CO2 emission factors and development of renewable energy in power sector
The report shows the trends of electricity generation paying more attention to the renewable sources in the last years. CO2 emission factors for electricity generation and consumption have been calculated. Emission factors for electricity generation and electricity consumption are useful tools to plan and monitor projects that aim to reduce GHG emissions in electricity sector either as concerns the strategies of electricity production at national level, through increase of renewable share and fuel mix change, or energy saving measures at user level, through electricity saving and increase of final use efficiency. The reduction potential can be assessed through the knowledge of emission factors and the role of different factors that contribute to reduce emissions. The emissions in the power sector have been analyzed through decomposition analysis. Two techniques of decomposition analysis have been considered (Structural decomposition analysis e Index Decomposition Analysis) and the index approach has been applied to structural decomposition analysis.
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