The Great Carbon Arbitrage
Carbon Arbitrage
Climate Financing
Country
Regional
Annual
Opportunity Costs
Country
Global
Coasian Bargain
Global deal
Regional deal
Country deal
Paper
CEPR
IMF
Code
Blogs
Media
Talks
World map showing the present value of climate finance needed in each country to replace coal with renewables.
Unit
Billion dollars
% of GDP
Time horizon of carbon arbitrage
2030
2050
2070
2100
Coal phase out scenario
Net Zero 2050 (NGFS global scenario)
Coal replacement
100% solar, 0% wind
56% solar, 44% wind (42% onshore, 2% offshore)
50% solar, 50% wind (25% onshore, 25% offshore)
0% solar, 100% wind (100% onshore, 0% offshore)
0% solar, 100% wind (0% onshore, 100% offshore)
Lifetime of renewable plants
30 years
50 years
Investment costs fall - learning curve
Learning (investment cost drop because of learning)
No learning (no investment cost drop)
Discount rate ρ
0%
2.8% (WACC)
3.6% (WACC, average risk-premium 100 years)
5%
8%
Investment costs in energy storage
Not included
Short-term storage
Short-term + long-term storage
Coal export
Disabled
Enabled
Result data in CSV format (click here to view online, or
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