3.4 Industrial Combustion Plants

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CORINAIR 1990 - Summary Report 3 - Large Point Sources

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 NO_x and CO₂

SO₂			CO₂			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}

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Table 16: The ten largest SO₂ 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

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Table 17: The ten largest CO₂ 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

NO_x

The 212 Industrial Combustion Plants are responsible for 0.4 million tonnes of NOx, representing 9% of the total LPS emission of NO_x (see table 18 and map 6).

Figure 11: The top 100 NO_x emitting Industrial Comb. Plants in Europe

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Table 18: The ten largest NO_x 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 CO₂ emissions are not among the top ten LPS with respect to SO₂ emissions. Only one LPS is present among the top ten for all three pollutants (SO₂, CO₂ 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

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