Sensitivity of the environmental costs of air pollution caused by SOx, NOx, and PM from power plants applied to the power mix configuration in South Korea

Abstract

In the 6th Basic Plan for Long-Term Electricity Supply and Demand (6th BPE) for Korea, for the first time, the environmental costs of air pollution caused by oxides of sulfur (SOx), oxides of nitrogen (NOx), and particulate matters (PM) from power plants were estimated and included.

Monetising Air Pollution Benefits of Clean Energy Requires Locally Specific Information

“…These approaches have been applied in many regions of varying size with energy systems of varying complexity including: global assessments based on coarse resolution CTM and coarse emissions of global emissions reduction from energy and other sources [22]; regional assessments in Europe [21] using emissions from the Global Energy Assessment, China using global energy demand modelling and local multi-scale emissions estimates coupled with a CTM [23], and the USA using regional emissions models, CTM and impact assessment focussed on benefits from energy efficiency measures on summertime air quality [24]. Where these impacts are monetised, their values vary from global and regional estimates of 31USD/MWh (USA, [24]), 43USD/MWh (Chile, [27]), 16-44EUR/MWh (Greece, [28]), 28USD/MWh (South Korea, [29]).…”