| Author | Le Thi Thoa |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. ET-01-10 |
| Subject(s) | Greenhouse gas mitigation--Vietnam
Nuclear energy--Government policy--Vietnam
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of
Science, School of Environment, Resources and Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | This study assesses the viability of selected supply-side power projects for implementation
in the power sector of Vietnam under Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto
Protocol of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Demand for electricity in Vietnam is expected to increase rapidly at annual growth rate of
10.2% during the next twenty years. In order to meet the electricity demand of up to 160
TWh in 2020, the power sector must plan properly for the future development of its
generation system. In this study, among other available energy resources, nuclear energy is
considered as an important option in the Vietnam's power sector during the period 2000-
2020. This study carries out a long-term generation expansion planning exercises using
Wien Automatic System Planning (WASP-IV). Although nuclear power plant is capital
intensive but it is found to be economically cost-effective as a base load plants of 1,200
MW in earliest 2008. In this study, the Advanced Pressurize Reactor - 600MW (APW6)
power plant is considered as a potential CDM project. In the long-term perspective,
nuclear-based power generation would be indispensable and would help to meet future
demand of electricity supply.
The candidate CDM project was assessed from incremental cost of C02 em1ss1on
mitigation in the cases of nuclear power plant as a potential CDM project. Those are all
found to be smaller than that of marginal abatement cost of C02 emission in some
developed countries. Incremental cost of CDM cases are found to be in between 9.5 US$ to
21.2 US$.
Apart from being a potential energy supply option, nuclear energy would play an important
role in mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. The levels of greenhouse gas emissions are
found to decrease with the inclusion of CDM projects (i.e., the CDM cases). The total
greenhouse gas emissions in business as usual (BAU case) is 798,970 thousand tons while
it varied from 734,988 thousand to 793,342 thousand tons in 2020 in the CDM cases. Total
greenhouse gas emission volume accumulated during the study period in the business as
usual case with nuclear option would be reduce by 8.0%, 4.8% and 2.1 %, relatively
compared to the case without nuclear energy option at the same electricity demand. |
| Year | 2001 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Department of Energy and Climate Change (Former title: Department of Energy, Environment, and Climate Change (DEECC)) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Energy Technology (ET) |
| Chairperson(s) | Lefevre, Thierry |
| Examination Committee(s) | Pacudan, Romeo;Kumar, Sivanappan |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | The Government of France |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2001 |
