Mitigating the green deal impacts on Türkiye's cement and aluminium sector
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Aluminium , carbon price , cement , emission, green deal , TurkiyeAbstract
Cement and aluminium are two of the emission intensive sectors presently included in the carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) instrument of the European Union's (EU) Green Deal (GD). Based on this, this study investigates the extent of emission and carbon price (CP) impact reduction obtainable from electricity consumption in Türkiye’s cement and aluminium production. The study uses existing impact reduction approaches of recycling and CO2 utilization for Türkiye’s wind, solar and lignite energy sources. The calculations are based on historical data from year 2010 to 2020; thus, the research question answered is “what emission cut would have been obtained in Türkiye’s cement and aluminium production using the aforementioned impact mitigation approaches if the CBAM had taken effect within year 2010 and 2020?”. The results have been analyzed using the global warming potential (GWP). According to the results, the average annual emission intensity of Türkiye’s cement and aluminium production reduces from a business as usual (BAU) value of 0.06 and 7.90 ton.CO2/ton.prod. to 0.04 and 6.00 ton.CO2/ton.prod. respectively using 50% wind and solar energy framework recycling rate. These values correspond to a 33.33% and 24.05% impact reduction respectively. For carbon price (CP), a corresponding reduction from 1.52 and 205.39 Euro/ton.prod. to 1.16 and 156.08 Euro/ton.prod. was obtained. These values correspond to a 23.68% and 24.01% impact reduction respectively. These results show that the circularity approaches investigated are effective means of achieving substantial emission mitigation in Türkiye's cement and aluminium production and reducing the negative impacts of the GD on its economy.
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