Energy for Sustainable Development
The Journal of the International
Energy Initiative
© 2007, International Energy Initiative, Inc.
ISSN: 0973-0826
Volume XII, No.2, June 2008, pp. 34-48
Discovering market opportunities for future CDM
projects in Asia based on biomass combined heat and power
production and supply of district heating
Rikke Lybæk
Abstract
Highly-efficient
and renewable energy technologies in Asia are required in the
future, in order to supply the amounts of energy needed in the
growing economies and to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions. Combined heat and power (CHP) from biomass with
supply of district heating (hot water) to households in
Denmark makes the Danish energy sector one of the most
efficient in the world. Efficient biomass-fuelled CHP
technologies adopted in the North can be implemented in Asian
countries with substantial environmental benefits. This
article analyses opportunities for setting up such efficient
energy supply systems in hot Asian countries, which lack heat
demand in their households. The article identifies alternative
“heat markets” by exploring opportunities for efficient supply
of district heating to the industrial sector. Through a
case-study conducted in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in
Thailand, the article shows how this can be established
technically, and be financially supported in practice through
the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). The article further
analyses options for local manufacturing of CHP technologies,
etc., in countries in the South (exemplified by Thailand), to
support the implementation of biomass-based CHP with supply of
district heating in the future energy supply of Asia.
Key-words:
Renewable energy, biomass, energy efficiency, combined heat
and power, small and medium eneterprises, district heating,
Asia, Thailand, Clean Development Mechanism.
