Calculation of carbon abatement costs

In order to obtain the cost of carbon emissions per m3 of desalinated water, three pieces of information are needed, namely: (a) the thermal and electric energy consumption of various desalination processes (MJ/m3 thermal and kWh/m3 electric); (b) the amount of carbon emitted per unit energy (in order to estimate carbon emissions per m3); and (c) the cost per kg CO2.

Related Subject(s): Economic and Social Development