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[ZR09] Emissions of substances that cause acidification and eutrophication
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Total emissions of pollutants that contribute to acidification and eutrophication (SOx, NOx and NH3) have decreased by 74 % in Slovenia between 1990 and 2012. The most significant drop of emissions was observed for SOx. Emissions of SOx have decreased by 95 %, NOx by 26 % and NH3 by 21%. Emissions of SOx and NH3 were in the year 2012 below the national emissions ceiling, while emissions of NOx exceeded the specified target value. Comparison of emissions per capita in EU-28 for the year 2011 ranks Slovenia to the 15th place and is only slightly above the European Union average.

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Figure ZR09-1: Emissions of substances that cause acidification and eutrophication, 1990-2012
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National database on air emissions, Slovenian Environment Agency, 2014

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SOx NOx NH3 SOx NOx NH3 acidifying substances - total SOx NOx NH3 acidifying substances - total SOx target value NOx target value NH3 target value acidifying substances - target value
1990 200.88 67.46 23.57 6.28 1.47 1.39 9.13 100 100 100 100 0 0 0 0
1991 186.19 61.56 22.21 5.82 1.34 1.31 8.46 92.69 91.25 94.27 92.70 0 0 0 0
1992 193.32 60.79 23.29 6.04 1.32 1.37 8.73 96.24 90.10 98.84 95.65 0 0 0 0
1993 190.21 62.63 21.63 5.94 1.36 1.27 8.58 94.69 92.84 91.79 93.95 0 0 0 0
1994 183.80 65.85 21.56 5.74 1.43 1.27 8.44 91.50 97.60 91.49 92.48 0 0 0 0
1995 123.77 64.86 21.73 3.87 1.41 1.28 6.56 61.62 96.14 92.21 71.81 0 0 0 0
1996 115.30 66.82 21.08 3.60 1.45 1.24 6.30 57.40 99.04 89.46 68.96 0 0 0 0
1997 118.85 66.21 21.42 3.71 1.44 1.26 6.41 59.17 98.14 90.89 70.24 0 0 0 0
1998 109.64 60.56 21.53 3.43 1.32 1.27 6.01 54.58 89.77 91.35 65.82 0 0 0 0
1999 95.79 54.12 21.31 2.99 1.18 1.25 5.42 47.69 80.22 90.45 59.41 0 0 0 0
2000 93.65 54.37 22.33 2.93 1.18 1.31 5.42 46.62 80.59 94.76 59.38 0 0 0 0
2001 63.91 54.87 22.13 2.00 1.19 1.30 4.49 31.82 81.33 93.92 49.20 0 0 0 0
2002 63.55 55.21 23.20 1.99 1.20 1.36 4.55 31.64 81.84 98.45 49.84 0 0 0 0
2003 61.94 53.20 21.94 1.94 1.16 1.29 4.38 30.84 78.86 93.09 48.00 0 0 0 0
2004 51.26 52.37 20.18 1.60 1.14 1.19 3.93 25.52 77.63 85.62 43.02 0 0 0 0
2005 41.02 51.67 20.75 1.28 1.12 1.22 3.63 20.42 76.59 88.04 39.71 0 0 0 0
2006 16.63 52.50 20.76 0.52 1.14 1.22 2.88 8.28 77.82 88.08 31.57 0 0 0 0
2007 14.85 52.14 21.29 0.46 1.13 1.25 2.85 7.39 77.28 90.33 31.21 0 0 0 0
2008 13.05 56.21 19.84 0.41 1.22 1.17 2.80 6.50 83.32 84.20 30.63 0 0 0 0
2009 10.82 48.87 21.07 0.34 1.06 1.24 2.64 5.39 72.43 89.41 28.91 0 0 0 0
2010 10.14 47.83 20.34 0.32 1.04 1.20 2.55 5.05 70.89 86.32 27.96 0 0 0 0
2011 11.89 47.61 19.46 0.37 1.04 1.14 2.55 5.92 70.57 82.57 27.94 0 0 0 0
2012 10.84 46.53 19.37 0.34 1.01 1.14 2.49 5.40 68.97 82.18 27.27 0 0 0 0
2013 11.59 43.94 19.09 0.36 0.96 1.12 2.44 5.77 65.13 81.00 26.73 0 0 0 0
2014 8.82 39.41 19.01 0.28 0.86 1.12 2.25 4.39 58.42 80.68 24.65 0 0 0 0
2015 5.46 35.16 19.24 0.17 0.76 1.13 2.07 2.72 52.11 81.66 22.64 0 0 0 0
target 2010 27 45 20 0.84 0.98 1.18 3.00 0 0 0 0 13.44 66.55 83.97 32.77
Figure ZR09-2: Structure of acidifyng and eutrophying emissions, by gas, 2012
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National database on air emissions, Slovenian Environment Agency, 2014

