Damage costs produced by electric power plants

Macías, Paloma; Islas, Jorge

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.06.036

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“…The main approach applied in these studies for the assessment of external costs of electricity generation is based on the impact pathway approach and ExternE methodology, including studies in Croatia [ 28 ], Bosnia and Hercegovina [ 29 ], Poland [ 30 , 31 ], and Greece [ 32 ]. In Iran [ 33 ], India [ 34 ], Cuba [ 35 ], South Africa [ 36 ], Mexico [ 37 ], Syria [ 38 ], and China [ 39 , 40 ], the simplified methodologies of the assessment of external costs of electricity generation were applied. There are several simplified methodologies: AirPacts model consisting of three different types of models, the Simple Uniform World Model (SUWM) requiring the least amount of data, the Robust Uniform World Model (RUWM), and QUERI (QUick Estimation of Respiratory health Impacts) models.…”

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Evolution of External Health Costs of Electricity Generation in the Baltic States

Zhang

Ren

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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Implementation of strict policies for mitigating climate change has a direct impact on public health as far as the external health costs of electricity generation can be reduced, thanks to the reduction of emission of typical pollutants by switching to cleaner low carbon fuels and achieving energy efficiency improvements. Renewables have lower external health costs due to the lower life cycle emission of typical air pollutants linked to electricity generation, such as SO2, NOx, particulate matter, NH3, or NMVOC (Non-methane volatile organic compounds), which all appear to have serious negative effects on human health. Our case study performed in the Baltic States analyzed the dynamics of external health costs in parallel with the dynamics of the main health indicators in these countries: life expectancy at birth, mortality rates, healthy life years, self-perceived health, and illness indicators. We employed the data for external health costs retrieved from the CASES database, as well as the health statistics data compiled from the EUROSTAT database. The time range of the study was 2010–2018 due to the availability of consistent health indicators for the EU Member States. Our results show that the decrease of external health costs had a positive impact on the increase of the self-perceived good health and reduction of long-standing illness as well as the decrease of infant death rate. Our conclusions might be useful for other countries as well as for understanding the additional benefits of climate change mitigation policies and tracking their positive health impacts. The cooperation initiatives on clean energy and climate change mitigation between countries like One Belt One Road initiative by the Chinese government can also yield additional benefits linked to the public health improvements.

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Evolution of External Health Costs of Electricity Generation in the Baltic States

Zhang

Ren

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“…The study concluded that the Muria NPP had the lowest cost of damage among all electricity generation alternatives investigated. Another study used the SIMPACTS software to estimate the effects in terms of costs from various electricity generation technologies [14]. That research assessed the externalities from several power plants in metropolitan area of Mexico City by developing a unique system to apply the impact pathway analysis (IPA) of SIMPACTS to evaluate the resulting cost resulting in damage from various plants.…”

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Modeling Long-Term Electricity Generation Planning to Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions in Nigeria

Kim¹,

Abdelhameed²,

Joseph³

et al. 2021

Energies

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The most recent assessments conducted by the International Energy Agency indicate that natural gas accounts for the majority of Nigeria’s fossil fuel-derived electricity generation, with crude oil serving mostly as a backup source. Fossil fuel-generated electricity represents 80% of the country’s total. In addition, carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in Nigeria in 2018 (101.3014 Mtons) demonstrated a 3.83% increase from 2017. The purpose of this study is to suggest an alternate energy supply mix to meet future electrical demand and reduce CO2 emissions in Nigeria. The Model for Energy Supply Strategy Alternatives and their General Environmental Impact (MESSAGE) was used in this study to model two case situations of the energy supply systems in Nigeria to determine the best energy supply technology to meet future demand. The Simplified Approach to Estimating Electricity Generation’s External Costs and Impacts (SIMPACTS) code is also used to estimate the environmental impacts and resulting damage costs during normal operation of various electricity generation technologies. Results of the first scenario show that gas and oil power plants are the optimal choice for Nigeria to meet future energy needs with no bound on CO2 emission. If Nigeria adopts CO2 emission restrictions to comply with the Paris Agreement’s target of decreasing worldwide mean temperature rise to 1.5 °C, the best option is nuclear power plants (NPPs). The MESSAGE results demonstrate that both fossil fuels and NPPs are the optimal electricity-generating technologies to meet Nigeria’s future energy demand. The SIMPACTS code results demonstrate that NPPs have the lowest damage costs because of their low environmental impact during normal operation. Therefore, NPP technology is the most environmentally friendly technology and the best choice for the optimization of future electrical technology to meet the demand. The result from this study will serve as a reference source in modeling long-term energy mix therefore reducing CO2 emission in Nigeria.

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The assessment of health impacts and external costs of natural gas-fired power plant of Qom

Fard

Naddafi

Yunesian

et al. 2016

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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The external health damage costs of the combined cycle natural gas-fired power plant of Qom were investigated via the simplified impact pathway approach. Emitted particulate matter (PM) and gaseous pollutants (NO , CO, and SO) from the power plant stack were measured The health effects and related costs were estimated by QUERI model from AirPacts according to the emissions, source and stack parameters, pollutant depletion velocities, exposure-response functions, local and regional population density, and detailed meteorological data. The results showed that the main health effect was assigned to the nitrate as restricted activity days (RAD) with 25,240 days/year. For all pollutants, the maximum health damage costs were related to the long-term mortality (49 %), restricted activity days (27 %), and chronic bronchitis (21 %). The annual health damage costs were approximately 4.76 million US$, with the cost being 0.096 US per kWh of generating electricity. Although the health damage costs of gas-fired power plant were lower than those of other heavy fuels, it seems essential to consider the health and environmental damages and focus on the emission control strategies, particularly in site selection for the new power plants and expanding the current ones.

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Damage costs produced by electric power plants

Cited by 8 publications

References 26 publications

Evolution of External Health Costs of Electricity Generation in the Baltic States

Evolution of External Health Costs of Electricity Generation in the Baltic States

Modeling Long-Term Electricity Generation Planning to Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions in Nigeria

The assessment of health impacts and external costs of natural gas-fired power plant of Qom

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