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Mehdi Ahmadi Jirdehi

Mehdi Ahmadi Jirdehi

Academic rank: Associate Professor
ORCID: 0000-0002-7836-9401
Education: PhD.
ScopusId:
HIndex: 19/00
Faculty: Faculty ofٍٍ Electrical Engineering
Address: Kermanshah University of Technology, Imam Khomeini Highway, Kermanshah, Iran
Phone: 0838305001

Research

Title
Assessing the eco-environmental aspects of fossil fuels-based units substitution of Point Aconi thermal power plant by green-based energies: a case study of Canada
Type
JournalPaper
Keywords
Climate change mitigation, Electrical boiler , Life cycle assessment (LCA), Return on investment (ROI), Renewable energy resources (RER), Thermal power plant
Year
2025
Journal ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
DOI
Researchers Nima Amiri ، mohammad shater abadi ، Lazhar Ben-Brahim ، Mehdi Ahmadi Jirdehi

Abstract

Canada possesses significant potential in harnessing renewable energy from its vast and diverse geography, which can generate clean electricity. This paper presents a model that replaces fossil fuels used in a proposed thermal power plant in Point Aconi, Nova Scotia, with photovoltaic and wind turbine units based on the region’s climate conditions. The research results are based on evaluating multiple thermal power plants worldwide and examining various wind turbines and PV panels from different companies to ensure accuracy. The chosen units that best suit the location’s geographical and biological conditions, transmission, and operation costs demonstrate that the power plant currently consumes approximately 47 tons of coal and petroleum coke per hour. Replacing these materials with the proposed green units makes it possible to reduce environmental pollution by eliminating almost 165 tons of CO 2 and other pollutants per hour while increasing the plant’s efficiency and independence from fossil fuel price variations. The presented structure’s ROI is approximately 20 years, which is reasonable compared to the economic and environmental benefits of utilizing such a structure and converting the thermal power plant to green units.