External costs of electricity production: case study Croatia

Incorporating life cycle external cost in optimization of the electricity generation mix

“…In the work of Owen (2006), the conclusion was that if the estimates of damage costs resulting from fossil fuel electricity generation were internalized into the price of the resulting output of electricity, a number of renewable technologies (specifically wind and some applications of biomass) could be financially competitive with generation from coal plants. The issue of internalizing the external costs of generating electricity has been examined in several cases in the country level, such as in the case of Croatia (Bozicevic Vrhovcak et al, 2005) and Poland (Kudelko, 2006). In the latter case, heat generation was also included in the analysis.…”

Comparative Review of Croatian and Indian Air Pollution Studies With Emphasis on Pollutants Derived by Coal Combustion

“…Systematic radioactive measurements prior to and following the remedial activities showed that the ash and slag waste was well monitored, and that the calculated absorbed dose rate signifi cantly dropped in the latter case. Moreover, papers addressing damage to human health resulting from the annual operation of eight Croatian thermal power plants were also published (Božičević Vrhovčak et al, 2005;Strijov et al, 2011). In 1997 the Croatian government has prescribed the limit values on airborne emissions stemming from stationary sources (Offi cial Gazette, 1997), as presented in Table 1.…”

“…In 1997 the Croatian government has prescribed the limit values on airborne emissions stemming from stationary sources (Offi cial Gazette, 1997), as presented in Table 1. According to Božičević Vrhovčak et al (2005), the majority of Croatian thermal power plants did not satisfy the requirements of the by-law ten years ago. Nećak and Barbalić (2009) extensively elaborated air-quality legislation in Croatia.…”

“…The most notable health endopoints were associated with chronic cough and chronic bronchitis for children, and chronic mortality. Božičević Vrhovčak et al (2005) also determined that the second largest annual (year 2000) total costs (6,480,000 USD) of human health degradation were caused by the Plomin block B.…”

“…33-44 © The Author(s), DOI: 10.17794/rgn.2017.1.5 2003). Regarding the coal-fi red power plant Plomin, although the sulphur emissions have dropped signifi cantly with the new block B since 2000, Božičević Vrhovčak et al (2005 noted that the highest annual SO 2 emission still originates from the block B (7015 tons, or 5007 mg/ kWh). Furthermore, the authors investigated damages to human health resulting from the Croatian thermal power plants' annual operation.…”