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dc.contributor.authorDE SCHEPPER, Ellen-
dc.contributor.authorLIZIN, Sebastien-
dc.contributor.authorDurlinger, Bart-
dc.contributor.authorAZADI, Hossein-
dc.contributor.authorVAN PASSEL, Steven-
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-30T13:47:58Z-
dc.date.available2015-10-30T13:47:58Z-
dc.date.issued2015-
dc.identifier.citationEnergies, 8 (9), p. 9892-9914-
dc.identifier.issn1996-1073-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1942/19720-
dc.description.abstractThe two core objectives of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) are cost-effective emission reduction and sustainable development. Despite the potential to contribute to both objectives, solar projects play a negligible role under the CDM. In this research, the greenhouse gas mitigation cost is used to evaluate the economic and environmental performances of small-scale rural photovoltaic solar projects. In particular, we compare the use of absolute and relative mitigation costs to evaluate the attractiveness of these projects under the CDM. We encourage the use of relative mitigation costs, implying consideration of baseline costs that render the projects profitable. Results of the mitigation cost analysis are dependent on the baseline chosen. To overcome this drawback, we complement the analysis with a multi-objective optimization approach, which allows quantifying the trade-off between economic and environmental performances of the optimal technologies without requiring a baseline.-
dc.description.sponsorshipSebastien Lizin thanks the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) for funding his postdoctoral fellowship under Grant 12G5415N.-
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dc.rights© 2015 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).-
dc.subject.othermitigation cost; multi-objective optimization; solar lantern; solar home system; LCA; CDM-
dc.titleEconomic and Environmental Performances of Small-Scale Rural PV Solar Projects under the Clean Development Mechanism: The Case of Cambodia-
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dc.description.notesAuthor to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: steven.vanpassel@uhasselt.be; Tel.: +32-1126-8746.-
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item.fullcitationDE SCHEPPER, Ellen; LIZIN, Sebastien; Durlinger, Bart; AZADI, Hossein & VAN PASSEL, Steven (2015) Economic and Environmental Performances of Small-Scale Rural PV Solar Projects under the Clean Development Mechanism: The Case of Cambodia. In: Energies, 8 (9), p. 9892-9914.-
item.contributorDE SCHEPPER, Ellen-
item.contributorLIZIN, Sebastien-
item.contributorDurlinger, Bart-
item.contributorAZADI, Hossein-
item.contributorVAN PASSEL, Steven-
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