Costs and Benefits of Installing Flue-Gas Desulfurization Units at Coal-Fired Power Plants in India

Cropper, Maureen; Guttikunda, Sarath; Jawahar, Puja; Malik, Kabir; Partridge, Ian

doi:10.1596/978-1-4648-0522-6_ch13

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“…The capital costs for a wFGD at the Dadri plant (https://www.businesstoday.in/current/economy-pol itics/bhel-bags-rs-560-crore-order-ntpc-install-emission-control-equipment-dadri-power-station/story/2 70662.html) in 2018 Rs. are similar to those for a wFGD at the Bongaigaon plant cited inCropper et al (2017) in 2013 Rs. We take this as evidence that the price in current Rs.…”

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“…This paper examines the costs and benefits of retrofitting coal-fired power plants in India with flue-gas desulfurization units (FGDs or scrubbers) to reduce SO 2 . 2 Although Indian coal has low-sulfur content, meeting new emission standards will require retrofitting most coal-fired power plants with FGDs (Cropper et al, 2017). Cropper et al (2017) examine the costs and health benefits of retrofitting the 2009 stock of coal-fired power plants in India with scrubbers, focusing on the mortality reductions that FGDs will achieve.…”

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“…2 Although Indian coal has low-sulfur content, meeting new emission standards will require retrofitting most coal-fired power plants with FGDs (Cropper et al, 2017). Cropper et al (2017) examine the costs and health benefits of retrofitting the 2009 stock of coal-fired power plants in India with scrubbers, focusing on the mortality reductions that FGDs will achieve. 3 They calculate the cost per death avoided of retrofits and estimate that retrofitting the 2009 stock of plants with scrubbers would avoid 13,000 premature deaths per year, at an average cost of $131,000 (2013$) per death avoided.…”

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“…These standards will require the installation of FGDs. 6 AlthoughCropper et al (2017) and CSTEP (2018) quantify the benefits of retrofitting scrubbers they do not emphasize how net benefits vary with plant location.terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/bca.2018.27 Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core.…”

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“…21 The U.S. EPA's AP-42 database indicates that a wet scrubber can achieve up to 95 percent SO 2 removal; equipment suppliers claim SO 2 removal efficiencies of up to 99 percent with additives in the flue-gas stream. 22 FGDs are also planned for Bongaigaon, Mundra, Ratnagiri and Vindhyachal(Cropper et al, 2017).terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/bca.2018.27 Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core.…”

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Applying Benefit-Cost Analysis to Air Pollution Control in the Indian Power Sector

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Air pollution is a persistent and well-established public health problem in India: emissions from coal-fired power plants have been associated with over 80,000 premature deaths in 2015. Premature deaths could rise by four to five times this number by 2050 without additional pollution controls. We site a model 500 MW coal-fired electricity generating unit at eight locations in India and examine the benefits and costs of retrofitting the plant with a flue-gas desulfurization unit to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions. We quantify the mortality benefits associated with the reduction in sulfates (fine particles) and value these benefits using estimates of the value per statistical life transferred to India from high income countries. The net benefits of scrubbing vary widely by location, reflecting differences in the size of the exposed population. They are highest at locations in the densely populated north of India, which are also among the poorest states in the country.

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