annexure-h_eskoms-response-to-deas-additonal-information-request-in-terms-of-the-postponement-applications_camden-power-station-4cfac5ed4422baee.pdf

This document is a response from Eskom to the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) regarding a request for additional information on the postponement application for the Camden Power Station to comply with Minimum Emission Standards (MES). Eskom states that the station will not comply with 'new plant' standards for particulate matter (PM), sulfur dioxide (SO2), or nitrogen oxides (NOx) before its expected decommissioning between 2020 and 2023.

• Eskom does not plan to upgrade the Camden Power Station to meet 'new plant' emission limits for PM, NOx, or SO2, as the facility is expected to be decommissioned between 2020 and 2023 based on its 50-year life plan. The actual decommissioning date depends on the availability of sufficient generating capacity to meet national electricity demand.
• Camden Power Station is already equipped with fabric filter plants on all units, making significant further reductions in PM emissions impossible. While average PM emissions from April 2013 to March 2014 were approximately 16 mg/Nm³, Eskom requested leniency from the new plant emission limit because consistent achievement of these levels is problematic due to the station's age (first unit commissioned in 1967).
• Ambient air quality monitoring at the Camden station shows compliance with SO2 and NOx standards, although hourly SO2 limits were exceeded 34 times in 2010, 25 times in 2011, and 34 times in 2012. However, there is non-compliance with ambient PM10 standards, with 24-hour limit exceedances reaching 34 in 2010, 25 in 2011, and 34 in 2012, particularly between May and September.
• PM2.5 concentrations are not monitored at the Camden ambient monitoring station, and there is insufficient data on particle size distribution to model the impact of PM2.5 emissions. Eskom asserts that particulate emissions from the Camden Power Station contribute only a very small amount to total ambient particulate levels and that further reductions would not meaningfully improve ambient PM levels.

APA

Centre for Environmental Rights (n.d.). annexure-h_eskoms-response-to-deas-additonal-information-request-in-terms-of-the-postponement-applications_camden-power-station-4cfac5ed4422baee.pdf. https://cer.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Annexure-H_Eskoms-response-to-DEAs-additonal-information-request-in-terms-of-the-postponement-applications_Camden-Power-Station.pdf?x21779

Chicago

Centre for Environmental Rights. annexure-h_eskoms-response-to-deas-additonal-information-request-in-terms-of-the-postponement-applications_camden-power-station-4cfac5ed4422baee.pdf. n.d. https://cer.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Annexure-H_Eskoms-response-to-DEAs-additonal-information-request-in-terms-of-the-postponement-applications_Camden-Power-Station.pdf?x21779.

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BibTeX

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