Table 3 Summary results of techno-economic analysis by location
| Â | TEA summary | Productivity (annual avg) | Carbon emissions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
For-profit (S1) | Public utility (S2) | DW biomass | Max. DW biomass | Biodiesel | CO2eq | Reduction to fossil | ||
IRR | MDSP before profit | MDSP | ||||||
(at US$2 L−1) | US$ L−1 (US$ gal−1) | US$ L−1 (US$ gal−1) | g m−2 day−1 | g m−2 day−1 | kL ha−1 year−1 | g MJ−1 | ||
Mombasa (KEN) | 22.1% | $1.60 ($6.04) | $1.24 ($4.69) | 22.1 | 29.1 | 44.7 | 25 | − 72.8% |
Acapulco (MEX) | 20.8% | $1.54 ($5.82) | $1.17 ($4.42) | 20.0 | 28.7 | 40.4 | 26 | − 71.7% |
Chennai (IND) | 20.2% | $1.51 ($5.70) | $1.15 ($4.35) | 19.8 | 28.4 | 40.0 | 25 | − 72.8% |
Recife (BRA) | 19.0% | $1.57 ($5.93) | $1.19 ($4.50) | 21.9 | 29.9 | 44.3 | 27 | − 70.7% |
Darwin (AUS) | 13.2% | $1.53 ($5.80) | $1.23 ($4.67) | 21.7 | 28.4 | 43.8 | 26 | − 71.7% |
Tunis (TUN) | 13.3% | $1.55 ($5.87) | $1.24 ($4.68) | 15.0 | 20.6 | 30.3 | 28 | − 69.6% |
Kona (USA) | 13.0% | $1.53 ($5.79) | $1.24 ($4.68) | 21.0 | 26.8 | 42.4 | 27 | − 70.7% |
Abu Dhabi (UAE) | 11.5% | $1.54 ($5.84) | $1.47 ($5.58) | 17.5 | 24.3 | 35.3 | 30 | − 67.4% |
Almeria (SPA) | 10.9% | $1.48 ($5.61) | $1.23 ($4.66) | 15.8 | 20.6 | 31.9 | 28 | − 69.6% |
Haikou (CHN) | 9.5% | $1.85 ($6.99) | $1.59 ($6.01) | 11.5 | 16.2 | 23.3 | 37 | − 59.8% |
Izmir (TUR) | 1.0% | $2.57 ($9.73) | $2.21 ($8.35) | 13.8 | 18.8 | 27.8 | 27 | − 70.7% |
Amsterdam (NDL) | − 7.0% | $2.79 ($10.55) | $2.61 ($9.87) | 8.6 | 11.3 | 17.4 | 37 | − 59.8% |