Publication: Greenhouse Gas Mitigation in the Power Sector : Case Studies from India
Date
2001-02
ISSN
Published
2001-02
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
The study extends the previous work from
the "India : Environmental Issues in the Power
Sector" report, by applying a global overlay, that is,
including greenhouse gas (GHG) emission impacts, and GHG
mitigation analysis, as well as estimating the incremental
costs of GHG reduction, for the two case studies, Andhra
Pradesh (AP) and Bihar. The study analyzes economic,
financial, and technical issues, though not necessarily
environmental impacts, to then "overlay" these
analyses, with a systematic process for assessing the
implications of GHG business-as-usual (BAU), and reform, so
as to design a new scenario, i.e., the GHG mitigation
scenario. Following a revision of its scope, and
methodology, the study focuses on load forecasts, based on
the two case studies' projected unconstrained energy,
and power demand over a twenty year planning for the BAU,
and reform scenarios, broken down by consumer category:
domestic, commercial, low tension/high tension industry, and
agriculture. Both case studies relied heavily on a
least-cost power system expansion planning software
(A/SPLAN), which employs a dynamic programming algorithm.
Conclusions suggest that BAU implications cannot be applied
as a meaningful baseline scenario for GHG mitigation
analysis in these two case studies. While emissions are
lower under BAU, than under reform, the expected energy
served is also substantially less: massive expected failures
in electricity supply under BAU conditions would not be
acceptable, thus the reform scenario was selected as a
baseline reference point for GHG reduction analysis.
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Citation
“World Bank. 2001. Greenhouse Gas Mitigation in the Power Sector : Case Studies from India. Energy Sector Management Assistance
Programme (ESMAP);no. ESM 237 / 01. © Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20302 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”