Taiwan's GHG mitigation potentials and costs: An evaluation with the MARKAL model

Miao-Shan Tsai and Ssu-Li Chang

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2013, vol. 20, issue C, 294-305

Abstract: The post-Kyoto negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) have produced significant results such as the Bali Roadmap, Copenhagen Accord and Cancun Agreement, and clarified parties' plans for long-term emissions mitigation. This paper presents the results on the simulations of different technology development scenarios under the same emission reduction goal, utilizing the MARKAL model to evaluate emissions reduction on Taiwan's electricity, industry, buildings, and transportation sectors. The empirical results show that Taiwan can potentially reduce 56%–60% of greenhouse gas emissions relative to the BAU scenario in 2025, and 15% relative to the 2005 levels. These projected results are higher than the Kyoto targets of Annex I countries and also higher than those projected in the (IEA, 2011 [17]) and (EIA, 2011 [5]) scenarios. The accumulated incremental cost will be an increase by 1.2%–1.96% of Taiwan's GDP.

Keywords: Greenhouse gas; Mitigation strategy; Incremental cost (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2012.12.007

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