Open AccessThe electricity production in Poland compared to selected European countries
Author(s) -
Iwona Kargulewicz,
Damian Zasina
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
ochrona środowiska i zasobów naturalnych
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.171
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2353-8589
pISSN - 1230-7831
DOI - 10.2478/oszn-2019-0018
Subject(s) - electricity , emission intensity , production (economics) , electricity generation , environmental science , intensity (physics) , agricultural economics , natural resource economics , business , environmental protection , economics , chemistry , engineering , power (physics) , macroeconomics , ion , physics , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , electrical engineering
The structure of fuels consumed for energy production and the amount of CO 2 emissions associated with that production in Poland in 1990–2017 and in other selected European countries were presented. The countries to be compared were selected so that the analysed group was diverse in terms of electricity generation conditions. CO 2 emission intensity from electricity production for Poland were estimated and compared with the average intensity for the EU and for the other selected European countries. Additionally, CO 2 emission in the electricity and commercial heat production sector projected until 2040 was included to present the impact of the fuel mix on the emission results.