CO2 mitigation in Thailand´s Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs): Policy analyses of power generation

This paper presents the potential of renewable power generation in Thailand for CO₂ mitigation under the framework of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs). This study employed AIM/Enduse model of the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) Japan for analyses of CO₂ mitigation in the power sector. Results show that in the business-as-usual scenario CO₂ emissions in the power sector will be 141.51 kt-CO₂ in 2020. When the renewable energy sources under Thailand´s renewable energy development plan and low-carbon options were pushed into NAMAs, CO₂ emissions in 2020 will be decreased by 27.41 kt-CO₂, and reduction will be 17.20 kt-CO₂ with renewable power generation by adders. When both policy measures of adders and low-carbon options are considered, CO₂ emissions will decrease to 98.17 kt-CO₂. Thus, this CO₂ mitigation of 30.6% in 2020 in power generation needs strong efforts from Thai government and international supports to achieve climate change mitigation under NAMAs mechanism.