Emissions of SO2 and NOx from
Large Combustion Plants in Scotland
|
Year
|
Parameter
|
Electricity
Supply
Industry
|
Refinery
|
Other
Industry
|
Total
|
|
1996
|
SO2
|
99.1
|
11.3
|
3.8
|
114.2
|
|
NOx
|
44.7
|
2.9
|
1.5
|
49.1
|
|
1997
|
SO2
|
90.5
|
14.2
|
3.0
|
107.7
|
|
NOx
|
38.9
|
3.4
|
2.1
|
44.4
|
|
1998
|
SO2
|
77.0
|
10.0
|
2.2
|
89.2
|
|
NOx
|
38.3
|
6.0
|
1.3
|
45.6
|
|
1999
|
SO2
|
67.0
|
9.4
|
2.5
|
78.9
|
|
NOx
|
36.9
|
3.6
|
1.8
|
42.3
|
|
2000
|
SO2
|
93.2
|
6.0
|
2.3
|
101.5
|
|
NOx
|
43.3
|
2.9
|
3.4
|
49.5
|
|
2001
|
SO2
|
92.2
|
4.1
|
1.1
|
97.4
|
|
NOx
|
37.9
|
2.3
|
1.1
|
41.3
|
|
2002
|
SO2
|
87.7
|
2.7
|
1.3
|
91.7
|
|
NOx
|
35.2
|
2.0
|
1.8
|
39
|
|
2003
|
SO2
|
76.5
|
3.2
|
0.7
|
80.5
|
|
NOx
|
35.7
|
2.2
|
1.6
|
39.5
|
|
2004
|
SO2
|
61.8
|
1.9
|
1.1
|
64.8
|
|
NOx
|
32.2
|
2.1
|
1.7
|
36.0
|
|
2005
|
SO2
|
49.2
|
1.4
|
1.5
|
52.0
|
|
NOx
|
31.4
|
1.9
|
2.7
|
36.0
|
|
Dust
|
1.8
|
0.1
|
0.3
|
2.3
|
|
2006
|
SO2
|
59.0
|
2.5
|
1.7
|
63.3
|
|
NOx
|
45.9
|
2.1
|
2.7
|
50.7
|
|
Dust
|
2.9
|
0.2
|
0.2
|
3.3
|
|
2007
|
SO2
|
47.0
|
2.7
|
2.4
|
52.0
|
|
NOx
|
39.4
|
3.6
|
4.4
|
47.3
|
|
Dust
|
2.5
|
0.2
|
0.2
|
2.9
|
|
2008
|
SO2
|
39.5
|
2.2
|
2.2
|
43.9
|
|
NOx
|
29.1
|
2.1
|
3.9
|
35.1
|
|
Dust
|
0.9
|
0.1
|
0.3
|
1.2 |
|
2009
|
SO2
|
43.0
|
2.07
|
1.71
|
46.8
|
|
NOx
|
24.6
|
1.91
|
3.44
|
30.0
|
|
Dust
|
0.9
|
0.1
|
0.23
|
1.2
|
1. All figures in thousands of tonnes
2. Sulphur Dioxide (SO2), Nitrogen
Oxides (NOx)
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