Propitious Step for CO2 Mitigation in University Campus boosting Clean Development Mechanism

Abstract

Air Quality Index data is observed across the country and seems not suitable for human kind. India is a country where a lot of potential and several plans are existing for Solar Photovoltaic (PV) based electricity generation. Such kind of generation is not only saves the transmission losses but mitigates the green house gases (GHG) emission in atmosphere in comparison to conventional generation. The investors are showing interest in these projects. In this paper an analysis is conducted for 50kWp Solar PV system to compare the actual GHG mitigation with reference to diesel generation. It is found that actual saving in CO2 emission is 0.211 US ton /year, SO2 emission is 0.0004 US ton /year and NOx emission is 0.0042 US ton /year. Although the system is not too large in rating but as compared to diesel it is mitigating 78.4% CO2, 80 % SO2 and 97.67 % NOx.