Costs, Sulfur Emissions and Deposition of the EC Directive on Large Combustion Plants

Cesar, H. & Klaassen, G. (1990). Costs, Sulfur Emissions and Deposition of the EC Directive on Large Combustion Plants. IIASA Working Paper. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: WP-90-006

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Abstract

The European Community (EC) has agreed upon a Directive to reduce acidifying emissions from large combustion installations. This policy sets emissions standards for new plants and requires an overall reduction in emissions from existing ones. As a result sulfur dioxide emissions in the EC will be reduced by an additional 15% over national legislation. The annual costs of the Directive are estimated at DM 9.2 billion, DM 3.1 billion more than the present national legislation. The area exposed to a sulfur deposition higher than 1 gram will decrease. However, the same emission reductions could have been reached with only DM 6.3 billion of annual costs.

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