Marginal Abatement Cost Curves for Thailand's Agri-Food Processing Industry

Marginal Abatement Cost (MAC) curves for five major Thai agri-food processing sub-sectors, including sugarcane processing and frozen seafood. The dataset estimates annual Scope 1 and 2 emissions at 8,737 ktCO₂e and evaluates eight abatement measures per sub-sector. It was created by Phutthichai Amornwattahcharoenchai and last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling cost-effective decarbonization pathways based on MAC values ranging from -14.2 to +42.5 USD per tonne CO₂e.
• Assessing sector-level alignment with Thailand's NDC target based on the estimated abatement potential of 3,399 ktCO₂e.
• Comparing bio-circular-green performance across sub-sectors using the composite BCG Alignment Index.
• Benchmarking emissions intensity for voluntary carbon footprint disclosure by Thai food exporters.

Strengths

• Quantifies emissions for five major sub-sectors with a total estimated annual emission of 8,737 ktCO₂e.
• Evaluates eight specific abatement measures per sub-sector, providing granular analysis.
• Incorporates parameter uncertainty through Monte Carlo simulation, yielding a 90% uncertainty interval for abatement estimates.
• Introduces a composite BCG Alignment Index to score sub-sectors across Bio, Circular, and Green dimensions.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is derived exclusively from secondary sources, which may reflect inherent biases in those reports and inventories.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Constructed using secondary quantitative data from national energy audit reports, GHG inventories, and IPCC emission factors.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-28 04:49:38; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Thailand