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[ZR09] Emissions of substances that cause acidification and eutrophication
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Total emissions of the pollutants that contribute to acidification and eutrophication have decreased by 74% in Slovenia between 1990 and 2013. Emissions of SOx have decreased by 94 %, NOx by 32 % and NH3 by 23%. The emissions of sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides and ammonia in 2013 were lower than the prescribed value. Comparisson of emissions per capita in EU-28 for the year 2013 ranks Slovenia to the 12th place in the EU-28 and exceedes the EU average.

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Figure ZR09-1: Emissions of substances that cause acidification and eutrophication, Slovenia, 1990-2013
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National database on air emissions, Slovenian Environment Agency, 2015

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1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
SOx kt acid equivalents 6.2 5.8 6 5.9 5.7 3.8 3.6 3.7 3.4 3
NOx kt acid equivalents 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.1
NH3 kt acid equivalents 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2
acidifying substances - total kt acid equivalents 8.9 8.3 8.5 8.4 8.2 6.4 6.1 6.3 5.9 5.3
SOx index (1990 = 100) 100 92.9 96.5 95 91.7 61.5 57.2 59 54.5 47.5
NOx index (1990 = 100) 100 91.5 89.5 93.8 97.4 96.2 101.6 102.3 93.6 82.7
NH3 index (1990 = 100) 100 94 98.7 91.4 91 91.8 88.9 90.3 90.8 90.3
acidifying substances - total index (1990 = 100) 100 92.8 95.8 94.2 92.5 71.3 68.7 70.3 65.9 59.3
SOx target value index (1990 = 100)
NOx target value index (1990 = 100)
NH3 target value index (1990 = 100)
acidifying substances - target value index (1990 = 100)
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
SOx kt acid equivalents 2.9 2 2 1.9 1.6 1.3 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3
NOx kt acid equivalents 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2 1
NH3 kt acid equivalents 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.2
acidifying substances - total kt acid equivalents 5.3 4.4 4.4 4.3 3.8 3.5 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.5
SOx index (1990 = 100) 46.6 31.7 31.8 31 25.7 20.5 8.3 7.4 6.5 5.3
NOx index (1990 = 100) 83.7 85.1 86 83.2 81.3 79 80.4 81.1 88.6 76.6
NH3 index (1990 = 100) 93.6 92.8 96.9 92.1 84.3 86.6 86.9 89.3 83.1 87.4
acidifying substances - total index (1990 = 100) 59.3 49 49.8 48.1 42.9 39.4 31.1 30.9 30.5 28.5
SOx target value index (1990 = 100)
NOx target value index (1990 = 100)
NH3 target value index (1990 = 100)
acidifying substances - target value index (1990 = 100)
2010 2011 2012 2013 target 2010
SOx kt acid equivalents 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.8
NOx kt acid equivalents 1 1 1 0.9 1
NH3 kt acid equivalents 1.1 1.1 1.1 1 1.2
acidifying substances - total kt acid equivalents 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.3 3
SOx index (1990 = 100) 5 5.8 5.3 5.7
NOx index (1990 = 100) 75.2 74.8 73.2 68.4
NH3 index (1990 = 100) 83.9 80.1 79.9 77.1
acidifying substances - total index (1990 = 100) 27.5 27.5 26.8 26
SOx target value index (1990 = 100) 13.6
NOx target value index (1990 = 100) 71.8
NH3 target value index (1990 = 100) 88.3
acidifying substances - target value index (1990 = 100) 33.7
Figure ZR09-2: Structure of acidifyng and eutrophying emissions, by gas, 2013
Sources:

National database on air emissions, Slovenian Environment Agency, 2015

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2013
SOx kt acid equivalents 0.4
NOx kt acid equivalents 0.9
NH3 kt acid equivalents 1
acidifying substances - total kt acid equivalents 2.3
SOx % 15.1
NOx % 39.9
NH3 % 43.9
Figure ZR09-3: Structure of acidifyng and eutrophying emissions, by sector and gas, 2013
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National database on air emissions, Slovenian Environment Agency, 2015

