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3.4 Industrial Combustion Plants
Overview
Industrial Combustion Plants >300MW are not nearly as important for point source emissions as Public Power Plants >300MW. Emissions from the largest emitting Industrial Combustion Plants are only a tenth by size of those produced by the largest Public Power Plants.
The ten largest emitting plants are mainly located in the Czech Republic, Germany (former East and West), Poland, Italy, United Kingdom and Bulgaria (see table 15).
Table 15: The ten largest Industrial Combustion Plants in Europe for SO2 NOx and CO2
| SO 2 | CO 2 | NO x | ||||||
| Country | LPS code | Emission in tonnes | Country | LPS code | Emission in tonnes | Country | LPS code | Emission in ktonnes |
| Germany (f. East) | 16 | 75 856 | Italy | 0068 | 7 411 | Czech Republic | 20 | 25 160 |
| Italy | 0055 | 71 400 | Germany (f. West) | 194 | 7 154 | Slovakia | E02 | 13 830 |
| Czech Republic | 20 | 63 089 | Germany (f. East) | 16 | 6 439 | United Kingdom | 205 | 11 596 |
| Germany (f. East) | 27 | 51 920 | Czech Republic | 18 | 6 433 | Germany (f. West) | 194 | 11 059 |
| Bulgaria | TGOR | 51 345 | Germany (f. West) | 195 | 5 028 | Czech Republic | 18 | 10 572 |
| Germany (f. East) | 41 | 45 848 | Poland | 2705 | 3 623 | Poland | 2705 | 9 644 |
| Germany (f. East) | 120 | 44 880 | Czech Republic | 20 | 3 572 | Germany (f. East) | 16 | 9 504 |
| Germany (f. East) | 44 | 40 656 | Germany (f. East) | 27 | 3 160 | Poland | 8501 | 8 159 |
| Poland | 6101 | 40 107 | Italy | 0055 | 3 131 | Bulgaria | TGOR | 7 875 |
| Germany (f. East) | 45 | 36 256 | Czech Republic | 17 | 2 972 | Poland | 3503 | 7 814 |
| Others | 1 260 364 | Others | 129 954 | Others | 315 273 | |||
| Total Industrial Combustion Plants | 1 781 721 | Total Industrial Combustion Plants | 178 877 | Total Industrial Combustion Plants | 430 486 | |||
SO2
The 212 Industrial Combustion Plants are responsible for 1.8 million tonnes of SO2, which is 9% of the total LPS emission (see table 16 and map 4).
Figure 9: The top 100 SO2 emitting Industrial Comb. Plants in Europe
Table 16: The ten largest SO
2
emitting Industrial Combustion Plants in Europe
| Rank | Country | LPS code | Emission in tonnes | Thermal capacity in MW th | Main fuel | Region |
| 1 | Germany (f. East) | 16 | 75 856 | 4 278 | Not Reported | Spremberg |
| 2 | Italy | 0055 | 71 400 | 1 000 | Petroleum coke | Caltanissetta |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 20 | 63 089 | 1 498 | Brown coal/lignite | Confidential |
| 4 | Germany (f. East) | 27 | 51 920 | 1 962 | Not reported | Borna |
| 5 | Bulgaria | TGOR | 51 345 | 342 | Sub-bituminous | BG/Livetch |
| 6 | Germany (f. East) | 41 | 45 848 | 1 108 | Not reported | Merseburg |
| 7 | Germany (f. East) | 120 | 44 880 | 300 | Not reported | Borna |
| 8 | Germany (f. East) | 44 | 40 656 | 504 | Not reported | Merseburg |
| 9 | Poland | 6101 | 40 107 | 2 008 | Residual oil | Confidential |
| 10 | Germany (f. East) | 45 | 36 256 | 450 | Not reported | Merseburg |
| Others | 1 260 364 | |||||
| Total | 1 781 721 |
Former East Germany is dominating the picture for the biggest SO2 emitting Industrial Combustion Plants in Europe.
