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Audinet, Pierre

Energy Sector Management Assistance Program, Global Practice on Energy and Extractives
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Audinet, Pierre, Audinet, P.
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Last updated: January 31, 2023
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Pierre Audinet leads the Clean Energy Program Team of ESMAP, the World Bank Energy Sector Management Assistance Program, since 2011. He joined the World Bank in 2004 and has led the design and implementation of transformational projects that scaled up clean energy investments at global, regional and country levels. He has advised a range of governments in high, middle and low income countries – including fragile states. His experience is wide ranging, from launching and leading the Global Geothermal Development Plan, structuring the Middle East and North Africa Concentrated Solar Power Scale-up Investment Plan, to helping set up renewable and energy efficiency legislation in Morocco or reforming energy prices subsidies in Yemen. Prior to joining the World Bank, Pierre was with the International Energy Agency (IEA). Pierre holds a PhD in Economics from the School of Advanced Social Science Studies (Paris, France), a MPhil and a MSc in Economics from Paris University.

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  • Publication
    Greenhouse Gases from Geothermal Power Production
    (World Bank, Washington, DC, 2016-04) Fridriksson, Thráinn; Mateos, Almudena; Audinet, Pierre; Orucu, Yasemin
    Geothermal is a renewable source energy that can be used directly for heating or for power production. Geothermal utilization, particularly power production, may result in some greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. GHG emissions from geothermal power production is generally small in comparison to traditional base load thermal energy power generation facilities. This is mainly due to the fact that the large majority of installations draw their geothermal energy from geothermal reservoirs with low GHG concentrations. However, as the geothermal sector has expanded, a wider range of geothermal resources have been brought into exploitation, including geothermal systems with relatively high GHG concentrations in the reservoir fluid. There is a growing realization within the geothermal community that geothermal power plants can, in rare instances, release significant quantities GHG into the atmosphere. This interim technical note presents an overview of the current knowledge on GHG emissions from geothermal systems and geothermal power plants, and gives guidance on how to assess GHG emissions from geothermal projects when this is required, depending on their stage of development. This note identifies critical knowledge gaps and presents recommendations as to how close these gaps and proposes an interim methodology to estimate GHG emissions from geothermal projects that financing institutions, such as the World Bank, intend to support. The plan is to update this note when the methodology has been tested by application to actual projects and some of the current knowledge gaps have been closed as more information become available. This note proposes a way to estimate future emission factors for geothermal projects under development. For instance, if a pumped binary power plant is planned, the emission factor will be 0. Projects using other energy conversion technologies will result in some emissions. For projects where wells have been drilled and tested, formulas are provided to compute emission factors based on the chemical composition of the geothermal fluid and the design parameters of the power plant. For projects located in the vicinity of existing power plants in analogous geologic settings, emission factors from the existing plants can be used.
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    What Drives the Price of Solar Photovoltaic Electricity in Developing Countries?
    (World Bank, Washington, DC, 2017) Dobrotkova, Zuzana; Audinet, Pierre; Sargsyan, Gevorg
    This brief summarizes an analysis of 37 winning bids for utility-scale solar PV plants procured through auctions in 13 developing countries between 2013 and 2016. For comparison, the full report, obtainable from the authors, also describes examples of a failed PV auction in Indonesia and a large, bilaterally negotiated procurement of PV capacity in Nigeria. The 37 plants were selected based on the availability of plant-specific information and the desire to achieve a comprehensive overview of the evolution of auction results across countries and over time, in particular in countries such as Brazil and South Africa that have organized multiple rounds of auctions. The 37 plants were chosen from a set of some 500 winning bids covering more than 50 auctions in 16 countries. Although the sample is relatively small, it is large enough to explain the lowest announced prices and to indicate whether they are supported by market fundamentals. The analysis includes (i) a simple financial model (based on plant-specific parameters) that explains bidding prices and (ii) a comparison of auction designs in the countries covered, along with descriptions of the conditions under which individual auctions took place. Interviews with stakeholders active in utility-scale solar PV markets, including developers, utilities, consulting companies advising governments, bidders, government officials, and financial institutions, complement the analysis. Stakeholders verified some of the assumptions and conclusions, identified business strategies of market players, provided qualitative details about auction processes, and suggested avenues for bringing more sustainability into future solar PV development.
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    Exploring a Low-Carbon Development Path for Vietnam
    (Washington, DC: World Bank, 2016) Kexel, Duane T.; Audinet, Pierre; Singh, Bipul; Suphachalasai, Suphachol; Makumbe, Pedzi; Mayer, Kristy
    Bringing together a large set of data and building on two years of consultations in Vietnam with Government counterparts, research organizations, state-owned enterprises, the private sector, and the country’s international development partners, Exploring a Low-Carbon Development Path for Vietnam shows that achieving low-carbon development in Vietnam is both beneficial and feasible. To do so, this book delineates immediate and concrete policy guidance for the Government’s consideration to lower the country’s greenhouse gas emission trajectory. Based on a thorough data modeling effort, this book brings to light new data to formulate two scenarios that analyze Vietnam’s options up to the year 2030: a business-as-usual scenario and a low-carbon development scenario for the key carbon-emitting sectors of Vietnam. This book is unique in that it brings together and presents data on multiple sectors of Vietnam’s economy, making this information available for future reference. The effort is the result of collaboration with the Government of Vietnam as part of the Vietnam Low Carbon Options Assessment technical assistance. By highlighting several economic opportunities and clarifying the issues at hand, this work constitutes a milestone in this complex debate and should help all stakeholders tasked with designing the policies and measures to address the attendant challenges.