Environment group names Europe's 'Dirty Thirty' power stations
AFP, October, 2005
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GENEVA (AFP) — Coal-fired power stations in Greece, Germany and Spain top a new table of Europe's dirtiest electricity plants, the environmental group WWF International said.
In its new "Dirty Thirty" ranking of power station pollution in the European Union, WWF said Greece's Agios Dimitrios plant was the worst, followed closely by Frimmersdorf in Germany and Abono in Spain.
It ranked plants across the 25-nation EU according to their efficiency -- a calculation based on the number of grammes of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted per Kilowatt hour of electricity generated.
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CO2 is the biggest of the greenhouse gases that trap the sun's heat and cause Earth's temperature to rise. The pollution results from burning fossil fuels such as oil, gas and coal.
"The power sector is responsible for 37 percent of all man-made CO2," said Imogen Zethoven, head of the WWF's power campaign. ...
