Assessment of air quality in the vicinity of Delimara power station, Malta

Barnes, Jo

Abstract

The Air Quality Management Resource Centre (AQMRC), University of the West of England, Bristol (UWE) was appointed by the Malta Environment and Planning Authority (MEPA) and the Monitoring Committee, following a competitive tendering process, to assess the impact of using Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) at Delimara Power Station (DPS).

The Terms of Reference for this project set out a principal project objective and several key deliverables. The principal project objective is to evaluate air and other monitoring data, to assess whether the operation of eight diesel engines on Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) at Delimara Power Station is contributing towards exceedances of the relevant air quality Limit Values established under Legal Notice 478 of 2010, as amended by Legal Notice 482 of 2011.

Citation

Barnes, J. (2014). Assessment of air quality in the vicinity of Delimara power station, Malta

• Report Type: Technical Report
• Publication Date: Jan 23, 2014
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed