Social (External) Costs of NOx, SO2 and CO2 Emissions from Energy Sector (Power Plants) in Iran

Subject Areas : environmental management

Nastaran  Rahimi ¹ (Head of Power and Energy Environmental and Social Standards Group, Power and Energy Standards Bureau, Deputy for Power and Energy Affairs, Ministry of Energy)
Narges  Kargari ² (Senior Expert of Power and Energy Environmental and Social Standards Group, Power and Energy Standards Bureau, Deputy for Power and Energy Affairs, Ministry of Energy)
Hassan  Samadyar ³ (Senior Expert of Power and Energy Environmental and Social Standards Group, Power and Energy Standards Bureau, Deputy for Power and Energy Affairs, Ministry of Energy)
Mohamman  Nikkhah Monfared ⁴ (Senior Expert of Power and Energy Environmental and Social Standards Group, Power and Energy Standards Bureau, Deputy for Power and Energy Affairs, Ministry of Energy)

Received: 2009-05-15 Accepted : 2009-07-18 Published : 2014-09-23

Keywords: Social (External) Costs, Power Plants, SO2, NOx, CO2,

Abstract :

In this research social (external) cost of NOx, SO2 and CO2 emissions from energy sector (powerplants) in Iran were estimated. For the first time, we used benefit transfer method and by adjustinginternational coefficients of social costs, these costs estimated for each kind of power plants (includingsteam, gaseous, and combined cycle). Different scenarios in this research are consisting of carbontrading, life statistical indexes, etc. At first level we survey 5 selected power plants (for case study) inIran and then the results generalized to all power plants.Social (external) costs for 3 above mentioned gases; each type of power plants and for one kilowatthours of electricity was estimated. The range of social (external) cost for each Kwh of electricity is690 to 1330 Rials. The results define that average social (external) cost per kilowatt hours is about1330 Rials.

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