Reducing mercury emissions from the coal combustion sector in Indonesia

ABSTRACT

Indonesia ratified the Minamata Convention on Mercury in September 2017 and must now take action to comply with the aims of the Convention. For the coal sector, this means producing an inventory of mercury emissions which must be maintained in order to evaluate the progress of the sector towards achieving emission reduction goals. In addition, stakeholders must evaluate mercury emissions from the coal combustion sector to determine the most cost-effective and appropriate means to reduce mercury.
This report covers Phase 1 of the project which assists the Indonesian government in the development of a national inventory of emissions from the coal utility sector. A dataset of all coal-fired units in Indonesia has been created and plant specific data used to estimate mercury releases from each coal-fired utility unit on a g/GWh basis. Estimates for total mercury emissions for each unit both annually and over the remaining operational lifetime of the plant were calculated. Plants were then ranked according to their mercury emissions and the potential for significant mercury reduction.
Three top-ranking plants were selected for further investigation, to take place in Phase 2 of the project.

Title

Reducing mercury emissions from the coal sector in Indonesia

Report Author(s)

Dr Lesley Sloss, Paul Baruya, Dr Malgorzata Wiatros-Motyka, Toby Lockwood

Report Number

USDOS

ISBN

Publication date

29 January 2021

Pages

74

Figures

30

Tables

9