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Air pollutant emissions in Finland

 
 

In Finland, the sources of nitrogen oxides (NOx) and sulphur dioxide (SO2) are mainly in energy production. Nitrogen oxides are generated also in the transport sector and ammonia (NH3) emissions in agriculture.

Finland reports air pollutant emission data annually to the Secretary of the UNECE Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution and to the EU Commission. The emission inventory methodology is based on national and default methods being consistent with the EMEP/Corinair Atmospheric Emission Inventory Guidebook.

Emissions of acidifying compounds and particles in 1990-2008

 

Emissions of acidifying compounds and particles

(1 000 tonnes)

SOx
(as SO2)

NOx
(as NO2)

NH3

NMVOC

CO

PMtot

PM10

PM2,5

1990

260

286

38

227

622

Particulate matter emis-

sions have been

estimated since 2000

1991

194

271

-

213

595

1992

141

266

-

207

567

1993

123

265

-

197

541

1994

114

263

-

194

532

1995

96

238

35,2

186

522

1996

105

246

-

180

543

1997

99

235

38

175

559

1998

90

227

-

171

537

1999

87

220

35,2

166

631*

2000

NE

210

33,4

159,7

610

71,6

46,8

36,5

2001

85,0

220

33,2

156,8

604

80,1

54,2

38,3

2002

79,3

208

33,3

151,7

600

81,0

54,8

38,7

2003 98,8 219 33,2 145,2 564 82,1 55,0 38,3
2004 83,6 205 33,3 140,3 551 79,6 56,7 38,4
2005 69,2 177 36,2 131,5 522 77,3 51,3 34,1
2006 85,2 193 36,4 132,6 511 85,8 54,6 34,8
2007 83,0 183 35,2 129 501 72,4 47,9 34,3
2008 70,1 166 37,3 118 485 72,2 49,0 36,0

*Emission increase originates from emissions of off-road machinery (machinery used in construction, agriculture and other applications). These emissions have been calculated since year 1999. Emission data from years 1990-1998 will be updated in the future.

Heavy metal emissions in 1990-2008

Finland reports emissions of the following eight heavy metals: arsenic, cadmium, chrome, copper, lead, mercury, nickel and zinc. Emissions of vanadium are also calculated, but emissions of selenium are not estimated in time series. The main sources of heavy metal emissions in Finland are production of non-ferrous metals and waste incineration.

 

Heavy metal emissions

(tonnes)

Lead
(Pb)

Cadmium
(Cd)

Mercury
(Hg)

Arsenic
(As)

Chrome
(Cr)

Copper
(Cu)

Nickel
(Ni)

Zinc
(Zn)

Vanadium (V)

1990

326,1

6,3

1,1

33,2

31,6

94,4

67,0

570,5

-

1991

247,7

3,4

0,9

22,1

41,4

90,7

45,1

381,4

-

1992

174,7

2,9

0,8

16,0

31,2

65,5

37,1

283,7

-

1993

99,7

2,9

0,6

14,3

20,5

54,1

25,9

259,6

-

1994

60,1

2,4

0,7

9,3

19,6

48,9

33,6

315,6

-

1995

56,6

1,7

0,7

3,5

21,7

26,7

33,8

321,7

-

1996

35,0

1,5

0,8

7,2

21,2

54,5

25,0

191,3

-

1997

18,5

1,1

0,6

12,3

20,5

72,3

27,8

70,2

-

1998

20,3

1,3

0,5

12,4

18,2

27,4

20,8

71,2

-

1999*

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2000

35,2

1,3

0,6

4,3

27,9

17,0

33,6

69,5

59,6

2001

37,5

1,7

0,7

5,3

26,1

19,3

31,9

69,1

65,9

2002**

39,6

1,3

0,7

3,7

37,6

28,1

35,9

87,8

63,4

2003 33,5 1,2 0,8 3,2 27,4 21,5 33,9 62,8 68,4
2004 27,2 1,5 0,7 3,8 24,3 33,0 44,8 128,4 67,0
2005 23,5 1,3 0,9 2,7 18,0 31,0 26,9 105,0  
2006 24,7 1,3 1,0 2,8 23,3 20,4 25,4 115,0  
2007 21,2 1,1 0,8 2,7 26,6 17,9 22,3 102,8  
2008 20,2 1,2 0,8 2,9 24,8 58,8 21,0 131,2  

* Emission data from year 1999 is missing. This emission data will be added with timeseries (1990-1998) updating.

** Emission data will be rechecked with timeseries updating.

Emissions of persistent organic compunds in 1990-2008

Finland reports emissions of polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) as the sum of benzo(a)pyrene, benzo(b)fluoranthene, benzo(k)fluoranthene and indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene (PAH-4). The emissions of dioxins and furans (PCDD/F), hexachlorobenzene (HCB), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) and pentachlorophenols (PCP) are also included in the reporting. In Finland, the sources of these compounds are mainly in incopmlete combustion. The use of POP compounds is restiricted or forbidden.

 

Emissions of persistent organic compounds (POP)

g I-TEQ

kg

kg

kg kg

Dioxins and furans

Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)

Hexachorobenzene (HCB)

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) Pentachlorophenols (PCP)
1990 30

15 800

39,8 315,1

20,1

1991 33,3

15 300

39,7 314,0

20,5

1992 31,2

15 500

39,6 313,5

20,3

1993 31,9

15 700

39,8 295,9

19,1

1994 32,7

15 600

39,2 292,6

18,4

1995 33,8

16 900

39,7 284,1

8,8

1996 31,7

15 800

41,2 270,6

9,0

1997 32,0

16 100

41,7 258,9

10,3

1998 32,1

16 300

42,0 256,4

24,1

1999 32,2

15 900

41,2 226,2

39,2

2000 32,4

15 500

41,4 222,0

66,4

2001 30,6

16 300

21,4 209,1

42,4

2002 32,2

17 100

15,2 192,4

20,7

2003 32,3 16 700 12,9 192,5 18,5
2004 32,0 16 700 29,2 181,0 17,0
2005 26,2 13 300 35,7 174,2 15,5
2006 14,2 13 400 42,5 176,8 15,0
2007 11,8 13 300 44,5 164,3 15,2
2008 14,8 14 900 25,6 155,8 24,5

Emissions by source sectors

Data is in Acrobat file format

Year 2008

Air pollutant emissions in Finland by sectors in 2008 [table].pdf

Year 2007

Air pollutant emissions in Finland by sectors in 2007 [table].pdf

Air pollutant emissions in Finland by sectors in 2007 [pies].pdf

Year 2006

Air pollutant emissions in Finland by sectors in 2006 [table].pdf

Air pollutant emissions in Finland by sectors in 2006 [pies].pdf

Year 2005

Air pollutant emissions in Finland by sectors in 2005 [table].pdf

Air pollutant emissions in Finland by sectors in 2005 [pies].pdf

Year 2004

Air pollutant emissions in Finland by sectors in 2004 [table]. pdf

Air pollutant emissions in Finland by sectors in 2004 [pies].pdf

Year 2003

Air pollutant emissions in Finland by sectors in 2003 [table].pdf

Air pollutant emissions in Finland by sectors in 2003 [pies].pdf

Year 2002

Air pollutant emissions in Finland by sectors in 2002 [table].pdf

Air pollutant emissions in Finland by sectors in 2002 [pies].pdf

 

 
 
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