TITLE:
A Sustainable Energy Efficiency Solution in Power Plant by Implementation of Perform Achieve and Trade (PAT) Mechanism
AUTHORS:
Rajesh Kumar, Arun Agarwala
KEYWORDS:
Energy Conversion; Power Plant; Perform Achieve and Trade; ESCert; Energy Certificates
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Energy Efficiency,
Vol.2 No.4,
October
25,
2013
ABSTRACT: An enhanced energy efficiency scheme, “Perform, Achieve
and Trade” (PAT) is explored in relation to the existing carbon market in
India, particularly the Clean Development Mechanism, Renewable Energy
Certification and possible Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions. The PAT
scheme incentivises energy-intensive large industries and facilities for Enhance Energy
Efficiency, through technology upgrade and improvement in process. The PAT
scheme currently identified 478 designated consumers from eight energy
intensive industrial sectors namely, thermal power plants, iron and steel,
cement, textiles, chlor-alkali, aluminum, fertilisers and pulp & paper. The
threshold limit in thermal power plant sector to become a PAT designated
consumer is 30,000 tonne of oil equivalent annual energy consumption. In the first
PAT cycle, run through 2012 to 2015, total 144 designated consumers from
various states have been identified with individual target. Thermal power plant
sector has been categorized on the basis of their fuel input into three
subsectors i.e. gas, oil and coal
based plants. This paper reviews the state of the art in PAT mechanism design
and operational features for implementation on thermal power plant sector. The
possibility of implementing an Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) in India is
explored from political and institutional perspectives.