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 CO
₂
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 CO
₂
mitigation in the power sector. Results show that in the business-as-usual scenario CO
₂
emissions in the power sector will be 141.51 kt-CO
₂
in 2020. When the renewable energy sources under Thailand's renewable energy development plan and low-carbon options were pushed into NAMAs, CO
₂
emissions in 2020 will be decreased by 27.41 kt-CO
₂
, and reduction will be 17.20 kt-CO
₂
with renewable power generation by adders. When both policy measures of adders and low-carbon options are considered, CO
₂
emissions will decrease to 98.17 kt-CO
₂
. Thus, this CO
₂
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.