STUDY ON CLIMATE CHANGE

The Energy Community Secretariat contracted the SEEC to conduct a study on the “Potential for Climate Change Combating in Power Generation in the Energy Community” in Dec 2009. The SEEC submitted its final report on 31 Mar 2011.

 

Structure, scope

The study presents an inventory of the greenhouse gas emissions from electricity generation (including CHP) of the Contracting Parties, as well as the projected increase of these emissions by 2020, based on the generation forecast.

 

It builds on an inventory based on the UNFCCC reporting guidelines, limited to the electricity (incl. CHP) generation in the non Annex 1 countries that are parties to the Energy Community. This includes an estimation of the greenhouse gas emissions from the electricity (incl. CHP) generation by 2020. The study provides details on a baseline scenario and a more optimistic one. Furthermore, it assesses the impact of a potential follow-up agreement on Kyoto. Building on the findings, the study articulates recommendations for better policy-making.

 


Rankings

Based on the assessment of the study, the following pages group and rank the 65 thermal power plants, TPPs, in the region based on their:

  1. Age
  2. SO2 Emissions
  3. NOx Emissions
  4. Particulates Emissions 

 

Key findings

1. The region as a whole has significant CO2 emission intensity because of high level of lignite burning for electricity production, especially in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, FYR Macedonia, and UNMIK.

2. Greenhouse gas emissions are to be considered relatively low in Albania, Montenegro, FYR Macedonia and Kosovo, up to relatively high in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia.

3. As regards the 65 TPP units in the region, the average weighted operation time, by the end of 2010, will be 30 years. As the designed technical life of TPP equipment is usually 25 years for the first operation period and 15 years after rehabilitation, the majority of units are close to retirement.
4. The power and heat generation facilities located in the Energy Community region of are, generally speaking, in a bad condition, particularly because of maintenance delay and chronically lack of investment over the last two decades.
5. Greenhouse gas emission reductions can be achieved by upgrading the old coal-lignite-fired power plants to the EU standards. To do this appropriate feasibility studies have to be prepared on a plant-by-plant basis to determine cost-effectiveness for each facility.


 

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