Reduction of greenhouse gases using renewable energies in Mexico 2025

Manzini, Fabio

doi:10.1016/s0360-3199(00)00042-2

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“…By taking into account several costs of energy production chain and a possible reduction in investment costs due to progress in technologies to exploit RES, they found a range of NG prices where transitional scenarios become economically attractive. A study on reduction of GHG emissions for the Mexican energy system conducted by Manzini et al [10] evaluates a transition scenario where RES accounts for 31% of the total energy system and 43.5% of the installed power capacity by 2025. The transition scenario stabilizes CO2 and methane emissions to 2.1 and 1.7 times higher than the 1995 emissions by 2025.…”

Section: Studies On the Mexican Electricity Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Transition Strategy from Fossil Fuels to Renewable Energy Sources in the Mexican Electricity System

Vidal-Amaro¹,

Sheinbaum-Pardo²

2017

J. sustain. dev. energy water environ. syst.

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Renewable energy sources exploitation acquires special importance for creating low-carbon energy systems. In Mexico a national regulation limits the fossil fuel-based electricity generation to 65%, 60% and 50% by years 2024, 2030 and 2050 respectively. This study evaluates several scenarios of renewables incorporation into the Mexican electricity system to attend those targets as well as a 75% renewables-based electricity share target towards a 100% renewable system. By its size, the Mexican electricity system, with a generation of 260.4 TWh/year (85% based on fossil fuels), can be regarded as an illustrating reference. The impact of increasing amounts of wind, photovoltaic solar, biomass, biogas, geothermal, hydro and concentrating solar power on the system's capacity to attend demand on a one-hour timescale resolution is investigated utilizing the EnergyPLAN model and the minimum total mix capacity method. Possible excess of electricity production is also assessed. For every target year, a solution is obtained corresponding to the combination resulting in the minimum total generation capacity for the electricity system. A transition strategy to a system with a high share of renewables-based electricity is designed where every transition step corresponds to the optimal energy mix for each of the target years.

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Section: Studies On the Mexican Electricity Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Transition Strategy from Fossil Fuels to Renewable Energy Sources in the Mexican Electricity System

Vidal-Amaro¹,

Sheinbaum-Pardo²

2017

J. sustain. dev. energy water environ. syst.

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“…The LEAP model has been used for energy systems planning [12][13][14], sector level analysis [15][16][17][18], GHG mitigation analysis [19][20][21][22] and other purposes. The LEAP modeling methodology is based on building the energy use and supply database and extending it further to simulate various scenarios of energy demand and supply.…”

Section: Long-range Energy Alternatives Planning System (Leap) Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%

Using Sankey diagrams to map energy flow from primary fuel to end use

Subramanyam

Paramshivan

Kumar

et al. 2015

Energy Conversion and Management

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a b s t r a c tThe energy sector is the largest contributor to gross domestic product (GDP), income, employment, and government revenue in both developing and developed nations. But the energy sector has a significant environmental footprint due to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Efficient production, conversion, and use of energy resources are key factors for reducing the environmental footprint. Hence it is necessary to understand energy flows from both the supply and the demand sides. Most energy analyses focus on improving energy efficiency broadly without considering the aggregate energy flow. We developed Sankey diagrams that map energy flow for both the demand and supply sides for the province of Alberta, Canada. The diagrams will help policy/decision makers, researchers, and others to understand energy flow from reserves through to final energy end uses for primary and secondary fuels in the five main energy demand sectors in Alberta: residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural, and transportation. The Sankey diagrams created for this study show total energy consumption, useful energy, and energy intensities of various end-use devices. The Long-range Energy Alternatives Planning System (LEAP) model is used in this study. The model showed that Alberta's total input energy in the five demand sectors was 189 PJ, 186 PJ, 828.5PJ, 398 PJ, and 50.83 PJ, respectively. On the supply side, the total energy input and output were found to be 644.84 PJ and 239 PJ, respectively. These results, along with the associated energy flows were depicted pictorially using Sankey diagrams. The Sankey diagrams reveal the current efficiencies within various end-use sectors and could help identify options for improving energy efficiency in order to reduce GHG emissions.

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“…Many types of scenario analysis, global or regional, have been used to investigate future possible reductions in GHG like the global IPCC scenarios [6] or regional scenarios as Manzini and Martínez [7] that focus on Mexico; or the present scenario focussing on four Nordic countries. A thorough description of the scenario methodology can be found in Nielsen and Karlsson [8].…”

Section: Article In Pressmentioning

confidence: 99%