Description: Greenhouse Gas Mitigation in the Power Sector : Case Studies from India

Cover Image

QR Code

Greenhouse Gas Mitigation in the Power Sector : Case Studies from India

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 estima...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ALTERNATIVE USES ASH ATMOSPHERIC EMISSIONS BED COMBUSTION BIOMASS CALORIFIC VALUE CARBON CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON TRADING CH4 CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CO2 COAL COAL BURNING COAL MINING COAL PLANT COAL TECHNOLOGIES COAL WASHING COGENERATION COLORS COMPACT FLUORESCENT LAMPS CYCLE GAS CYCLE GAS PLANTS DECISION MAKING DOMESTIC COAL ECONOMISTS ELASTICITIES ELECTRIC POWER ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY DEMAND ELECTRICITY PRICES EMISSION EMISSION REDUCTION EMISSIONS EMISSIONS FACTORS ENERGY CONSERVATION ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY EFFICIENCY MEASURES ENERGY MANAGEMENT ENERGY PRACTICES ENERGY PRICING ENERGY SAVINGS ENERGY SECTOR ENTITLEMENTS ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS EXCHANGE RATE FUEL FUEL OIL GAS GAS PLANTS GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY GLOBAL WARMING GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION GRID GRID SUPPLY HEAVY INDUSTRY HYDRO POWER IMPORTS INCOME INFLATION JOINT IMPLEMENTATION LIQUID FUELS LIVING CONDITIONS LNG METHANE METHANE EMISSIONS MINI- HYDRO MINI-HYDRO NITROGEN NITROUS OXIDE NUCLEAR PLANTS NUCLEAR POWER OXIDES PARTICULATE MATTER PETROLEUM PRODUCTS PHOTOVOLTAICS POLLUTION POVERTY ALLEVIATION POWER DISTRIBUTION POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM POWER GENERATION POWER PLANTS POWER SECTOR REFORM POWER STATIONS POWER SUPPLIES POWER SYSTEM POWER SYSTEMS PRESENT VALUE PRICE ELASTICITIES PRICE ELASTICITY RENEWABLE ENERGY SO2 SODIUM SOLAR ENERGY SUGAR INDUSTRY SULPHUR SUPPLY CURVES SUSTAINABLE ENERGY THERMAL POWER TOTAL EMISSIONS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/02/1346343/greenhouse-gas-mitigation-power-sector-case-studies-india http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20302

Description
Summary:	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.