Environmental Report – Are they Creating Transparency on Environmental impacts/costs?

ByDr Chris Anastasi

Member of EURELECTRIC Working Group Environmental Management and Economics

NEEDS Forum: Accepting the real price of sustainable energy

Brussels 24 May 2005

About Eurelectric

…..in dialogue with EU and world bodies to promote a workable energy policy framework that will ensure reliable and sustainable electricity supply to citizens and industry…..

1. All stages of electricity production and distribution take into account environmental factors

2. Carry out environmental impact assessments for all major new developments and make outcomes available to stakeholders

3. Ensure there are environmental guidelines for everyday operation4. Review performance to ensure compliance with environmental policies

and guidelines5. Aim to use wastes and by-products or monitor for long term

environmental impacts6. Support development of energy efficiency technologies

Environmental policy guidelines

Source: Environmental Policies, The Implementation of UNIPEDE’s Statement and Code of Conduct on Environmental Policies, 18 March 1994

Voluntary action

Regulation

QuantitativeQualitative

EPD

EMAS

ISO

Electricity Disclosure

CSR Reporting

Environmental Reporting

Industryoverview

Legalrequirements

Electricity industry active in reporting its performance

Scope of the Report

• Guidelines– Taking responsibility– Protection of the environment– Open communication

• Key Indicators– Electricity generation– Emissions

• Trends– Performance over time

• Case studies– Propagating good practice

Electricity production and carbon dioxide emissions

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

1980 1985 1990 1995 2000

TWh generation Mt carbon dioxide

Sulphur and nitrogen oxide emissions

0

2000

4000

6000

8000

10000

12000

14000

1980 1985 1990 1995 2000

TWh generation kT SOx kT NOx

Engaging all our stakeholders

• Company philosophy• Expectations and performance

– Environmental performance– Social performance– Economic performance

• Vision• Governance• Key indicators

Informing consumers

• Electricity consumed by technology– Coal– Gas– Nuclear– Hydro– New renewables– Other

• Emissions– Carbon dioxide– Radioctivity

Voluntary action

Regulation

QuantitativeQualitative

EPD

EMAS

ISO

Electricity Disclosure

CSR Reporting

Environmental Reporting

Industryoverview

Electricity industry active in reporting its performance

Legalrequirements

• EPDs use LCA data with a third party certification• Nothing is stated as ’good’ or ‘bad’, simply facts• Voluntary action to industry standard:

Environmental Product Declaration

LCA by companies ISO TR 14025 ISO 14025

Change of landscapeBiodiversity

NoiseVisual impact(Standby impacts)

Change of landscapeBiodiversity(Fossil fuel impacts)

Radioactive wasteMining

AcidificationClimate changeMining/drillingTransportation

Impacts of electricity production

Detailed analysis for every stage of the nuclear cycle

Underground

miningUranium

plant

Conversion

Enrichmentcentrifugation

Enrichmentdiffusion

Fuel fabrication

Electricity generation

Temporarystorage Encapsulation

Deep repository

Final storagedismantling waste

Final storageoperational waste

Open pit mining

Dismantling Dismantling Dismantling

Ore

Ore

Uranium plantU3O8

U3O8

UF6

UF6

UF6

UF6

Fuel (UO2) Spent fuel Spent fuel Canisters

Source: Certified Declaration of Electricity from Forsmarks Kraftgrupp AB (FKA), Vattenfall AB, 2004

Some EPD outputs for a nuclear power plant

0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2

Build/decomissioning

Waste facility operation

Build/decomissoning

Operation NPP

Fuel fabrication

Enrichment

Converson

Extraction/leaching

CO2 emissions to air, g/kWh

Source: Certified Declaration of Electricity from Forsmarks Kraftgrupp AB (FKA), Vattenfall AB, 2004

Some EPD outputs for a nuclear power plant

Source: Certified Declaration of Electricity from Forsmarks Kraftgrupp AB (FKA), Vattenfall AB, 2004

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0

Waste

Electricty generation

Fuel fabrication

Enrichment

Conversion

Mining

Average annual individual dose-to-personnel at different

facilities in 2002, mSv

Some EPD outputs for a hydropower plant

Source: Certified Declaration of Electricity from Hydropower Stations on the River Lule alv, Vattenfall AB, 2002

0 1 2 3 4 5

Reinvestments

Operation

Ground work

Manufacture ofmachinery

CO2 emissions to air, g/kWh

Increasing number of companies aredeveloping EPDs

• Vattenfall • Eltra• Skykraft • British Energy• ENEL

Summary• EURELECTRIC has a long standing commitment to the environment with

clear guidelines for its members • It is committed to reporting the environmental performance of the Electricity

Iindustry in member states• The electricity industry is active in reporting its performance using a number

of initiatives• Most of these initiatives are voluntary but increasingly there is an

expectation that industry will publish its environmental performance• The industry seeks to continuously improve the quality and scope of the

information it discloses, with industry standards developed• The latest industry initiative, EPDs, provide a comprehensive, site-specific,

life-cycle assessment of electricity generation• The information disclosed is not only informing all stakeholders, but

provides valuable quantitative data for those developing policy