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ASSESSING THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF A PARIS-ALIGNED COAL PHASE OUT FOR SOUTH KOREA

17 May 2021

Assessing the health benefits of a Paris-aligned coal phase out for South Korea 4 Box 1 The 9th Basic Plan for Electricity Supply and Demand The 9th Basic Plan for Electricity Supply and Demand The Basic Plan for Electricity Supply and Demand is a biennial report that is prepared by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy in accordance with Article 25 of the Electricity Business Act and Article. [...] This indicates that, while the perspective matters to some extent in the precise retirement year of the units, the narrow window for the retirement of all units is the most important aspect to keep in mind. [...] Coal power related air pollution deaths are especially high in the vicinity of the power plants, which are grouped in three clusters: one in the South, one in the North-East and one in the West. [...] Using the concentration-response functions for various health outcomes, we computed the health impacts of the continued operation of the power plants in the future. [...] The spatial resolution of the receptors ranges from 700m in the immediate surrounding of the power plant and 20km at the edge of the outermost domain of the meteorology module.
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