Baseline scenario: The impacts of electricity generation on the environment is due to one or several factors including particulate emissions; gaseous emissions (CO, SO, NO, etc.); warm water discharges into streams, rivers or sea; liquid and solid waste (sludge, ash); inundation (in the case of large reservoirs) and changes of land use. Particulate and gaseous emissions are of primary importance in the case of electricity generation using fossil fuels. During the preparation of this report, the real-time data related to GHG emissions in electricity generation up to 2015 was collected. The GHG emission trends from 2015 to 2030 was taken from the Long Term Generation Expansion Plan (LTGEP) of 2015-2034 as it had projected same using several parameters including population and GDP growth. According to the LTGEP, demand for electricity will increase from 11,516 GWh in 2015 to 25,598 GWh in 2030. The annual growth will increase from 4.1% in 2015 to 4.9% in 2030. Accordingly, electricity generation will increase from GWh 12,901 in 2015 to GWh 28,410 in 2030. In the LTGEP base case scenario, coal will be the major source of power having its share reaching 40% by 2020 and 60% by 2034. The contribution of renewable energy sourced power will increase to 40% by 2025 and then decline to 35% by 2034 (LTGEP, 2015-2034). Figure 4.7 shows the GHG emissions in the baseline scenario for electricity generation.