british power stations find it hard to come clean

Roger Milne said that unless the government is equipped with more pollution-resistant equipment for power stations and pays more attention to energy conservation, the UK will not be able to meet the EC\'s goal of reducing air pollution.
The warning comes from a report commissioned by environmental pressure group Greenpeace.
Authors from Earth Resources Research Consulting calculated that sulfur dioxide pollution levels at UK power stations will be flat from 1993 by 1980.
But they expect the total emissions of sulfur dioxide to drop by 10 per cent by 1993.
The government is expected to drop by 22 percentage points.
In order to comply with the provisions of the European Economic Community, the UK should reduce emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides by 20 by 1993, based on the level of fair pollution in 1980.
The report challenges three elements of the government\'s strategy to meet regulations.
The government expects organizations such as the central power generation Commission (CEGB)
Equip New Coal
A combustion station with a gas washer and a device for filtering sulfur dioxide for an existing station.
In Britain, electricity stations account for nearly the carbon dioxide emitted into the air.
The government also believes the oil industry will shrink.
This will affect the level of sulfur dioxide emitted by the refinery.
Third, the Ministry of Environment expects industrial air pollution levels to decline as factories shut down or upgrade technology to strengthen emissions control.
The authors of the report believe that refinery emissions will not fall as much as the government expected, as the oil industry itself will not fall as quickly as expected.
In addition, the consulting firm questioned whether industrial air pollution would fall as rapidly as the government had expected.
A working group in Brussels provided the European Commission with a separate analysis, which exacerbated the uncertainty of achieving the objectives.
Trying to assess the impact of the single European market on the environment,
The product of additional economic activities will be 14-per-
Pollution has increased by a few percent.
Earth Resources research also noted that CEGB\'s plans to connect filters to new and existing power stations have lagged behind the plan, and that the impending privatization of the industry will exacerbate the confusion.
Three years ago, the board announced plans to spend more than £ 2 billion to install the flue.
Gas gasification equipment in Largercoal-
Thermal power plant.
Only one so far
The third item of the programme has been agreed.
This involves 4000-
The largest coal company in Europe is the megawadax station in North Yorkshire.
Thermal power plant.
The UK will be under increasing pressure from the EU in the coming years, unless its air pollution plan is approved quickly.
Except 20-per-
Britain agreed to cut sulfur dioxide emissions by 1993 and 2003 by 1998, respectively.
After privatization, the two power generation companies will replace CEGB next year, but they have not yet decided how to redistribute the responsibility for the sulfur removal plan.
Privatization will also change the structure of power plants that will provide electricity to the state.
Initially, the board plans to build four new nuclear power plants and three coal bases.
Thermal power plant.
The new plant will replace the aging nuclear power plants and power plants to meet the expected growth in power demand.
Over the past nine months, however, nuclear projects have been cut by half, while three new big coal projects have been proposed.
All coal-fired power stations that will install sulfur removal equipment have been canceled.
* Response to the DOE consultation document provided by Greenpeace to implement the large burning plant directive.