How Do You Calculate Carbon Credit For A Hybrid Solar Wind System?
Hi Kenchi In very rough terms you need to work how how many MWh the system is likely to create in a year, then compare that to a non-renewable source (like coal), and you’ll have the amount. For example, a 450kw system operating on about 30% (due to downtimes from night and/or no wind, etc) would produce about 3.24MWh per day (450 X 24 X 0.3) – or about 1,200MWh per year. Most coal power stations produce about 1.4 tonnes of CO2 per MWh of electricity they generate, so you sohuld be able to times your 1,200MWh by 1.4 to find out how many carbon credits the system will produce per year – or in this case, about 1,600. Also, some countries allow the first 15 years of operation to be claimed in advance. I’m not sure of the situation in India. But if so, the system would be good for about 25,000. And assuming the price of the credit is say… US$30 each, the carbon credits would be worth about US$750,000.
