Table 9 Effects of price increase of CO2 certificates (CO2 price) compared with monetary subsidies using energy pathway E as an example
Scenario | CF, wood chips | CF, industry pellets | CF, torrefied biomass | CBPP | CCS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Subsidy | CO2 price | Subsidy | CO2 price | Subsidy | CO2 price | Subsidy | CO2 price | Subsidy | CO2 price | |
Average electricity generation costs (€/MWh) | 58.29 | 119.34 | 58.16 | 126.81 | 57.68 | 125.09 | 48.6 | 95.12 | 60.54 | 76.68 |
Biomass demand incl. EEG plants (PJ) | 309.4 | 345.4 | 634.9 | 514.5 | 827.0 | 489.6 | 1196.7 | 1025.4 | 749.8 | 245.5 |
CO2 emissions (Million t/a) | 114.9 | 70.5 | 94.6 | 60.7 | 75.9 | 54.5 | 45.2 | 22.9 | 85.3 | 29.9 |
CO2 mitigation costs (€/tCO2) | 7.2 | 73.9 | 51.7 | 92.8 | 78.5 | 268.7 | 106.1 | 112.8 | 159.2 | 66.7 |