Power station emissions just below EU ceiling

Joseph ( Joe) Grima

Mar 11th 2010, 14:57

Who believes anythig this Government says anymore?. Chief culprits the PM himself and Tonio Fenech with Austin Gatt bringing up the rear

J Martinelli

Mar 11th 2010, 14:48

Going by blogs, it is easy to figure out that only numbers issued by the Labour Party and affiliated NGOs are accurate!

r cutajar

Mar 11th 2010, 14:39

It is the air that Malta is breathing which is really important and NOT what our politicians are telling us
It seems that trusted international independent organisations are the only bodies can enlighten the Maltese .
Sorry Minister many as this blog clearly shows do NOT beleive in your official statements and statistics perhaps only folks of the same flok in Brussels do -so as to receive the same reaction in kind when their time comes around

JOe VELLa

Mar 11th 2010, 13:10

Who said that this land is not the land of make believe!

Paul Grech

Mar 11th 2010, 12:04

What a coincidence! ... the government knows that to be able to monitor it you need a whole lo of money, so there is no one to contradict the findings. And we keep suffering.

C.Sammut

Mar 11th 2010, 11:27

To Anthony Borg - is this an official statement like the one we had when the new power station was meant to replace the Marsa one? or just another blinkered comment?

Roderick Micallef

Mar 11th 2010, 11:17

I have a mixed feeling about this figures as to whether we should all be happy or else whether we should all be on alert.
Does this actually mean that if we close down the power station in Marsa and replace it with an upgrade in Delimara, we will still be conforming with the EU emissions standard?
If this is correct then the government should focus on how to generate at least 10% of our total electricity from renewable resources like wind farms or PV but vis a vis emmissions we seem to be OK.
However, I have a feeling that these figures are not actually right because Delimara had emmissions which are VERY close when compared to those in Marsa. In my opinion this doesn't make much sense because Marsa as a power station is far older and out dated when compared to Delimara!
This only leaves me to think that either these figures have been manipulated in a way or another, or else, our 'new' power station is performing pretty much the same when compared to a much older powe station which is the one in Marsa!

Tony Abela

Mar 11th 2010, 11:10

@Minister Tonio Fenech
continued.

I hope that you are aware that the EU levels are:
2500ug/m3 LOW
5000ug/m3 MODERATE
10,000ug/m3 HIGH

I can give more examples when the CO level was more than moderate since 1st January 2010.

Tony Abela

Mar 11th 2010, 11:03

@Minister Tonio Fenech

Are you satisfied with these levels and this quality of air your citizens are breathing?

Do you know that your Msida Monitoring Unit recorded the following alarming levels of CO:
7/1/10 8am 7120ug/m3
9am 6490ug/m3

22/2/10 10am 9640ug/m3
11am 7720ug/m3
12pm 5280ug/m3
24/2/10 12pm 5440ug/m3
1pm 6210ug/m3
2pm 6030ug/m3

J Galea

Mar 11th 2010, 10:54

What does Greenpeace think of this? or AD? How about independent monitoring?

anthony borg

Mar 11th 2010, 10:45

@Ramon Casha When the new power station is expanded the Marsa power station will be closed

Ramon Casha

Mar 11th 2010, 10:25

Doesn't this mean that, if the power station is expanded, we'll exceed the limit?

Philip Grech

Mar 11th 2010, 10:14

95.8% of our CO2 quota. Not bad !!

Lawrence Fenech

Mar 11th 2010, 10:13

Good. The black dust is less dangerous i.e. below EU standard.