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External costs of electricity production in the EU, 1990 and 2006 - low estimate

Figure Created 12 Nov 2009 Published 12 Nov 2009 Last modified 29 Nov 2012

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The external costs in the above two figures are based upon the sum of three components associated with the production of electricity: climate change damage costs associated with emissions of CO2; damage costs (such as impacts on health, crops etc) associated with other air pollutants (NOx, SO2, NMVOCs, PM10, NH3), and other non-environmental social costs for non-fossil electricity-generating technologies