Economic and Environmental Performances of Small-Scale Rural PV Solar Projects under the Clean Development Mechanism: The Case of Cambodia

Energies

Ellen De Schepper¹  Sebastien Lizin¹  Bart Durlinger²  Hossein Azadi¹  Steven Van Passel¹ 

[1] Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Martelarenlaan 42, 3500 Hasselt, Belgium; E-Mails:;Blonk Consultants, Gravin Beatrixstraat 34, 2805 PJ Gouda, The Netherlands; E-Mail:

关键词: mitigation cost;    multi-objective optimization;    solar lantern;    solar home system;    LCA;    CDM;   

DOI  :  10.3390/en8099892

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

The two core objectives of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) are cost-effective emission reduction and sustainable development. Despite the potential to contribute to both objectives, solar projects play a negligible role under the CDM. In this research, the greenhouse gas mitigation cost is used to evaluate the economic and environmental performances of small-scale rural photovoltaic solar projects. In particular, we compare the use of absolute and relative mitigation costs to evaluate the attractiveness of these projects under the CDM. We encourage the use of relative mitigation costs, implying consideration of baseline costs that render the projects profitable. Results of the mitigation cost analysis are dependent on the baseline chosen. To overcome this drawback, we complement the analysis with a multi-objective optimization approach, which allows quantifying the trade-off between economic and environmental performances of the optimal technologies without requiring a baseline.

【 授权许可】

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