Energy Use, Final Demand, 2001

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Energy Use, Final Demand, 2001
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Electricity Use
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Decreasing Renewable Energy - NS Power Generating
Capacity
1979
2003
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Impacts

• Wide variety of impacts, a number of which could
  not be assessed
• Nova Scotia continues to be a high per capita
  emitter of all common air pollutants, mercury,
  and GHG
• Why? The use of
• Coal
• Wood

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Damage Costs of Energy, 2000
Pollutant Emissions (tonnes) Low Estimate Low Estimate
C2000/tonne Damage Costs
CO 52,782 2 105,560
TPM 14,467 2,120 30,670,040
SOx 146,621 1,380 202,336,980
NOx 30,547 1,410 43,071,270
VOCs 11,474 2,000 22,948,000
Hg 0.267 8,180,400 2,184,160
GHG 13,750,000 23 316,250,000
Total 617,566,000
Per Capita 661
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RecommendationIncrease Renewable Energy

• Electricity from renewables wind, biomass
• Passive and active solar energy in residential
  and commercial sectors
• Research geothermal, tidal, and other sources

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Recommendation Decrease Demand Through
Conservation and Efficiency

• Electricity increase the use of combined heat
  and power and distributed generation
• Equipment/appliances and buildings adopt the
  highest standards and develop incentives and
  programs to replace existing equipment and
  renovate older buildings
• Education
• Comprehensive fuel poverty strategy

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Other Recommendations - Cleanup Production, Use
Full-Cost Accounting

• Coal will continue to be a major source of
  electricity for some time therefore need
  pollution abatement technology and cleaner
  sources of coal
• Apply full-cost accounting to major energy
  decisions
• Standards for wood burning devices
• Improved data collection and increased
  transparency

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Nova Scotia Power Fuel Mix
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