A Process-Step Benchmarking Approach to Evaluating Energy Use at New Cement Plants
Assessing the Environmental Impact of Energy-Efficient Cement Plants
by Prof. Mr. Anil Kumar Gupta*, Prof. Mr. D B. Desai, prof. dr. Pradeep Kumar,
- Published in Journal of Advances in Science and Technology, E-ISSN: 2230-9659
Volume 2, Issue No. 2, Nov 2011, Pages 0 - 0 (0)
Published by: Ignited Minds Journals
ABSTRACT
Energyefficiency projects in the industrial sector provide a source for reducinggreenhouse gas emissions under a Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) scheme as laidout in Article 12 of the Kyoto Protocol. The CDM offers a mechanism for developed countries to meet greenhousegas (GHG) reduction requirements by gaining offsets from projects they fund in developing countries. To receive these offsets – known as CarbonEmission Reduction Units (CERs) – the project should demonstrate “real,measurable, and long-term benefits” and the reductions should be “additional toany that would occur in the absence of the project.”(UNFCCC, 1997) In otherwords, energy-efficiency CDM projects must be compared against some baseline toquantify the carbon reduction, and this baseline should reflect, as closely as possible, what would have happened in the absence of the CDM project.
KEYWORD
energy efficiency, benchmarking approach, evaluating energy use, cement plants, greenhouse gas emissions, Clean Development Mechanism, Kyoto Protocol, Carbon Emission Reduction Units, baseline, CDM project
