arnot-additional-information-453d2e34c428bec3.pdf

This document is a formal response from Eskom to the South African Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) regarding an application to postpone compliance with Minimum Emission Standards (MES) for the Arnot Power Station. It provides specific stack emission limits, outlines Eskom's lack of plans to upgrade the station for certain pollutants, and presents ambient air quality monitoring data from the Hendrina station.

• Arnot Power Station's stack emission limits for normal operating conditions include a particulate matter (PM) limit of 75 mg/Nm³ by 1 April 2015 and 50 mg/Nm³ by 4 April 2020; a sulfur dioxide (SO₂) limit of 3500 mg/Nm³ by 1 April 2015 and 500 mg/Nm³ by 4 April 2020; and a nitrogen oxide (NOx) limit of 1100 mg/Nm³ by 1 April 2015 and 750 mg/Nm³ by 1 April 2020.
• Eskom does not intend to upgrade Arnot Power Station to meet the 'new plant' emission limits for SO₂ or the old and new plant limits for NOx. The station, commissioned in 1979, is projected for decommissioning between 2031 and 2035 based on a 60-year life plan, though this depends on national electricity demand.
• Monitoring at the Hendrina station showed that ambient SO₂ and NO₂ concentrations were generally in compliance with South African standards in 2011 and 2012. Specifically, no 24-hour average limit exceedances for SO₂ were recorded in those years, and only two 1-hour limit exceedances for SO₂ occurred in 2012.
• Ambient particulate matter (PM) levels at the Hendrina monitoring station were in non-compliance with standards, with 60 exceedances of the 24-hour limit in 2011 and 70 in 2012, primarily occurring between April and August.
• Eskom asserts that Arnot's particulate emissions contribute very little to total ambient levels and that further reductions would not be meaningful. Arnot emits approximately 2,990 tons of particulates per annum, which is less than Camden's 4,164 tons per annum, and Arnot's stacks are higher (195 metres compared to Camden's 155 metres).
• For the financial year from April 2013 to March 2014, average particulate emissions from Arnot's North Stack were approximately 20 mg/Nm³ and from the South Stack were approximately 32 mg/Nm³.

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@misc{centreforenvironmentalrightsndarnotadditionalinformation453d2e34c428bec3pdf, author = {{Centre for Environmental Rights}}, title = {{arnot-additional-information-453d2e34c428bec3.pdf}}, publisher = {Centre for Environmental Rights}, url = {https://cer.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Arnot-Additional-Information.pdf?x21779}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }