Omkostningsopgørelse for miljøeksternaliteter i forbindelse med energiproduktion

The purpose is to assess the environmental external effects in the production of energy. The project has been carried out in collaboration between Risø National Laboratory and the Technical University of Denmark. This report compares environmental externalities in the production of energy using renewable and non-renewable energy sources, respectively.

The comparison is demonstrated on two specific case studies. The first case is: the production of electricity based on wind power plants as compared to the production of electricity based on a coal-fired conventional plant. In the second case heat/power generation by means of a combined heat and power plant based on biomass-generated gas is compared to that of a combined heat and power plant fuelled by natural gas.

In the report the individual externalities from the different ways of producing energy are identified, the stress caused by the effect is assessed, and finally the monetary value of the damage is estimated. This method is applied to the local as well as regional and global externalities. (au) (70 tabs., 41 ills., 153 refs.).