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THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF POWER PLANTS IN SLOVAKIA

by | Sep 24, 2019 | DOI 2018

Natália Zagoršeková

Faculty of International Relations, University of Economics in Bratislava, Dolnozemská cesta 1, 852 35 Bratislava, Slovakia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.31410/itema.2018.1091
2nd International Scientific Conference on Recent Advances in Information Technology, Tourism, Economics, Management and Agriculture – ITEMA 2018 – Graz, Austria, November 8, 2018, CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS published by the Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans, Belgrade, Serbia; ISBN 978-86-80194-13-4
Abstract

The aim of this paper is to evaluate the impact of different types of power plants on the environmental indicators in Slovak Republic. We begin with overview of some of the previous studies of power plants types and their impact on environmental indicators, including water use and withdrawal and CO2 emissions. The second part of the paper analyses the data from the reports of The Ministry of the Environment of the Slovak Republic on the environmental impact of different types of power plants in Slovakia. The paper compares the current research with the data from Slovakia and compares the environmental impact of different types of power plants in regard to different environmental goals.

Key words

power plants, environmental indicators, Slovakia


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