[Infographics] Status of coal power air pollution

  • DATE : 2021.07.30 15:34
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Among 648 business sites nationwide, 11 coal-fired power plant complexes🏭 are all included in the top 50, the top 8% of air pollutant emissions.

Air pollutants🦠 emissions from all business sites are 205,091,104kg. What will be the air pollution emissions in 2020 from coal power plants, which account for only 1.7% of all operations? 🙋 That's 48,585,077 kg, or 23.6% of total air pollution emissions.*

Coal power plants with high emissions of air pollutants❗️To solve the air pollution problem, the transition to renewable energy must be made quickly🔜‼️

*Source: Korea Environment Corporation