VPICO Presentation METHANE-To-Go-Europe
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1) Regional SO2 emissions in the Balkan
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SO2 emission hotspot in Serbia and Bosnia-
Herzegovina was recently also observed from
space by TROPOMI and OMI (Fioletov et al., 2020)
The two coal-fired power plants Nikola Tesla
(Serbia) and Tuzla (Bosnia), with no or incomplete
SO2 removal, belong to the ten strongest SO2
emitters in Europe (Chronic Coal Pollution)
According to the World Health Organization, both
countries are among the most polluted ones in
Europe
• Tuzla and surrounding cities are also among the ten
most polluted cities in Europe based on PM2.5
(www.NZZ.ch)
TROPOMI and OMI mean SO2 (April 2018 to March 2019) smoothed by oversampling/pixel
averaging with R=30 km. Black dots indicate SO2 emissions sources. (Fioletov et al., 2020)
TROPOMI
OMI
Tuzla
Nikola Tesla
-0.3 -0.12 -0.06 0 0.06 0.12
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0.5 1.2 DU
Top 10 largest SO2 emitters among power plants in 2016 (Chronic Coal Pollution)
128,000 127,524
tonnes
109,000
tonnes
tonnes 75,410
tonnes
74,900
tonnes
57,100
53,156
tonnes
31,775
tonnes
tonnes
30,061
tonnes
29,947
tonnes
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TROPOMI = TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument;
OMI = Ozone Monitoring Instrument
Kostolac B
Serbia
Ugljevik
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Nikola
Tesla A
Serbia
Kakanj
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Kostolac A
Serbia
Nikola
Tesla B
Serbia
Tuzla
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Bitola
Macedonia
Belchatow
Poland
Maritsa
East 2
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