront ainsi se soumettre à de rigoureuses vérifications relatives aux références fournies ainsi qu’à leurs antécédents.

Historique

Like many developing countries, Sudan has a shortage of electricity. Approximately 35% of the population has access to electricity. Even then, it is not reliable and experiences regular power outages. Hydro-power has the largest share of energy generation. The potential to expand hydro-power to meet future needs is limited. Sudan does not have significant oil or gas production and as a result will have to turn to importation of fossil fuels to meet future energy needs. Climate change threatens to affect rainfall patterns on which Sudan relies for the water that generates its hydro-power. This further emphasises the need for Sudan to diversify its energy sources. The wind energy project, which is a joint governemt/UNDP initiative and financially support by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), seeks to address these problems by promoting the generation of electric power from wind energy at autility scale in Sudan.

Sudan currently has a power generation capacity of 2,723 MW, has no wind generation capacity and no grid-connected solar capacity. Publicly-owned utilities own all of the power generation facilities, transmission and distribution lines in Sudan. The Government owns 5,984 km of 220 kV transmission lines and 965 km of 500 kV transmission lines. Approximately 35% of Sudan's population has access to electricity. In 2012, the power consumption per capita was 233 kWh/ year. There are no independent power producers (IPPs) in the country, though initiatives are underway to promote private investment in power generation. This project seeks to support those initiatives where they relate to wind power.

Sudan is seeking to effectively develop its renewable energy (RE) resources; however, one of the main barriers is the lack of properly understanding the cost of integration of the different generation technologies into the power grid. This is from meeting baseload to peaking. In this context, renewable energy power supplies has been considered to be of high cost owing to the nature of their stochastic availability and never looked at into a holistic approach correlating the load forecast and the availability of other power generating technologies.

The power sector has been unbundled into parastatal companies of Generation, transmission and distribution in an attempt to completely privatize the sector. Further, the country has embarked on a Wind Resource Assessment Program in a process to quantify the wind resource potential and identify possible locations for the installation of wind farms. Following this process, the development of a realistic approach for calculating the integration cost of the wind generated power taking into consideration the overall load profile and the characteristics of the other power generating scheme within the national grid will be a fundamental step not only for the planning and effective integration of wind power into the national grid but also for other prospective RE projects

The Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) is developing a new tariff system including Feed-in-Tariffs and if this can be based on a proper grid integration costing it will be valuable in guiding the creation of realistic and accurate FIT and PPAs for renewable energy.

The objective of this assignment is to support the Power Transmission Company (PTC), who is the receiver of all grid connected power

Devoirs et responsabilités

UNDP is seeking the service of experienced individual consultant to develop a country specific model for effective grid integration of wind power generation for Sudan and shall be tasked with, but not limited to, the followings:

Prepare a project Inception Report that includes a detailed work plan of the consultancy, including a description of the activities to be carried out and outputs, a timetable of activities and delivery dates;
Detailed study on generation and grid integration of hydropower systems within Sudan national grid;
Detailed study on the generation and grid integration cost of thermal power generation systems within Sudan national grid;
Detailed study on the generation and grid integration cost CCGT power systems within Sudan national grid;
Detailed study on the generation and grid integration cost of wind power generation in Sudan;
Develop a comparative framework for the integration of the different power generation technologies including wind power into the existing grid system. This should be evidenced by comprehensive analysis of the overall power system based on current and historical records of the generation and load profile and low access to electricity across the county;
Survey International experience on grid integration cost of wind power and its application in the context of Sudan grid system;
Develop a costing model for the different power generation technologies and their grid integration cost in Sudan. This model should flexible and user friendly requiring minimum inputs;
Deliver training (workshop) to relevant key stakeholders on determination of generation and grid integration cost of the different power generation systems in Sudan. The purpose of this training workshop will be to review the key ingredients to a successful power generation and integration costing model for Sudan national grid system. It will also provide an opportunity to review the model documents with relevant stakeholders and collect feedback;
Based on feedback from workshop, develop final model for the determination of generation and grid integration cost for the different power generation systems in Sudan including wind power and its effect on the market value of the overall electricity system;
Provide training for stakeholders for the development of a monitoring and evaluating of the model for power system generation and grid integration cost;
Develop a monitoring and evaluation framework that should include, but is not limited to:

A description of the monitoring and evaluation design methodology or strategy, including the framework to be used to gather the information;
A plan for gathering and analyzing information on model for power generation and grid integration cost;
Identifying initial, intermediate, and final outcomes.

During the assignment, the international consultant will be assisted by a national consultant who will work under his guidance and handle all local matters related to the assignment. This will include participation in all meetings, translating text/material provided in local language to English, drafting relevant sections in the output documents and participation in meeting with project stakeholders.

Compétences

Corporate Competencies

Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN’s values and ethical standards;
Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UNDP;
Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
Treats all people fairly without favoritism;
Ability to work with a multi-cultural and diverse team.

Functional Competencies:

Demonstrated experience in developing strategy for mitigating the reduction in economic value of RE generation in the national grid;
Demonstrated experience in technical issues related to generation and grid integration with different power gen generation systems (hydropower and thermal power generation systems);
Demonstrated experience in conducting training for different stakeholders involved in power generation and grid integration;
Ability to analyze large amounts of complex and diversified data related to renew energy power grid integration;
Demonstrated strong coordination and facilitation skills;
Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to initiate discussions about complex renewable energy cost of accessing power grids.

Qualifications et expériences requises

Education

M Sc. degree or higher in Engineering or Energy Economics.

Experience:

At least 5 years of experience with renewable energy grid interconnection and its economics and energy policy design in the Africa (similar countries);
The consultant should have experience with renewable energy economics, legislative reform, policy gap analysis, RE tendering processes, along with model integration cost preparation and evaluation experience;
Work experience with Power utilities and grid integration is an advantage;
Work experience in Sudan is an asset.

Language:

An excellent command of written and spoken English is necessary.