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Air quality impact assessment, Maria Gleta Power Plant, Benin. NILU OR
Concentrations of air pollutants from the 50MW Jacobsen Electro power plant in Benin has been estimated using two different dispersion models. SO2 emissions from the power plant operated with heavy fuel oil has proven to be the most critical option compared to national and international limit values. The SO2 concentrations will never exceed more than 37% of the national air quality limit values. For all other options, such as light fuel oil and gas, the concentrations will be less. Also the impact of NOx and PM10 will be relative to the limit values be less than for SO2. The CO2 emissions will represent less than 10 % of the national greenhouse gas emissions in Benin.
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EAD air quality monitoring network. Site survay for 10 new stations. NILU OR
Recommendations for additional monitoring stations in Abu Dhabi have been based on monitoring criteria and the objectives for measurements. It has been stressed that measurements have to be performed based on a number of permanent air quality stations. Also the meteorological measurements have to be co-ordinated with the permanent stations.
Based on the evaluations performed in Abu Dhabi, we have proposed three sites which should be developed and started immediately (1-3). Another three areas have been indicated for future and further evaluations. However, we believe that there will be a need in the near future also for measurements in these areas.
2011
NILU has carried out a monitoring program regarding meteorology and air quality in Sauda during the periode 01.10.2010-31.03.2011. Filters have been investigated regarding several metallic compounds.
2011
The nikkel smelters in NW Russia close to the Norwegian border emits large quantities of sulphur dioxide (SO2) and heavy metals. These emissions lead to enhanced concentrations of environmental pollutants in the border areas, also at the Norwegian side of the border. This report is part of the national environmental monitoring program and includes air quality monitoring, precipitation chemistry and meteorology.
2011
Abu Dhabi traffic emissions inventory 2009. NILU OR
This report is part of a larger emissions inventory for the emirate of Abu Dhabi, which consists of industrial and traffic sources. Traffic emissions in Abu Dhabi are a major contributor to air emissions due to the large and inefficient cars used by most of the population, coupled with the high mileages drive annually. The report presents the results of the necessary data collected pertaining to traffic within the emirate.
A bottom-up approach was used for accumulating the total emissions attributed to transport, whereby the mileages, travel conditions, and age of the vehicles were taken into account and modelled. A gap analysis is presented in order to clarify the assumptions made during the modelling, and where the future updates to the emission inventory would benefit the most in terms of data collection.
2011
E136 Breivika - Lerstad, Ålesund county. Evaluating air quality around openings of tunnels. NILU OR
Dispersion calculations regarding the tunnel connections along E136 Breivika - Lerstad, Ålesund county. Maximum concentrations and dispersion distances have been calculated.
2011
The application of models under the European Union's Air Quality Directive: A technical reference guide. EEA Technical Report, 10/2011
2011
Contaminants in fish from Etnefjord, Norway. NILU OR
1,2,5,6,9,10-hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD) is one of the most frequently used brominated flame retardants (BFR) and is considered as an emerging environmental pollutant. Recently, high levels of HBCDD were reported in five different fish species from Etnefjord, which is a branch of the Hardangerfjord at the southwest coast of Norway. This report raised some serious concerns and the Norwegian Climate and Pollution Agency (Klif) therefore initiated a survey of HBCDD in cod and flounder from Etnefjorden in order to confirm the findings. In addition to HBCDD, the levels of other environmental pollutants were analyzed in the fish, namely polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH), dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), mercury (Mg), lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd) and arsenic (As). The fish muscle filet and livers were prepared and analyzed using recognized and previously published methods. The levels of HBCDD in the fish were low, representing expected background concentrations. HBCDD was only detected in the cod livers with concentrations ranging 0.3-5.7 ng/g wet weight, corresponding to 1.3-8.2 ng/g on a lipid weight basis. Previously, it was reported a level of 30 000 ng/g lipid weight in cod filet, which is, as far as we know, the highest HBCDD concentration ever reported in cod. Our study could, therefore, not confirm the recent findings that showed high HBCDD concentrations in fish from the Etnefjord area. Also, the levels of the other pollutants were low. For example, the concentrations of DDT, PCB, HCH and Hg can, according to Klifs system for classification of environmental state, be regarded as background levels (class 1, slightly/negligible polluted). In conclusion, there are no recons to believe that cod and flounder in Etnefjorden is exposed to considerable amount of environmental pollutants, neither of HBCDD nor other contaminants. Only further analysis of sediments from the inner site of the fjord can, however, positively reveal a possible HBCDD source.
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