WP 7 - National Level Estimates of Energy Costs in Non EU Countries

Objectives

  • To develop a methodological framework that can be used to extract private and social costs of energy fuel cycles from specific national energy models in Brazil, India, China, Turkey and Bulgaria;
  • To undertake detailed studies for two key national fuel cycles in each country, and to generate new insights on private and social costs of fuel cycles in EU- compared with cost levels in non EU countries.

Description of work

WP 7 develops estimates of private and social costs for 25 years time frame based on a detailed fuel cycle assessment of private costs components and external costs for Brazil, India, China, Bulgaria, and Turkey. Each of these countries estimates private and social costs for two fuel cycles. The fuel cycles chosen are (i) Brazil: Renewable energy options and ethanol for transportation (COPPETEC); (ii) India: Coal and ethanol for transportation (IIMA); (iii) China: Coal and bio-mass or other renewable (ERI); (iv) Turkey: Coal and bio-diesel (TUBITAK); (v) Bulgaria: Fossil fuel based power production and renewable energy (EAP).

The private and social cost estimates for the countries are derived on the basis of available energy use scenarios (as covered in WP1) and more detailed fuel cycle studies. A special attention is given to the inclusion of health damage estimates in the fuel cycles. Data are generated based on available national energy models, which for India includes Markal and AIM, and IPAC for China.

The WP develops and applies a methodological framework that can be used to transform scenario- and model based cost data into the database system that have been developed in the ExterneE project and subsequent project activities. This framework allows that cost data generated by the participating non-EU countries can be compared with private and social costs of fuels cycles in the EU (RISOE, COPPETEC, IIMA, ERI, TUBITAK, EAP).

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