Naslov
Kyoto Protocol Objectives in Croatia Energy Planning: Nuclear Scenario

Autori
Duić, Neven ; Juretić, Franjo ; Zeljko, Mladen ; Bogdan, Željko

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Proc. of the 4th International Conference Nuclear Option in Countries with Small and Medium Electricity Grids / Knapp, Vladimir - Zagreb : Hrvatsko nuklearno društvo, 2002

Skup
4th International Conference Nuclear Option in Countries with Small and Medium Electricity Grids

Mjesto i datum
Dubrovnik, Hrvatska, 16.06.2002. - 20.06.2002

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
UNFCCC; GHG; Kyoto Protocol; nuclear energy

Sažetak
Croatia as an Annex I country of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and a country that has pledged in the Annex B of the Kyoto Protocol to reduce its greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions by 5% from the pre-transition level by the budget period 2008-12, will have to envisage a new energy strategy. Compared to the energy consumption collapse in some transitional countries like Russia and Ukraine, Croatia has passed through a relatively short-term reduction of GHG emissions since 1990 because of higher efficiency of its pre-transition economy. It is expected that in case of business as usual scenario, as defined in this paper, it will breach the Kyoto target in 2003 since the demand for energy will be high, especially as the income continues to rise, particularly in domestic use for heating and for transport. Several scenarios of power generation are compared from the point of view of GHG emissions. The cost-effective scenario expects a mixture of coal and gas fired power plants to be built to satisfy the new demand and to replace the old power plants that are being decommissioned. More Kyoto friendly scenario envisages the construction of mostly nuclear power plants in the future, while decommissioning the old plants as planned, and is compared to the others from the GHG emissions point of view. The conclusion is that by measures tackling only power generation it will not be possible to keep GHG emission under the Kyoto target level, but that choosing the nuclear option might reduce significantly the cost of compliance. The case of including the emissions from Croatian owned power plants in former Yugoslavia is also discussed.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Elektrotehnika, Strojarstvo

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