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2012
SOx kt acid equivalents 0.3
NOx kt acid equivalents 1
NH3 kt acid equivalents 1
acidifying substances - total kt acid equivalents 2.3
SOx % 13.6
NOx % 42.2
NH3 % 44.2
Figure ZR09-3: Structure of acidifyng and eutrophying emissions, by sector and gas, 2012
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National database on air emissions, Slovenian Environment Agency, 2014

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total - SOx NOx NH3
Public electricity and heat production kt acid equivalents 0.43 0.2 0.23 0
Manufacturing Industries and Construction kt acid equivalents 0.13 0.07 0.06 0
Road transport kt acid equivalents 0.56 0 0.52 0.03
Non-road transport kt acid equivalents 0.08 0 0.08 0
Other kt acid equivalents 0.08 0.02 0.06 0
Fugitive emissions kt acid equivalents 0 0 0 0
Industrial Processes kt acid equivalents 0.03 0.02 0 0.01
Solvent and other product use kt acid equivalents 0 0 0 0
Agriculture kt acid equivalents 1.03 0 0.03 0.99
Waste kt acid equivalents 0 0 0 0
total kt acid equivalents 2.34 0.32 0.99 1.03
Public electricity and heat production % 18.34 63.97 22.81 0
Manufacturing Industries and Construction % 5.54 22.28 5.94 0
Road transport % 23.77 0.35 53.15 2.91
Non-road transport % 3.49 0.23 8.19 0
Use of fuels in households and in the commercial sector % 3.54 5.6 6.57 0
Fugitive emissions % 0 0 0 0
Industrial Processes % 1.37 7.47 0.03 0.76
Solvent and other product use % 0 0 0 0
Agriculture % 43.9 0 3.29 96.28
Waste % 0.04 0.09 0.02 0.04
Figure ZR09-4: Emissions of substances that cause acidification and eutrophication per capita, EU-27 [kg/capita], 2011
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Air pollutant emissions data viewer (LRTAP Convention), European Environment Agency, 2014, Eurostat, 2014

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Bulgaria Estonia Luxembourg Ireland Greece Poland Cyprus Finland Denmark Czech Republic
NOx kt acid equivalents 2.95 0.78 1.04 1.53 6.42 18.5 0.45 3.33 2.73 4.91
SOx kt acid equivalents 16.08 2.27 0.06 0.73 8.19 28.44 0.66 1.91 0.43 5.28
NH3 kt acid equivalents 2.81 0.61 0.27 6.39 3.62 15.91 0.3 2.18 4.36 3.86
emissions of acidifying substances kt acid equivalents 21.83 3.66 1.37 8.66 18.23 62.84 1.41 7.42 7.53 14.06
country population number 7284552 1320174 537039 4591087 11062508 38533299 865878 5426674 5602628 10516125
emissions per capita kg/capita 3 2.77 2.55 1.89 1.65 1.63 1.63 1.37 1.34 1.34
Lithuania Spain Romania Malta Slovenia Croatia EU-28 France Slovakia Austria
NOx kt acid equivalents 1.1 22.03 4.82 0.17 1.01 1.44 192.33 21.86 1.85 3.97
SOx kt acid equivalents 1.11 16.84 10.35 0.25 0.34 1.21 143.01 7.96 2.14 0.58
NH3 kt acid equivalents 1.72 22.54 9.36 0.09 1.05 2.17 215.95 39.64 1.42 3.67
emissions of acidifying substances kt acid equivalents 3.93 61.41 24.53 0.51 2.4 4.82 551.29 69.46 5.41 8.22
country population number 2971905 46727890 20020074 421367 2058821 4262140 505665739 65578819 5410836 8451860
emissions per capita kg/capita 1.32 1.31 1.23 1.21 1.17 1.13 1.09 1.06 1 0.97
Germany Belgium Italy Netherlands United Kingdom Hungary Latvia Portugal Sweden
NOx kt acid equivalents 28.11 4.57 20.21 5.64 22.46 2.81 0.7 3.82 3.16
SOx kt acid equivalents 13.9 1.74 6.1 1.05 11.84 1.09 0.1 1.46 0.92
NH3 kt acid equivalents 33.14 3.97 22.49 6.98 17.07 3.81 0.76 2.75 3.04
emissions of acidifying substances kt acid equivalents 75.14 10.27 48.8 13.67 51.36 7.71 1.56 8.02 7.13
country population number 80523746 11161642 59685227 16779575 63896071 9908798 2023825 10487289 9555893
emissions per capita kg/capita 0.93 0.92 0.82 0.81 0.8 0.78 0.77 0.76 0.75
Last modified
10.06.2014
Author(s)

Martina Logar, Slovenian Environment Agency