The LPS located in the EU countries are reported as subject to the LCP directive.
CO2
The 212 Industrial Combustion Plants are responsible for 0.2 billion tonnes of CO2, that is 10% of the total LPS emission (see table 17 and map 5).
Figure 10: The top 100 CO2 emitting Industrial Comb. Plants in Europe
Table 17: The ten largest CO
2
emitting Industrial Combustion Plants in Europe
| Rank | Country | LPS code | Emission in tonnes | Thermal capacity in MW th | Main fuel | Region |
| 1 | Italy | 0068 | 7 411 | 2 410 | Blast furnace gas | Taranto |
| 2 | Germany (f. West) | 194 | 7 154 | 2 556 | Not reported | Saarbruecken, Stadtverb |
| 3 | Germany (f. East) | 16 | 6 439 | 4 278 | Not reported | Spremberg |
| 4 | Czech Republic | 18 | 6 433 | 910 | Blast furnace gas | Confidential |
| 5 | Germany (f. West) | 195 | 5 028 | 1 479 | Not reported | Saarbruecken, Stadtverb |
| 6 | Poland | 2705 | 3 623 | 2 706 | Blast furnace gas | Confidential |
| 7 | Czech Republic | 20 | 3 572 | 1 498 | Not reported | Confidential |
| 8 | Germany (f. East) | 27 | 3 160 | 1 962 | Not reported | Borna |
| 9 | Italy | 0055 | 3 131 | 1 000 | Petroleum coke | Caltanissetta |
| 10 | Czech Republic | 17 | 2 972 | 740 | Blast furnace gas | Confidential |
| Others | 129 954 | |||||
| Total | 178 877 |
NOx
The 212 Industrial Combustion Plants are responsible for 0.4 million tonnes of NOx, representing 9% of the total LPS emission of NOx (see table 18 and map 6).
Figure 11: The top 100 NOx emitting Industrial Comb. Plants in Europe
Table 18: The ten largest NOx emitting Industrial Combustion Plants in Europe
| Rank | Country | LPS code | Emis-sion in tonnes | Thermal capacity in MW th | Main fuel | Region |
| 1 | Czech Republic | 20 | 25 160 | 1 498 | Brown coal/lignite | Confidential |
| 2 | Slovakia | E02 | 13 830 | 3 411 | Coking coal | Kosice-mesto |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 205 | 11 596 | 1 149 | Not reported | Northumberland |
| 4 | Germany (f. West) | 194 | 11 059 | 2 556 | Not reported | Saarbruecken, Sadtverb. |
| 5 | Czech Republic | 18 | 10 572 | 910 | Coking coal | Confidential |
| 6 | Poland | 2705 | 9 644 | 2 706 | Blast furnace gas | Confidential |
| 7 | Germany (f. East) | 16 | 9 504 | 4 278 | Not reported | Spremberg |
| 8 | Poland | 8501 | 8 159 | 203 | Sub-bituminous | Confidential |
| 9 | Bulgaria | TGOR | 7 875 | 342 | Sub-bituminous | BG/Lovetch |
| 10 | Poland | 3503 | 7 814 | 1 255 | Sub-bituminous | Confidential |
| Others | 315 273 | |||||
| Total | 430 486 |
It is worth noting that the six largest LPS with respect to CO
2
emissions are not among the top ten LPS with respect to SO
2
emissions. Only one LPS is present among the top ten for all three pollutants (SO
2
, CO
2
and NO
x
). This indicates that there are significant differences between the various plants which might be due to different fuels characteristics and different level of control measures.
Map 4: The ten largest SO2 - emitting Industrial Combustion Plants in Europe 1990
Map 5: The ten largest CO2 - emitting Industrial Combustion Plants in Europe 1990
Map 6: The ten largest NOX - emitting Industrial Combustion Plants in Europe 1990
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