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total SOx NOx NH3
Energy industries kt acid equivalents 0.43 0.23 0.2 0
Manufacturing industries and construction kt acid equivalents 0.13 0.07 0.05 0
Road transport kt acid equivalents 0.51 0 0.49 0.03
Other transport kt acid equivalents 0.09 0 0.09 0
Small combustion kt acid equivalents 0.08 0.02 0.06 0
Fugitive emissions from fuels kt acid equivalents 0 0 0 0
Industrial processes and product use kt acid equivalents 0.04 0.03 0 0.01
Agriculture kt acid equivalents 1.03 0 0.03 0.99
Waste kt acid equivalents 0 0 0 0
total kt acid equivalents 2.31 0.35 0.93 1.03
Energy industries % 18.7 65.17 21.69 0
Manufacturing industries and construction % 5.43 20.17 5.83 0
Road transport % 22.27 0.3 52.31 2.53
Other transport % 4 0.23 9.83 0
Small combustion % 3.43 4.51 6.79 0
Fugitive emissions from fuels % 0 0 0 0
Industrial processes and product use % 1.7 9.53 0.03 0.52
Agriculture % 44.41 0 3.5 96.84
Waste % 0.07 0.09 0.03 0.1
Figure ZR09-4: Emissions of substances that cause acidification and eutrophication per capita, EU-28 [kg/capita], 2013
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Air pollutant emissions data viewer (LRTAP Convention), European Environment Agency, 2015, Eurostat, 2015

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Ireland Estonia Luxembourg Poland Bulgaria Lithuania Denmark Finland Cyprus Greece
NOx kt acid equivalents 1.72 0.65 0.68 17.35 2.66 1 2.69 3.15 0.35 5.19
SOx kt acid equivalents 0.79 1.14 0.05 26.46 6.06 0.59 0.43 1.48 0.43 4.76
NH3 kt acid equivalents 6.34 0.66 0.27 15.49 1.79 2.38 4.37 2.19 0.28 3.56
emissions of acidifying substances kt acid equivalents 8.85 2.45 1 59.31 10.52 3.97 7.49 6.82 1.06 13.51
country population number 4605501 1315819 549680 38017856 7245677 2943472 5617345 5451270 858000 10926807
emissions per capita kg/capita 1.92 1.86 1.82 1.56 1.45 1.35 1.33 1.25 1.24 1.24
Czech Republic Slovenia France Spain Romania EU-28 Germany Austria Slovakia Croatia
NOx kt acid equivalents 3.94 0.93 21.51 17.66 4.76 177.76 27.59 3.53 1.73 1.21
SOx kt acid equivalents 4.31 0.35 6.84 8.97 6.33 107.18 13.01 0.54 1.66 0.51
NH3 kt acid equivalents 4.03 1.03 42.24 22.31 9.71 226.33 39.46 3.9 1.48 1.98
emissions of acidifying substances kt acid equivalents 12.28 2.31 70.59 48.94 20.8 511.27 80.06 7.96 4.88 3.71
country population number 10512419 2061085 65835579 46512199 19947311 506880616 80767463 8506889 5415949 4246809
emissions per capita kg/capita 1.17 1.12 1.07 1.05 1.04 1.01 0.99 0.94 0.9 0.87
Belgium Hungary Malta Netherlands Latvia United Kingdom Italy Portugal Sweden
NOx kt acid equivalents 4.51 2.62 0.11 5.21 0.74 22.17 17.84 3.51 2.74
SOx kt acid equivalents 1.42 0.92 0.16 0.94 0.05 12.29 4.53 1.32 0.84
NH3 kt acid equivalents 3.66 4.78 0.09 7.87 0.87 15.96 23.66 2.89 3.07
emissions of acidifying substances kt acid equivalents 9.6 8.32 0.36 14.01 1.65 50.41 46.03 7.72 6.64
country population number 11203992 9877365 425384 16829289 2001468 64351155 60782668 10427301 9644864
emissions per capita kg/capita 0.86 0.84 0.84 0.83 0.83 0.78 0.76 0.74 0.69
Last modified
12.10.2015
Author(s)

Martina Logar, Slovenian Environment Agency