External costs of fossil electricity generation: Health-based assessment in Thailand

Sakulniyomporn, Songsak; Kubaha, Kuskana; Chullabodhi, Chullapong

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2011.05.004

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“…Energies 2017, 10, 2136 11 of 28 without thresholds to very low increments in air pollution may lead to an overestimation of effects, which must be remembered when using the results of such studies [3,13,28,29,44]. Since most of the developing countries have no WTP studies, SIMPACTS offers the possibility of transferring the values assessed for European Union.…”

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“…For example, Thai and Syrian studies have estimated that sulfates accounted up to 83% and 88% of the total damage costs, respectively, with the costs from nitrates being 9% and 10%, and the costs from PM 10 being 8% and 2%, respectively. In these studies, Thai power plants consume natural gas, lignite, and oil, while Syrian plants use heavy fuel oil and natural gas [13,16].…”

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“…In these studies, Thai power plants consume natural gas, lignite, and oil, while Syrian plants use heavy fuel oil and natural gas [13,16]. As a final point, Figure 9 depicts distribution of total health costs from all 61 power plants in Iran.…”

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“…To find a better view of the population near the plant, the density at a square size of 250 × 250 km (i.e., in 25 cells) around of the plant has been shown as well. Impacts of pollutants from power plants act over 1000 km or even more [3,13]; however, in this study, only those impacts arising on Iran's borders and territory are assessed.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The simplification of linearized functions without thresholds to very low increments in air pollution may lead to an overestimation of effects, which must be remembered when using the results of such studies [3,13,28,29,44].…”

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Estimating Human Health Impacts and Costs Due to Iranian Fossil Fuel Power Plant Emissions through the Impact Pathway Approach

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Air pollutants from fossil fuel fired power plants harm the environment and human health. More than 91% of Iran's electricity production is from thermal power plants that use natural gas, diesel, and fuel oil. We apply the impact pathway approach to estimate the health impacts arising from Iranian fossil-based electricity generation emission, and in a next step, we calculate monetary costs of the estimated damages, for a one-year period starting from 20 March 2016 through 2017. We use the new version of SIMPACTS (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria) to investigate the health effects from 61 major Iran fossil-based power plants separately. The selected plants represent 95.6% of total Iran fossil-based power generation. Using the individual and different power plant estimates, we avoid extrapolation and our results can be considered more reliable, taking into account spatial differences. The total damage cost is 723.42 million USD (2000). The damage cost per generated electricity varies from 0.06 to 22.41 USD/MWh and average plant damage cost is 2.85 USD/MWh. Accounting for these external costs indicates the actual costs of fossil energy. The results are useful for policy makers to compare the health costs from these plants and to decide on cleaner energy sources and to take measures to increase benefits for society.

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Life cycle assessment of nanocomposite manufactured using ultrasonic stir casting

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

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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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External costs of fossil electricity generation: Health-based assessment in Thailand

Cited by 25 publications

References 21 publications

Estimating Human Health Impacts and Costs Due to Iranian Fossil Fuel Power Plant Emissions through the Impact Pathway Approach

Estimating Human Health Impacts and Costs Due to Iranian Fossil Fuel Power Plant Emissions through the Impact Pathway Approach

Life cycle assessment of nanocomposite manufactured using ultrasonic stir casting

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

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