Impacts of the Minamata Convention on Mercury Emissions and Global Deposition from Coal-Fired Power Generation in Asia

• Published in: Environmental science & technology Vol. 49; no. 9; pp. 5326 - 5335
• Main Authors: Giang, Amanda, Stokes, Leah C, Streets, David G, Corbitt, Elizabeth S, Selin, Noelle E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 05.05.2015
• Subjects: Air Pollutants - analysis; China; Coal; Coal - analysis; Coal-fired power plants; Electricity; Emissions control; Environmental impact; India; Internationality; Japan; Mercury; Mercury - analysis; Models, Theoretical; Power Plants; Sedimentation & deposition; United States; United States; China; Japan; India; China, People's Rep

We explore implications of the United Nations Minamata Convention on Mercury for emissions from Asian coal-fired power generation, and resulting changes to deposition worldwide by 2050. We use engineering analysis, document analysis, and interviews to construct plausible technology scenarios consist...