Paper details

Title:

Long Term Future for Bioenergy in India: an Assessment of Co-Benefits

Author(s):

Bhaskar, K., Shukla, P.R.

Document(s):

Abstract:

The National Action Plan for Climate Change (NAPCC) of India considers renewable energy as a key thrust area. However, the renewable energy portfolio is diverse and in many contexts different renewable energy forms compete among themselves. This paper focuses on one such renewable energy option, bioenergy, which finds applications in varied energy supply and demand sectors in India. In this paper, we adopt a ‘target­setting’ approach to assess the implications of bioenergy for different indicators. A bottom­up energy system model (ANSWER MARKAL) is used to assess two scenarios in the long term up to 2050: i) business as usual (BAU) scenario which is used as a reference to assess impact of policy interventions in the alternate scenario, and ii) bioenergy (BE) scenario which focuses on increased penetration of bioenergy in three major end­use sectors: transport, electricity, and residential. Demand for bioenergy almost remains constant in BAU, while it increases under BE even though the share in overall energy mix declines in both scenarios. Overall GHG emissions increase in both scenarios, but peaking occurs in case of BE around 2030. Overall there is an improvement in energy security, energy access, and reduction in GHG emissions compared to BAU.

Keywords:

bioenergy, CO₂ emission, electricity sector, modelling, transport sector

Topic:

Biomass Policies, Markets and Sustainability

Subtopic:

Biomass strategies and policies

Event:

22nd European Biomass Conference and Exhibition

Session:

4DO.6.2

Pages:

1468 - 1474

ISBN:

978-88-89407-52-3

Paper DOI:

10.5071/22ndEUBCE2014-4DO.6.2

Price:

FREE