MACC analysis Flashcards

1
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MACC

A

marginal abatement cost curve

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what is a MACC

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a visualization of CO2 potential and its costs

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3
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Cost in MACC

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difference in cost with reference situation

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4
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negative cost for specific cost

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are cost effective options

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5
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barriers that prevent from cost effective options to be implemented

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  • higher upfront costs
  • limited access to capital
  • unknown options
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6
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How many points of attention do MACCs have?

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11

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7
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why is cost perspective a point of attention?

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MACC results can be very sensitive to the cost perspective chosen

Social vs. private perspective

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8
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Why is lifetime a point of attention in a MACC

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  1. different lifetime give different costs

2. different lifetime give a different potential

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9
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What happends to the cost of a MACC if we increase the lifetime

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specific costs will be lower because there is a longer period to spread those costs over

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10
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Why does lifetime influence the potential of a MACC

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if it is based on a deployment potential, the lifetime influences stock turnover

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Why is lock-in in frozen technology a point of attention in MACCs?

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Often there is not enough data on how they determined the BAU potential, so a Frozen baseline has to be used.
Policy makers don’t understand what a frozen baseline is.

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12
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What is the danger zone in a MACC

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The cost effective options

  • It is often unclear that negative is a good thing
  • There is no ranking in MACC, therefore it might look like something with a very high cost-efficiency is better, but that says nothing about the co2 reduction.
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13
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Why is demand side competition a point of attention in MACCs

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some technologies share the same market, therefore implementing them both does mean you cannot add up their potential since they are in competition

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14
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How to deal with competing options at the demand side?

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  • divide market between technologies based on expert guess

- adopt a moving reference approach

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15
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What is a moving reference approach in MACC

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option 1 becomes the reference for option 2

option 2 having somewhat better performance characteristics

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16
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How to deal with competing options at the demand side?

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  • 50/50 market share
  • moving reference technology
  • leaving option 1 out of the MACC
17
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What are stacking options in a MACC

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options that when implementing them reduce the potential of another otion

18
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What is a solution to the stacking option problem

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Show a combination of these options and their costs in a package

19
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Why is competition between supply and demand a point of attention in a MACC

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Because taking measures at the demand side, influence the demand for the supply side

20
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An example of competition between supply and demand side

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electricity production vs. electricity savings

21
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What are the 3 solutions to dealing with supply vs demand side problems

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  • neglect interaction
    (this will overestimate supply side potential and therefore not recommended.)
  • follow trias energetica
  • Scenario approach
22
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What is the scenario approach in a MACC

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start with the cheapest demand side options. when the demand side options get expensive switch to doing supply side options

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Why is supply side competition a point of attention in MACCs

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Multiple options are competing for the same demand. An solution would be the scenario approach

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Why is CO2 intensity of electricity a point of attention in a MACC

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  • for energy saving options the CO2 intensity determines how much reduction potential a technology has
  • since the specific costs in costs/CO2, the CO2 potential partly determines how high or low the specific costs are
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Why is Dependent potentials a point of attention in MACCs
There is cost reduction potential through learning. If the first version of a technology is not installed, there will be no chance to install the second or third option.
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solution to dependent potentials in MACC
choose an weighted average marginal cost option
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What are downsides to a weighted average marginal cost option?
In the beginning the marginal costs will be much higher then projected At the end the marginal costs will be lower then projected
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MACC = snapshot
- it only shows the result of technology diffusion in the target period - it does not show early stage of diffusion in case of technologies with short lifetimes
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Why are energy prices a point of attention in MACCs
Energy prices influence the cost and benefits in a MACC
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What is an uncertainty about energy prices in a MACC
Long term energy prices are not straightforward