SEA - National plan Electricity Supply
Arend Kolhoff
Netherlands Commission for EIA
Jordan - September 2003
National Plan Electricity supply (1)
 Plan (NPES) sets environmental and spatial
conditions for electricity supply
 Developed by national government
 Electricity sector
 5 private regional electricity supply companies
 co-operation of electricity supply companies on
behalf of regional electricity supply companies
National Plan Electricity supply (2)
Electricity Act 1989
National plan
electricity supply
SEA
Electricity supply plan (2yr)
Construction power plant
EIA
National plan Electricity supply (3)
Nat. Plan Electricity supply
Decisions:
• Location power plant
> 500MW
• Suitability of locations for
certain fuel types
• Maximum capacity per
fuel type, excluding nuclear
power plant
SEA
Decisions:
Mandatory
• ...
• ...
• ...
Voluntary
• Generation technology
• De-centralised electricity
generation, wind energy
• Routing of power lines
National Plan Electricity Production (4)
Plan Procedure:
SEA procedure
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draft decision Cabinet
(public) consultation
Cabinet Decision
approval by Parliament
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Starting note
(public) consultation/
scoping advice
Preparation SEA
publication SEA
consultation/review
motivation
National Plan Electricity Supply (5)
Alternatives in SEA
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24 potential sites compared
6 fuel alternatives, combining
• High/low demand scenario
• Coal-gas: 50-50, 33-67 %
• Traditional coal technology vs coal gasification
National Plan Electricity Supply (6)
Site comparison:
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Availability cooling water and sensitivity of water
for thermal pollution and additives
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Other impacts on water quality
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Impact of transport and storage
National Plan Electricity Supply (7)
Site comparison
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Compatibility with land use plans, impact natural
and visual landscape
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Noise
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External safety, radiation risk
Qualitative scores
National Plan Electricity Supply (8)
Fuel alternatives (comparison):
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Emission of Nox, SO2 and acidification
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Emission or storage of CO2
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Emission of dust and gaseous emission of Cl, F,
Ba, Se, Hg
National Plan Electricity Supply (9)
Fuel alternatives
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Production of solid wastes and their disposal
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Radiation
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Depletion of non renewable energy sources
Quantitative scores
National Plan Electricity Supply (10)
Public participation
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Written comments on starting document
Written comments on SEA and the preliminary
core decision
Public hearings in both steps
Reactions mainly from relevant stakeholders and not
from general public
National Plan Electricity Supply (11)
Decision makers: SEA useful
Decisions
 18 sites suitable for electricity generation
 for each site: suitable fuel
 In 2010 only 33% generated with coal with
maximum of 6000 MW
 New power plants should use coal gasification