Impacts of Transmission and Distribution Projects on Greenhouse Gas Emissions : Review of Methodologies and a Proposed Approach in the Context of World Bank Lending Operations

The Strategic Framework for Development and Climate Change (SFDCC) approved in 2008 guides and supports the operational response of the World Bank Group (WBG) to new development challenges posed by climate change. One activity pursued by the SFDCC...

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Main Authors:	Madrigal, Marcelino, Spalding-Fecher, Randall
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ACCESS TO MODERN ENERGY AIR AMOUNT OF POWER ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS APPROACH AVAILABILITY BALANCE BASELINE EMISSIONS BASELINE METHODOLOGIES BASELINE METHODOLOGY BIOMASS BIOMASS WASTE BOILER BORDER TRADE CALCULATION CARBON CARBON ACCOUNTING CARBON CREDIT CARBON CREDITS CARBON DENSITY CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS CARBON DIOXIDE EQUIVALENT CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON ENERGY CARBON FINANCE CARBON FINANCING CARBON FOOTPRINT CARBON INTENSITY CARBON LIMITS CARBON MARKET CARBON MARKETS CARBON PROJECTS CERTIFIED EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS CIRCUIT BREAKERS CLEAN DEVELOPMENT CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM CLEAN TECHNOLOGY CLEAN TECHNOLOGY FUND CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION CO CO2 COAL COMBUSTION CONCENTRATES CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS DECREASE IN EMISSIONS DEMAND FOR POWER DIESEL DIESEL POWER DIOXIDE CARBON DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM DISTRICT HEATING ECONOMIC ANALYSIS EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT EFFICIENT USE ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION ELECTRICITY SECTOR ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ELECTRICITY SYSTEM ELECTRIFICATION EMISSION EMISSION FACTOR EMISSION FACTORS EMISSION RATE EMISSIONS BASELINE EMISSIONS ESTIMATES EMISSIONS GRID EMISSIONS IMPACTS EMISSIONS INCREASES EMISSIONS LIMITATION EMISSIONS REDUCTION EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS ENERGY EFFICIENCIES ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY GENERATION ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE ENERGY INPUT ENERGY MANAGEMENT ENERGY POLICY ENERGY PORTFOLIO ENERGY PRODUCTION ENERGY PRODUCTION FACILITIES ENERGY SAVINGS ENERGY SOURCES ENERGY USE ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS FEASIBILITY FINANCIAL ANALYSIS FINANCIAL SUPPORT FORESTRY FOSSIL FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUEL PLANTS FOSSIL FUEL POWER FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS FOSSIL FUELS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE FUEL EXTRACTION FUEL SOURCE FUEL TYPE FUEL USE FUGITIVE EMISSIONS GENERATING CAPACITY GENERATION CAPACITY GENERATION MODEL GHG GHGS GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GASES GRID ELECTRICITY GRID EMISSION FACTOR GRID POWER GRID SYSTEMS HARD COAL HEAT HISTORICAL EMISSIONS HYDROPOWER IMPACT ANALYSIS IMPORTS INCOME INDIRECT EMISSIONS IPCC KILOWATT HOUR LAND USE LAND USE CHANGE LAND-USE CHANGE LAND-USE CHANGE EMISSIONS LANDFILL LOAD FACTOR LOAD FLOW LOW-CARBON MARGINAL GRID N2O NATIONAL EMISSIONS NATIONAL GRID NET EMISSIONS NET EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS NEW PLANT NITROUS OXIDE OIL PEAK DEMAND PERFORMANCE STANDARD PH PILOT PROJECTS POWER GENERATION POWER GENERATION CAPACITY POWER GENERATION EMISSIONS POWER PLANT POWER PLANTS POWER RATING POWER SECTOR POWER SECTOR EMISSIONS POWER SECTORS POWER SOURCES POWER STATION POWER STATIONS POWER SUPPLY POWER SYSTEMS QUANTITY OF ELECTRICITY RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES RENEWABLE POWER RENEWABLE SOURCES RURAL ELECTRIFICATION SCENARIOS SF6 SOLAR POWER SUBSTATION EQUIPMENT SULFUR SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE SUPPLY OF ELECTRICITY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE ENERGY THERMAL POWER TOTAL EMISSIONS TRANSMISSION CAPACITY TRANSMISSION INTERCONNECTION TRANSMISSION LINE TRANSMISSION LINES TRANSMISSION SYSTEM UNCERTAINTIES UTILITIES VEHICLES VOLTAGE WIND WIND ENERGY WIND POWER WIND POWER GENERATION WIND RESOURCES ZERO EMISSIONS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/677291468331771712/Impacts-of-transmission-and-distribution-projects-on-greenhouse-gas-emissions http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27755

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Summary:	The Strategic Framework for Development and Climate Change (SFDCC) approved in 2008 guides and supports the operational response of the World Bank Group (WBG) to new development challenges posed by climate change. One activity pursued by the SFDCC is to further develop and test methods to analyze climate risks and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at the project level. The SFDCC emphasizes the need to improve GHG accounting activities at the project level to understand the implications of the World Bank's interventions. The objective of this study is to contribute to the SFDCC goal of improving GHG accounting in the energy sector by reviewing, assessing, and recommending GHG accounting methodologies for electricity Transmission and Distribution (T&D) projects. Existing methodologies are examined to test whether they can provide simple and accurate estimates of net project emissions. In addition, the study identifies and conceptually designs a methodological approach for T&D projects. The study focuses on the T&D sector due to its importance in the World Bank's energy lending portfolio and the lack of comprehensive methodologies to determine the impact of such interventions on GHG emissions. The study builds on existing information and relies on methodologies developed under different climate finance mechanisms such as the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). The study also considers some of the fundamental principles in other accounting procedures, such as corporate GHG accounting. Methodologies that have the objective of emissions accounting for climate finance mechanisms need to have specific characteristics, such as additionality and ex post monitoring. These methodologies must calculate a project's emissions reductions or increases by estimating the project's net emissions impact.

Impacts of Transmission and Distribution Projects on Greenhouse Gas Emissions : Review of Methodologies and a Proposed Approach in the Context of World Bank Lending Operations

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