Abstract not availableJohn L. Field, Paul Tanger, Simon J. Shackley, Stephan M. Haefel

Akgün

Babcock

Bergqvist

Bhattacharyya

Carter

Creutzig

Dang

Dasappa

Domínguez-Escribá

Field

Fulkerson

Gadde

Goldemberg

Goyal

Hammond

Hasler

John L. Field

Junginger

Kapur

Knoblauch

Laird

MacCarty

Mahapatra

Mai Thao

McMeeking

Melamu

Miura

Oanh

Pacala

Paul Tanger

Pode

Ravindranath

Roberts

Robertson

Sagar

Searchinger

Shackley

Simon J. Shackley

Smil

Sookkumnerd

Stassen

Stephan M. Haefele

Tanger

Tilman

Urmee

Verheijen

Wang

Woolf

World Bank

Small-scale distributed gasification can provide energy access for low-carbon sustainable development, though current understanding of the economic and environmental performance of the technology relies mostly on assumption-heavy modeling studies. Here we report a detailed empirical assessment and uncertainty estimation for four real-world gasification power systems operating at rice mills in rural Cambodia. System inputs and outputs were characterized while operating in both diesel and dual-fuel modes and synthesized into a model of carbon and energy balance, economic performance, and greenhouse gas mitigation. Our results confirm that the best-performing systems reduce diesel fuel use by up to 83%, mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and recouping the initial system capital investment within one year. However, we observe a significant performance disparity across the systems observed leading to a wide range of economic outcomes. We also highlight related critical sustainability challenges around the management of byproducts that should be addressed before more widespread implementation of the technology.</p

Field, John L.

Tanger, Paul

Shackley, Simon J.

Haefele, Stephan M.

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Agricultural residue gasification for low-cost, low-carbon decentralized power:An empirical case study in Cambodia

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Applied Energy

Agricultural residue gasification for low-cost, low-carbon decentralized power: An empirical case study in Cambodia

Field, J.

Tanger, P.

Shackley, S.

Haefele, S.

Adelaide Research & Scholarship

Agricultural residue gasification for low-cost, low-carbon decentralized power: an empirical case study in Cambodia

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Agricultural residue gasification for low-cost, low-carbon decentralized power:An empirical case study in Cambodia

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