Clean energy mini-grids and the carbon market. Avoided Greenhouse Gases emissions by implementing clean-energymini-grids in West Africa: calculation and carbon market opportunities

      Аннотация: Regarding the climate change issue and the low electrification rate in West Africa, mainly in rural areas, the implementation of clean energy mini-grids helps to avoid the future greenhouse gases emissions while solving the electricity access problem.The work carried out in this study is a review of GHGs and a calculation of the avoided emissions for three renewable energy based mini-grids, located in Senegal, using the Gold Standard methodology. In addition the financial opportunity from the carbon market, for such projects, is assessed by using the minimum carbon price set by the UNGC.

Ключевые слова: mini-grids, Greenhouse gases, carbon market, West Africa