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Possible Pathways toward Carbon Neutrality in Thailand’s Electricity Sector by 2050 through the Introduction of H2 Blending in Natural Gas and Solar PV with BESS
February 28, 2023
To avoid the potential adverse impacts of climate change from global warming, it is suggested that the target of net zero emissions should be reached by this mid-century. Thailand is aiming to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. Since electricity generation is one of the largest producers of carbon dioxide emission, the associated emissions must be greatly reduced to achieve the targets mentioned above. Thus, new generation expansion plans must be well developed. This paper discusses the development of generation expansion plans considering Thailand’s latest policies along with enhancement of the existing multi-period linear programming model, allowing new electricity generation technologies having low emissions, e.g., solar PV with battery and hydrogen blending in natural gas, to be integrated into generation expansion planning. Then, four generation expansion plans with different levels of hydrogen blending in natural gas are proposed and discussed. It is found that Thailand can achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 by promoting more use of renewable energy altogether with trade-off between land for solar PV installation and amount of hydrogen blended in natural gas. The lesson learned from this study provides crucial information about possible pathways to achieve carbon neutrality in the electricity sector for policy makers in other countries.
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battery energy storage system, carbon neutrality, generation expansion planning, hydrogen blending in natural gas, power development planning, Solar Photovoltaic
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Diewvilai R, Audomvongseree K. Possible Pathways toward Carbon Neutrality in Thailand’s Electricity Sector by 2050 through the Introduction of H2 Blending in Natural Gas and Solar PV with BESS. (2023). LAPSE:2023.12782
Author Affiliations
Diewvilai R: Department of Electrical Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand [ORCID]
Audomvongseree K: Department of Electrical Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand; Energy Research Institute, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand [ORCID]
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Energies
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15
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11
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3979
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2022
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2022-05-27
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1996-1073
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