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[ZR01] Emissions of sulphur dioxide
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The indicator shows the trend in quantities of total sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions in Slovenia and main source categories. The quantities of emissions are calculated in accordance with the methodology for creating the National Emission Inventory, based on the CORINAIR methodology. The emissions are shown in a time series from 1990 to 2002.

Charts

Figure ZR01-1: Annual SO2 emissions in Slovenia and the target value for 2010
Sources:

National Emission Inventory, Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia, 2008

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1980 - 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
SO2 emissions 1000 t 235.795 198 184.012 190.293 186.45 181.037 125.63 112.296 118.799
SO2 emissions index (1980 = 100) 100 83.9712462096 78.038974533 80.7027290655 79.0729235141 76.7772853538 53.2793316228 47.624419517 50.3823236286
NECD target value index (1980 = 100)
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SO2 emissions 1000 t 123.255 104.506 99.336 68.699 70.994 65.608 54.142 41.215 17.925
SO2 emissions index (1980 = 100) 52.2721007655 44.320702305 42.1281197651 29.1350537543 30.1083568354 27.8241692996 22.9614707691 17.4791662249 7.60194236519
NECD target value index (1980 = 100)
2008 2009 target 2010
SO2 emissions 1000 t 27
SO2 emissions index (1980 = 100)
NECD target value index (1980 = 100) 11
Figure ZR01-2: Sector-specific contribution to total SO2 emissions in Slovenia
Sources:

National Emission Inventory, Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia, 2008

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1980 - 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
combustion in energy production 1000 t 148.394 153.722 134.017 152.826 148.559 145.094 105.053 96.453 104.245
combustion in industry 1000 t 54.718 21.046 18.775 14.726 13.116 12.883 8.276 5.78 6.01
technological processes 1000 t
non-industrial combustion 1000 t 28.502 15.521 24.093 16.031 17.539 15.13 9.276 7.068 5.436
transport 1000 t 4.181 7.711 7.127 6.71 7.236 7.93 3.025 2.995 3.108
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
combustion in energy production 1000 t 111.906 90.538 83.78 53.118 57.607 51.1 45.501 32.452 9.696
combustion in industry 1000 t 4.054 6.652 6.415 6.771 6.456 6.237 3.269 3.679 3.908
technological processes 1000 t 2.418 2.382 2.802 4.323 1.983 2.399 2.055
non-industrial combustion 1000 t 4.55 4.764 4.025 3.808 3.515 3.293 2.669 2.464 2.013
transport 1000 t 2.745 2.552 2.698 2.62 0.614 0.655 0.72 0.221 0.253
2008 2009 target 2010
combustion in energy production 1000 t 18
combustion in industry 1000 t 4.5
technological processes 1000 t 0.5
non-industrial combustion 1000 t 3.5
transport 1000 t 0.5

Goals

The target is to reduce SO2 emissions to the target value 27 000, as required by the Protocol on the Reduction of Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground Ozone, and Directive 2001/81/EC on National Emissions Ceilings for Certain Atmospheric Pollutants (NECD). Air emission management and reduction is also a target of the National Environmental Action Programme.

SO2 emissions in Slovenia have dropped by 66 percentage points compared to the value in 1990. This reduction may be ascribed to the start-up of the desulphurisation unit on block 4 of the Šoštanj power plant as well as to the introduction of natural gas and liquid fuels with lower sulphur content.

Methodology

The data are taken from the National Emission Inventory database. The database maintained at the Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia contains emission assessments that are made on the basis of statistical data (on sold fuels, industrial production, agricultural activities, etc.) by using emission factors.

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Last modified
18.07.2008
Author(s)

Damijana Marolt, Bojan Rode, Agencija Republike Slovenije za okolje