| | Costs and environmental effectiveness of options for reducing |
| | 1,35 | | MB | mercury emissions to air from smallscale combustion |
| | 122 | | stron | installations |
| | 2697 | | ID | AEA Technology Environment |
| | 2006 | | rok |
| | Contents |
| | 1 INTRODUCTION 1 |
| | 2 POLICY CONTEXT 3 |
| | 3 STUDY OBJECTIVES 5 |
| | 4 DEVELOPING ESTIMATES OF MERCURY EMISSIONS FROM SCI |
| | SOURCES 7 |
| | 4.1 Scope of the inventory 7 |
| | 4.2 Approach to inventory compilation 7 |
| | 4.3 Emission factors review 14 |
| | 4.4 Inventory estimates 21 |
| | 4.5 Emission estimate Uncertainty 30 |
| | 4.6 Key inventory findings and recommendations 32 |
| | 5 ABATEMENT OPTIONS 35 |
| | 5.1 Developing cost-effectiveness analysis 35 |
| | 5.2 Preventative measures 37 |
| | 5.3 Technical abatement options 43 |
| | 5.4 Summary of abatement options 51 |
| | 5.5 Recommendations 52 |
| | 6 POLICY MEASURES FOR MERCURY EMISSION REDUCTION 53 |
| | 6.1 Current measures for targeting mercury emission reduction 53 |
| | 6.2 Additional measures for further reducing mercury emissions 59 |
| | 7 COST-EFFECTIVE ANALYSIS OF MERCURY REDUCTION |
| | SCENARIOS 61 |
| | 7.1 Baseline scenario 62 |
| | 7.2 Scenario 1: measures already proposed for future air quality policy 62 |
| | 7.3 Scenario 2: Mercury specific instruments 66 |
| | 8 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 71 |
| | 8.1 Study conclusions 71 |
| | 8.2 Recommendations 73 |
| | APPENDICES 80 |
| | Appendix 1 Detailed information on mercury content of fuels, and emission factors 80 |
| | Appendix 2 Stakeholder questionaire and summary of responses 104 |