Inventory improvement activities & reporting for
Ireland
Paul Duffy
EPA structure
A full-time executive board of 5 Directors (Director General and 4 Directors)
Each director is responsible for one office
• Office of Environmental Assessment (OEA)
• Office of Climate, Licensing and Resource Use (OCLR)
• Office of Environmental Enforcement (OEE)
• Office of Communications and Corpoate Services (OCCS)
Office of Climate Licensing and Resource Use (OCLR)
What do we report?
Inventories for NOx, SO2, NMVOC and NH3 under NEC Directive 2001/81/EC for 2001-2005 (and adjusted inventories to account for fuel tourism in road transport)
Inventories for NOx, SO2, NMVOC, NH3, CO, TSP, PM10, PM2.5 for 1990-2005 (and adjusted inventories to account for fuel tourism in road transport) under CLRTAP
Inventories for 3 priority metals Pb, Cd and Hg and the six additional heavy metals for 1990-2005
Inventories for Annex III POPs; Dioxins, PAHs and HCB for 2002-2005
What do we report (2)?
Gridded data for NOx, SO2, NMVOC, NH3, CO, TSP, PM10, PM2.5, Pb, Cd, Hg and Annex III POPs for 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2005
LPS data for NOx, SO2, NMVOC, CO, TSP, PM10, PM2.5, Pb, Cd, and Hg for 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2005
Inventories for NOx, SO2 and Dust under the Large Combustion Plant Directive 2001/80/EC for 1990-2005
NMVOC 1990-2005 NEC
Trends in NMVOC Emissions
0
20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
120,000
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Tonn
es N
MVOC
Power Stations Residential & Commercial IndustrialAgriculture & Forestry Transport OtherFugitive and Solvents NEC Target
55 kilotonnes
Ammonia 1990-2005 NEC
Trends in NH3 Emissions
0
20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
120,000
140,000
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Tonn
es N
H3
Dairy Cattle Other Cattle Other Livestock Direct Soils Road Transport NEC Target
116 kilotonnes
Sulphur dioxide 1990-2005 NEC
Trends in SO2 Emissions
0
50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Tonn
es S
O2
Power Stations Residential & Commercial Industrial Agriculture & Forestry
Transport Other NEC Target
42 kilotonnes
Nitrogen oxides 1990-2005 NEC
Trends in NOx Emissions
0
20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
120,000
140,000
160,000
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Tonn
es N
Ox
Power Stations Residential & Commercial Industrial Agriculture & Forestry
Transport Other NEC Target
65 kilotonnes
Nitrogen oxides (adjusted for fuel tourism)1990-2005 NEC
Trends in NOx Emissions
0
20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
120,000
140,000
160,000
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Tonn
es N
Ox
Power Stations Residential & Commercial Industrial Agriculture & Forestry
Adjusted Transport Other NEC Target
+4.6 kt +4.2 kt+3.2 kt
+2.5 kt+1.3 kt -0.3 kt -3.4 kt -4.5 kt -9.1 kt -11.0 kt
-12.3 kt-11.9 kt
-10.1 kt-8.9 kt
-9.3 kt -9.4kt
Petrol price comparison Ire/UK
Petrol Road fuel prices €
0.40
0.60
0.80
1.00
1.20
1.40
1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
year
Price
€
Ireland UK/Northern Ireland
- 43 %
+ 32%
+ 18%
Price parity
Diesel price comparison Ire/UK
Diesel Road fuel prices €
0.40
0.60
0.80
1.00
1.20
1.40
1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
year
Price
€
Ireland UK/Northern Ireland
+ 23%
+ 38%
- 34%
Price parity
Estimated road transport fuel tourism
-20.00%
-15.00%
-10.00%
-5.00%
0.00%
5.00%
10.00%
15.00%
20.00%
25.00%
30.00%
1987 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006p% f
uel
to
uri
sm
Petrol Diesel
LCP Directive 1990-2005
Emissions from Large Combustion Plant
0
20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
120,000
140,000
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Ton
nes
SO2 NOx SO2 Ceiling NOX Ceiling
124 kilotonnes
50 kilotonnes
Recent improvements
Estimation of Emissions of NMVOC from SNAP Sector 06: Solvent and other product use (Ireland 1998). Clean Technology Centre, March 2000.
NMVOC Inventory for Ireland, SNAP Sector 06: Solvent and other product use 2000 to 2004. Clean Technology Centre and AEA Technology- NETCEN, November 2005.
Ireland, Heavy Metal Inventories 1990, 1995-2004. Clean Technology Centre and NETCEN, February 2006.
National Atmospheric Inventory System (NAIS)• Establish The Institutional, Legal and Procedural Arrangements Necessary To
Compile Consistent and Transparent National Inventories of Emissions to the
Atmosphere (Government Decision on 3rd April 2007)
Recent improvements (2)
New Tier 2 Ammonia methodology for agriculture (B.Hyde modified Misselbrook model, 2005)
New expanded national energy balance from SEI (final balance available in October each year)
EPA inventory team have a new QA\QC system (for ALL inventories; GHGs, HMs, Acid gases)
Additional resources for Projections (new staff)
Future improvements
Inventories of Persistent Organic Pollutants 1990, 1995-2006 (PCDD/ PCDF, HCB and PAHs) (recent call for tender, report due by Feb. 2008)
Use COPERT 4 for the next reporting round 1990-2006 (for NEC and CLRTAP)
Inventories of NMVOC emissions?? NH3 emission research results (2-3 years)
COPERT 4 v COPERT 3 for nitrogen oxides
Road Transport NOx
0
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
70,000
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
kilo
tonn
es N
Ox
COPERT 4 COPERT 3
average 5.6 % higher average 11 % higher
Revision of the National Programme for Ireland
Under Article 6(3) of Directive 2001/81/EC Finalised in August 2007 http://www.environ.ie/en/Publications/Environment/Atmosphere/
NOx projections “with” measures
NOx "with" measures
0
20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
120,000
140,000
160,000
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Tonn
es N
Ox
Powergen Residential Comm/Instit Agriculture Gas Transport Industry
Road Transport Aviation Rail Navigation NEC Target
98,400 tonnes
+ 33.4 kt
NOx projections “with additional” measures
NOx "with additional" measures
0
20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
120,000
140,000
160,000
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Tonn
es N
Ox
Powergen Residential Comm/Instit Agriculture Gas Transport Industry
Road Transport Aviation Rail Navigation NEC Target
92,800 tonnes
+ 27.8 kt
SO2 projections “with” measures
SO2 "with" measures
0
20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
120,000
140,000
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Tonn
es S
O2
Powergen Residential Comm/Instit Agriculture Gas Transport Industry
Road Transport Aviation Rail Navigation NEC Target
33,000 tonnes
- 9.0 kt
NMVOC projections “with” measures
NMVOC "with" measures
010,00020,00030,00040,00050,00060,00070,00080,00090,000
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Tonn
es N
MVO
C
Powergen Residential Comm/Instit Agriculture Gas Transport Industry
Road Transport Aviation Rail Navigation Solvent Use NEC Target
54,988 tonnes
NOx projections “with additional” measures
NH3 "with" measures
0
20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
120,000
140,000
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Tonn
es N
H3
Agriculture Road Transport NEC Target
101,500 tonnes
-14.5 kt