The impacts of commissioning coal-fired power stations on air quality in South Africa: insights from ambient monitoring stations

Q3 Environmental Science

Clean Air Journal Pub Date : 2020-10-22 DOI:10.17159/caj/2020/30/2.8833

Itumeleng P. Morosele, Kristy E. Langerman

引用次数: 5

Abstract

Introduction Coal is the major source of electricity in South Africa, generating 85.7% of the country’s power in 2016 (StatsSA, 2018). Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd (hereafter referred to as Eskom) generates more than 90% of South Africa’s electricity and approximately 40% of Africa’s electricity (Eskom, 2019). Coal-fired power station emissions have been flagged for their impact on ambient air quality and associated health issues (Xue et al., 2005; Keen and Altieri, 2016a; Keen and Altieri, 2016b; Holland, 2017; Mannucci and Franchini, 2017; Wright et al., 2017; Langerman and Pauw, 2018; Gray, 2019).

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试运行燃煤发电站对南非空气质量的影响：来自环境监测站的见解

煤炭是南非的主要电力来源，2016年占该国电力的85.7% (StatsSA, 2018)。Eskom控股SOC有限公司(以下简称Eskom)生产南非90%以上的电力，约占非洲电力的40% (Eskom, 2019)。燃煤电厂的排放已被标记为对环境空气质量和相关健康问题的影响(Xue等人，2005年;Keen and Altieri, 2016;Keen and Altieri, 2016;荷兰,2017;Mannucci and Franchini, 2017;Wright et al.， 2017;Langerman and Pauw, 2018;灰色,2019)。

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Clean Air Journal Environmental Science-Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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1.80

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审稿时长

8 weeks

期刊介绍： Clean Air Journal is the official publication of the National Association for Clean Air, a not-for-profit organisation. Clean Air Journal is a peer-reviewed journal for those interested in air quality, air quality management, and the impacts of air pollution relevant to Africa. The focus of the journal includes, but is not limited to: Impacts of human activities and natural processes on ambient air quality Air quality and climate change linkages Air pollution mitigation technologies and applications Matters of public policy regarding air quality management Measurement and analysis of ambient and indoor air pollution Atmospheric modelling application and development Atmospheric emissions Other topics on atmospheric physics or chemistry with particular relevance to Africa The scope of the journal is broad, but the core theme of the journal is air quality in Africa.