Environmental Report – Are they Cr eating T ransparency on E nvironmental impacts/costs?

1. Environmental Report – Are they Creating Transparency on Environmental impacts/costs? ByDr Chris AnastasiMember of EURELECTRIC Working Group Environmental Management and Economics NEEDS Forum: Accepting the real price of sustainable energyBrussels 24 May 2005

2. About Eurelectric …..in dialogue with EU and world bodies to promote a workable energy policy framework that will ensure reliable and sustainable electricity supply to citizens and industry…..

3. Environmental policy guidelines • All stages of electricity production and distribution take into account environmental factors • Carry out environmental impact assessments for all major new developments and make outcomes available to stakeholders • Ensure there are environmental guidelines for everyday operation • Review performance to ensure compliance with environmental policies and guidelines • Aim to use wastes and by-products or monitor for long term environmental impacts • Support development of energy efficiency technologies Source: Environmental Policies, The Implementation of UNIPEDE’s Statement and Code of Conduct on Environmental Policies, 18 March 1994

4. Electricity industry active in reporting its performance Regulation Legalrequirements Electricity Disclosure EMAS Industryoverview ISO Qualitative Quantitative Environmental Reporting CSR Reporting EPD Voluntary action

5. Scope of the Report • Guidelines • Taking responsibility • Protection of the environment • Open communication • Key Indicators • Electricity generation • Emissions • Trends • Performance over time • Case studies • Propagating good practice

6. 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 Electricity production and carbon dioxide emissions Mt carbon dioxide TWh generation

7. Sulphur and nitrogen oxide emissions 14000 12000 10000 8000 6000 4000 2000 0 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 kT SOx TWh generation kT NOx

8. Engaging all our stakeholders • Company philosophy • Expectations and performance • Environmental performance • Social performance • Economic performance • Vision • Governance • Key indicators

9. Informing consumers • Electricity consumed by technology • Coal • Gas • Nuclear • Hydro • New renewables • Other • Emissions • Carbon dioxide • Radioctivity

10. Electricity industry active in reporting its performance Regulation Legalrequirements Electricity Disclosure EMAS Industryoverview ISO Qualitative Quantitative Environmental Reporting CSR Reporting EPD Voluntary action

11. Environmental Product Declaration EPDs use LCA data with a third party certification Nothing is stated as ’good’ or ‘bad’, simply facts Voluntary action to industry standard: LCA by companies ISO TR 14025 ISO 14025

12. Impacts of electricity production Change of landscapeBiodiversity Radioactive wasteMining NoiseVisual impact(Standby impacts) AcidificationClimate changeMining/drillingTransportation Change of landscapeBiodiversity(Fossil fuel impacts)

13. UF6 UF6 UF6 U3O8 U3O8 Ore Ore UF6 Canisters Spent fuel Spent fuel Fuel (UO2) Detailed analysis for every stage of the nuclear cycle Enrichmentcentrifugation Uranium plant Underground mining Fuel fabrication Conversion Uranium plant Enrichmentdiffusion Open pit mining Electricity generation Deep repository Temporarystorage Encapsulation Dismantling Dismantling Dismantling Final storagedismantling waste Final storageoperational waste Source: Certified Declaration of Electricity from Forsmarks Kraftgrupp AB (FKA), Vattenfall AB, 2004

14. Some EPD outputs for a nuclear power plant Extraction/leaching Converson Enrichment Fuel fabrication Operation NPP Build/decomissoning Waste facility operation CO2 emissions to air, g/kWh Build/decomissioning 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 Source: Certified Declaration of Electricity from Forsmarks Kraftgrupp AB (FKA), Vattenfall AB, 2004

15. Some EPD outputs for a nuclear power plant Mining Conversion Enrichment Average annual individual dose-to-personnel at different facilities in 2002, mSv Fuel fabrication Electricty generation Waste 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 Source: Certified Declaration of Electricity from Forsmarks Kraftgrupp AB (FKA), Vattenfall AB, 2004

16. Some EPD outputs for a hydropower plant Manufacture of machinery Ground work Operation CO2 emissions to air, g/kWh Reinvestments 0 1 2 3 4 5 Source: Certified Declaration of Electricity from Hydropower Stations on the River Lule alv, Vattenfall AB, 2002

17. Increasing number of companies are developing EPDs • Vattenfall • Eltra • Skykraft • British Energy • ENEL

18. Summary • EURELECTRIC has a long standing commitment to the environment with clear guidelines for its members • It is committed to reporting the environmental performance of the Electricity Iindustry in member states • The electricity industry is active in reporting its performance using a number of initiatives • Most of these initiatives are voluntary but increasingly there is an expectation that industry will publish its environmental performance • The industry seeks to continuously improve the quality and scope of the information it discloses, with industry standards developed • The latest industry initiative, EPDs, provide a comprehensive, site-specific, life-cycle assessment of electricity generation • The information disclosed is not only informing all stakeholders, but provides valuable quantitative data for those developing policy