In this paper a simulation model of the West European power plant industry, combined with transboundary source-receptor relationships, is used to determine cost-effective reduction rates for SO3 emissions in any one country so that certain, exogenously given, deposition reduction targets are attained. The overall costs implied by the proposed strategies, and their distribution among countries, are examined and compared to those associated with the traditional emission-standard approach. It is found that the cooperative and flexible strategies considered allow for overall cost savings of up to 60 percent, given the same degree of deposition reduction.
AlcamoJ.BartnickiJ. (1985). “An Approach to Uncertainty of a Long Range Air Pollutant Transport Model”. IIASA Working Paper WP-85-88. Laxenburg. Austria.
2.
EliassenA.SaltbonesJ. (1983). “Modeling of Long-Range Transport of Sulphur over Europe: A Two-Year Run and some Model Experiments”. Atmospheric Environment17.
3.
IEA (1987). “Energy Policies and Programmes”. 1986 Review. Paris.
4.
IIASA (1987). “Regional Acidification Information and Simulation Model”. Version 3.0. Laxenburg, Austria.
5.
LehmhausJ.SaltbonesJ.EliassenA. (1986). “A Modified Sulphur Budget for Europe for 1980”. EMEP/MSC-WReport 1/86. Oslo, Norway; Norwegian Meteorological Institute.
SchärerB.HaugN. (1987). “The Cost of Flue Gas Desulphurization and Denitrification in the Federal Republic of Germany”. Economic Bulletin for Europe39.
von WeizsäckerC. C.WelschH. (1988). “Alternative Umweltstrategien fur die europäische Elcktrizitätswirt-schaft: Zur Kontrolle grenzüberschreitender externer Effekte von SO2-Emissioncn”, in SiebertH. (ed.). Umweltschutz Jür Luft und Wasser. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York.
10.
WelschH. (1988). “Regulatory Strategics to Control Trans-boundary Sulphur Dioxide Pollution: A Cost Comparison for the West European Power Plant Sector”. Institute of Energy Economics, University of Cologne.
