Contributing to Low Emission Development through Regional Energy Planning in West Papua

Abstract

A model of regional energy planning has been developed based in West Papua province. Regional energy planning had two major scenarios: baseline and mitigation. Mitigation scenarios consisted of energy efficiency and fuel switch scenarios. All scenarios are implemented for industrial, commercial, household, transportation, and other sectors. A baseline scenario has been used to reflect energy demand without any intervention from the new energy policy in West Papua Province. The energy efficiency scenario describes the impact of more efficient vehicles and appliances on energy consumption. In the transportation sector, the energy efficiency scenario included a mode change scenario. The use of renewable energy has been included in the fuel switch scenario. In supply-side planning, renewable energy sources have been accommodated to meet a portion of electricity demand. The model of regional energy planning has been implemented by Long-range Energy Alternative Planning software. A cost-benefit analysis has been included in this study. The result indicated that the same goal of a regional development program could be achieved with less emission. By implementing the mitigation scenario, overall energy demand at the end of the projection period can be reduced by 16.63 PJ compared to the baseline. As an impact, the mitigation scenario's global warming potential is 15.89% less than a baseline scenario. It can be concluded that the emission intensity by the implementation of the mitigation scenario is 8.93 Thousand Ton CO2, Equivalent/Billion USD.

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